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Heidi Stevens: Where Jennifer Lopez and Shakira's unapologetically sexy halftime show fits into #MeToo

It's telling that the two words being attached to Sunday's Super Bowl LIV halftime show are "disgusting" and "empowering."

For 15 electric minutes, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira performed a nonstop celebration of life and lust and Latin pop and Puerto Rican/Colombian/Lebanese culture and identity and costumes and dancing and footwork. It was muscular and sexy. It was unapologetic.

By Monday, in the harsh light of day, viewers and cultural observers

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