How did a pop star lose all control over his life, in front of the entire world, and no one noticed? Biography “The Woman in Me” is a rich tale of understanding the media and how it treats women
One of the biggest pop stars in the world, Britney Spears She too is a survivor. She is the victim of the greatest media scrutiny ever seen. A mother who she had to beg to be able to see her children. A person who has been placed under guardianship (for over a decade) administered by their father, without any authority over their life.
All of this happened to one of the biggest pop stars in the world and, until a few years ago, no one had any idea what she was going through.
Now, free from custody and with the freedom to say what she wants, Britney explains. Much more than gossip headlines, The woman in me, The singer’s memoirs are an important portrait of fame. In it, Britney explains where she comes from, she traces every inevitability of her story, until she arrives with what we wanted to know most: what happened in 2007, how she is doing and who she is after all of this.
Relief in Brazil
The book isn’t just painful: it manages to alternate light stories – “one of the happiest moments I experienced was playing at Rock in Rio” – with the parts that are more difficult to digest. But anguish is inevitable when Spears begins the vivid description of how she was taken away from herself. The only one Britney’s 2007 – and everything that happened.
In devastating reports, the pop star goes back on how the media, her family and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, they built a trap from which it was impossible to escape. Britney was driven to exhaustion by the paparazzi, who did not give her privacy or allow her to raise her children in peace. Little by little, she reacted. And she was slowly being labeled crazy. Dangerous. And above all incompetent.
Absurd family siege
The culmination of all this is so absurd it seems imaginary: when his family gets surrounded by a SWAT team, until the artist is taken to court and placed under guardianship, the kind that exists to protect the sick, unable to take care of themselves. care for them. themselves.same. For 13 years, Britney was simply a cash cow for Jamie, her father. He didn’t make his own decisions, he saw his children one hour a week, he didn’t have access to his own income.
“I’m Britney Spears now,” Jamie told her daughter.
Boyfriends examined
Britney’s boyfriends underwent blood tests and had to listen, in detail, to the singer’s sexual history. She had a diet regulated by her father. She was subjected to constant psychological tests. And when she was not “approved”, she was forcibly admitted to psychiatric hospitals and given harsh drugs, such as lithium.
The artist does not escape the devastating irony of it all: how she was nothing more than an object, not even to the people who should love her most in this world. If her family wasn’t there to protect her, who would be?
Drama with clarity
Overall, the reports are treated by Britney with surprising clarity. She understands well how she has been used, manipulated and discarded. She points out that, quite literally, those who saved her were her fans, whose “Free Britney” campaign highlighted the nonsense she was subjected to. And finally, she remembers that she is free, she posts whatever she wants on her Instagram—including her own nudity—after having her body scrutinized by everyone but herself.
Britney knows she experienced what she experienced thanks to machismo. (Remember that, at a certain point, Madonna helped her navigate this place as a female pop star.) It was because of the misogyny of the media, who asked her about her sex life and questioned her ability as a mother, even her ex-boyfriends, who used her to promote themselves.
Ultimately, her father’s tutelage was the most literal expression of patriarchy in her life. But he wasn’t the only one.
More than a book of memories, The woman in me It’s almost an anthropological study. It is the story of how she, despite being rich, famous and privileged, cannot escape a fatality: being a woman.
Source: Terra
Earl Johnson is a music writer at Gossipify, known for his in-depth analysis and unique perspective on the industry. A graduate of USC with a degree in Music, he brings years of experience and passion to his writing. He covers the latest releases and trends, always on the lookout for the next big thing in music.
