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#FreeBritney activists rally at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles during the Britney Spears conservatorship hearing Wednesday.

Britney Spears is on the road to independence. The media should let her take the wheel

3:05pm September 30, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

On Wednesday, Jamie Spears was suspended as his daughter's conservator. Is all the media attention, including three new Spears documentaries, still welcome?

Britney Spears supporter Peter Stickles was among those demonstrating outside Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday.

A Judge Suspends Britney Spears' Dad From Her Conservatorship

1:50pm September 30, 2021

At a hearing Wednesday at Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Brenda J. Penny suspended the pop star's father from controlling her financial affairs. Britney Spears has accused him of exploiting her.

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These Poems' Sensual Details Explore The Friction Between Integrity And Desire

1:15pm September 30, 2021

by Jeevika Verma

Natasha Rao gets to know herself by examining how she clings to her past in her debut poetry collection Latitude.

Some books that have been banned at schools in the U.S.

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During Banned Books Week, Readers Explore What It Means To Challenge Texts

11:10am September 30, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

Libraries, schools, authors and readers are celebrating Banned Books Week. Among the Top 10 most challenged books in the U.S. are The Hate U Give and To Kill A Mockingbird.

Arts

Danish Museum Pays Artist $84,000. He Sends 2 Blank Canvases

5:46am September 30, 2021

Artist Jens Haaning says the blank canvases make up a new work of art — titled Take the Money and Run — that he calls a commentary on poor wages. The museum wants the money back.

#FreeBritney activists protest outside the courthouse in Los Angeles during a conservatorship hearing on April 27.

Britney Spears Has Moved Toward Freedom From Her Father

6:35pm September 29, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Spears and her father petitioned to end his conservatorship role. A Los Angeles judge has granted that request.

Jens Haaning's artwork "Take the Money and Run" is seen in the Kunsten Musem of Modern Art. The empty canvas was meant to hold thousands of dollars in cash — but the artist chose to hang on to the money.

For $84,000, An Artist Painted Two Blank Canvasses Titled 'Take The Money And Run'

6:18pm September 29, 2021

by Bill Chappell

"The work is that I have taken their money," artist Jens Haaning said of his new piece. The commissioning museum in Denmark isn't satisfied with his explanation but is displaying the work nonetheless.

Iranian Singer Googoosh Raises Her Voice To Keep Her Nation's Culture Alive

5:55pm September 29, 2021

by Betto Arcos

Known as "The Voice of Iran," Googoosh was silenced by the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Active again since 2000, she uses music to keep Iranians forced to leave the country in touch with their culture.

A Calling for Charlie Barnes, by Joshua Ferris

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No One's Telling The Truth In Joshua Ferris' New Novel — Or Are They?

4:26pm September 29, 2021

by Michael Schaub

Charlie Barnes, the figure at the center of Ferris' A Calling for Charlie Barnes, is 68 and on his fifth marriage, and after a self-diagnosed cancer scare, he wants his son to write his life story.

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'Me Too' Founder Tarana Burke Says Black Girls' Trauma Shouldn't Be Ignored

1:20pm September 29, 2021

by Tonya Mosley

Burke says society often ignores Black girls' sexual trauma — and that the R. Kelly trial, coming after 25 years of allegations, highlights the "stark difference" in response to victims of color.

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