flash point

It is the latest flash point in a national debate about how to handle what some see as an epidemic of shoplifting.

The suspension was lifted five days later, after it generated widespread backlash and became a flash point for free speech debates in the U.S.

Much of tradwives’ messaging revolves around cultural flash points, problems that underscore anxiety about modern womanhood: challenges in forming stable relationships, providing nutritious meals, and building a career while trying to raise a family.

Yet with each subsequent racial flash point, from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates in 2009 to the murder of George Floyd, calls resurfaced for the national conversation.

The current heated political climate and the attack on cultural institutions on and off screen was also a flash point, even though much of it was bleeped for viewers.