The Woman in Me by Britney SpearsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I have a new admiration for Brittany after reading this. She has been through so much shit I had no idea, none, things were this bad. She does a good job of covering growing up, dating (she talks about Justin Timberlake when they were together- she also got pregnant and had an abortion because Justin wasn't ready; after reading this I have no respect for him- the way he was treated after their breakup to the way she was is night and day. It's ridiculous.), her marriages, to her conservatorship and relationships to her family. She was a prisoner for 13 years- she had to have permission to go out to her friends, she couldn't eat what she wanted, her phone had child locks on it, she couldn't freely see her kids, but she was still supposed to work and make money (that her father and others took).
This also points out how men and women are treated (think sex, drugs, rock and roll - how many men who had addictions and/or mental illness got put away in a conservatorship). Men can pretty much get away with whatever they want.
The Nation has a good article from 2021: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/conservatorship-iud-britney-spears/
Women's Media Center from 2022: https://womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/how-britney-spears-conservatorship-highlights-the-role-of-guardianship-law-in-womens-oppression
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