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The New Yorker

Britney Spears Is Free, But What About All of the Others Like Her?

Friday, November 19, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht
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​​Jonathan Martinis, senior director for law and policy at the Burton Blatt Institute, was interviewed by The New Yorker for the piece, “How Britney Spears Got Free, and What Comes Next.”

Martinis discussed Britney Spears’ recent release from her conservatorship, as well as the many steps that still lie ahead. Martinis explained, “There are hundreds of thousands of other Britneys across the United States, people who aren’t famous, but who deserve the same rights we all take for granted—until they get taken away. #FreeBritney can’t end with Britney being free.”

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