In these most polarized of times, there are deep fissures running through every conceivable issue, from social distancing to the legitimate occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to Simone Biles’s decision to step aside in Tokyo. Yet one recent—and deceptively profound—issue has found remarkable consensus: #FreeBritney.

Britney Spears is 13 years into a legal conservatorship over her body, her career, and of course her vast wealth. And, if Britney’s headline-capturing conservatorship raises questions about the circumstances under which these legal constructs are appropriate, then it is not hyperbole to say that, from documentaries to newspapers of record, to Instagram posts, calls for reform echo throughout the land.

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