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From\u00a0Rihanna<\/strong>\u2019s \u201csatanic<\/a>\u201d Super Bowl halftime performance to\u00a0the outrage<\/a> over the desexualization of M&M\u2019s, the right wing has been obsessed with waging culture wars wherever it can find them.\u00a0 In the latest installment of\u00a0Inside the Hive,\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/em> special correspondent\u00a0Molly Jong-Fast<\/strong> and staff writer\u00a0Chris Murphy<\/strong> unpack the right wing\u2019s attention to two of America\u2019s major cultural events.<\/p>\n Those tentpoles of America\u2019s \u201cCultural Kinsey Scale,\u201d as Murphy calls it, are the Super Bowl and the Oscars. This year, the right\u2019s ire has seemed focused on Rihanna\u2019s\u00a0halftime performance<\/a>, in which she revealed that\u00a0she is pregnant with her second child<\/a> while decked out in all-red Loewe.\u00a0<\/p>\n That same impulse was in full effect after\u00a0Will Smith<\/strong> slapped\u00a0Chris Rock<\/strong><\/a> last year during America\u2019s other main event, the Oscars. After the slap,\u00a0conservatives seized the moment<\/a> to push their agenda about\u00a0the intersection between race and violence in America<\/a>. As the Oscars approach, conservatives like Tucker Carlson<\/strong> have found new ways to attempt to discredit the \u201cwoke\u201d left\u2019s nuanced way of describing\u00a0Michelle Yeoh<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s historic best-actress Oscar nomination. Jong-Fast and Murphy map out the life cycle of a conservative culture battle, from its inception to its dissemination on platforms like TikTok and Instagram.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe right often tries to erase context and erase history because that serves its narrative,\u201d said Murphy. \u201cIt\u2019s really important to have context and history and to tell the full story.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n