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Guardianship
June 25, 2021
Jessica M. Goldstein
We All Tried to Control Britney
The pop star is attempting to end her oppressive conservatorship, but it’s not just her father and a judge who robbed her of agency.
February 12, 2021
Sara Luterman
The Darker Story Just Outside the Lens of Framing Britney Spears
The documentary and #FreeBritney movement treat the pop star’s conservatorship as strange and exceptional. The truth is much more troubling.

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