DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING
PART 1
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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World: Moral Confusion as Tinseltown Honors Itself

NEW YORK TIMES (NICOLE SPERLING, MATT STEVENS AND JULIA JACOBS)
Academy Condemns Will Smith for Slap at Oscars and Opens Inquiry

WASHINGTON POST (ALYSSA ROSENBERG)
Will Smith’s Oscars Slap Doesn’t Need Explaining. Just Let it be Sad.

PART 2
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Hollywood’s Centralized Control Over the Culture Wanes as New Media Forms Overtake Influence of Movies

NEW YORK TIMES (ROSS DOUTHAT)
We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.

THE GUARDIAN (CATHERINE SHOARD)
Four Years on from #MeToo, the Oscars’ Feminism has Gone Rapidly Backwards

PART 3
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An Obstacle to the LGBTQ Movement’s March Through the Public Schools: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Law

NEW YORK TIMES (PATRICIA MAZZEI)
DeSantis Signs Florida Bill That Opponents Call ‘Don’t Say Gay’

PART 4
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What Makes the News Makes a Culture: Citizens Oppose School’s Placement of Female Hygiene Products in Boys Bathrooms

PATCH (DAVID GIULIANI)
Some Opposed To Tampons In LTHS Boys Bathrooms

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