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Is Magic Mike XXL really 'equal opportunity objectification'?

This week's q pop culture panel — Stephen Marche, Rachel Giese and Briony Smith — discusses the latest headlines in the world of arts and entertainment.
Channing Tatum gets back to the grind in Magic Mike XXL. (Warner Bros )

This week's q pop culture panel — Stephen Marche, Rachel Giese and Briony Smith — discusses the latest headlines in the world of arts and entertainment.

At issue this week: 
 
(1) Did TV Land overreact by pulling The Dukes of Hazzard? Are wider efforts to pull the confederate flag knee-jerk and shallow, or culturally significant? 
(2) Does Rihanna's new video glorify violence against women? Or is it a subversive revenge fantasy?  
(3) Is Magic Mike XXL empowering or exploitative? Does it get heterosexual female sexuality wrong?