Baby Kimye

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Dalton Conley, a sociologist specializing in parenthood, has published an op-ed on Vogue.com's "Platforms" series defending Kanye and Kim Kardashian's choice of baby name, North West. His reasoning? They're just being black and famous. We're not being glib. That's what he wrote. [Racked National]