#FreeBritney: Why the Movement Started and How Its Leading Voices Are Keeping It Going

It started, as so many movements do these days, with a protest. In this case, with signs that read, cryptically, #FreeBritney. The Britney in question, of course, was pop icon Britney Spears, and when fans gathered outside the West Hollywood City Hall on April 22, 2019, holding signs that read “The Truth Will Set Her Free” and “#FreeBritney,” it was not immediately clear to most of the world what they were trying to free the singer from.
Just days earlier, on April 17, ra