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Aug 2023
44m 10s

#FreeBritney’s Dark Turn

Vulture & New York Magazine
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At the end of Britney Spears’s conservatorship in November of 2021, most of her fans rejoiced. But conspiracy theories have a subset of #FreeBritney fans convinced she’s still not really free. They focus on what they see as oddities or glitches in some of her Instagram posts. Vox reporter Rebecca Jennings says there are even theories that Britney has been re ... Show More
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