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Katy Perry (Photo Illustration by Salon / Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for iHeartRadio / Getty Images / Yuichiro Chino)

When pop loyalty defies accountability

Mary Elizabeth Williams
US singer Katy Perry performs on stage at the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center grand opening ceremony in New York on June 28, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Katy Perry says panned song is "satire"

Nardos Haile
Lorena Gallo, formerly Lorena Bobbitt; Lady Gaga (AP/Taylor Jewell/Rodin Eckenroth)

Can #MeToo justice be served other ways?

Rachel Leah
Kesha; Dolly Parton; Miley Cyrus (Getty/Christopher Polk/Robyn Beck/Rob Foldy)

What we owe Dolly Parton

Annie Zaleski
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In this courtroom sketch, Taylor Swift speaks from the witness stand (AP/Jeff Kandyba)

Taylor Swift's Smackdown

Amanda Marcotte
"Praying" by Kesha (Youtube/keshaVEVO)

Kesha Returns with "Praying"

Alessandra Maldonado
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2016 file photo, pop star Kesha, center, leaves Supreme court in New York. On Wednesday, April 6, 2016, a New York judge threw out her hate-crime and human-rights claims against her former producer Dr. Luke. Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich said Kesha's claims that Dr. Luke raped and abused her can't go forward because the alleged incidents happened outside New York and beyond the legal time limit. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (AP)

Scott Eric Kaufman
Lukasz Gottwald, better known as Dr. Luke; Kesha (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni/AP/Charles Sykes)

Kesha free to sing, for now

Scott Timberg
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Kesha (Reuters/Kevork Djansezian)

Kesha fires back at trolls

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kesha (AP/Wade Payne)

Kesha's turning point

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Kesha

Kesha stands firm against Sony

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Lukasz Gottwald, better known as Dr. Luke; Kesha (Reuters/Mario Anzuoni/AP/Charles Sykes)

Dr. Luke's #FreeKesha denial

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Pop star Kesha leaves Supreme court in New York, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016. Kesha is fighting to wrest her career away from a hitmaker she says drugged, sexually abused and psychologically tormented her _ and still has exclusive rights to make records with her. Producer Dr. Luke says the singer is slinging falsehoods and ruining his reputation to try to weasel out of her recording contract and strike a new deal. ((AP Photo/Mary Altaffer))

Dr. Luke on defense

Brendan Gauthier
Demi Lovato, Kesha, Taylor Swift (AP/Reuters/Danny Moloshok/Mary Altaffer/Evan Agostini)

What Kesha doesn't need now

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(AP/Charles Sykes)

Kesha still works for Dr. Luke

Rachel Kramer Bussel
(AP/Charles Sykes)

Kesha's horrifying nightmare

Nico Lang
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(AP/Charles Sykes)

Free Kesha now

Annie Zaleski
Kesha (AP/Jordan Strauss)

#FreedomForKesha

Anna Silman
Lady Gaga (AP)

Jenny Kutner
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