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June 10, 2016
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Maya & Marty: A Courageous Throwback
Don't dismiss the variety show as "old person" TV.
January 26, 2016
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Miley Cyrus keeps a portrait of Woody Allen by her bedside.
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Stop Calling Every Female Star a Feminist
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The Miley Cyrus Complex: An Ontology of Slut-Shaming
August 27, 2013
John McWhorter
Miley's Twerking Wasn't Racist
It's not right to call her VMA performance minstrelsy
February 22, 2013
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I’d like to thank the Academy for nothing
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