Britney Spears’ New Memoir Changes The Conversation On Mental Health
The post Britney Spears’ New Memoir Changes The Conversation On Mental Health appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Britney Spears announces her new show at Planet Hollywood Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 in Las … [+] Vegas. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP) COPYRIGHT 2013 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. When Britney Spears shaved her head in 2007, she instantly became the butt of jokes and casual cruelty. Late-night talk show hosts excoriated her. People on then-nascent social media platforms laughed at her. Even respected journalists used her as a punchline. Spears never provided a real explanation for her choice (not that she owed one to anyone). But with her much-anticipated memoir The Woman in Me, which comes out Tuesday, Spears finally seizes back her own narrative—and also takes control of a troubling narrative about mental health that has plagued women like Spears who rose to fame early and were punished by the media when they stepped outside predetermined boundaries. A Chance To Speak On Her Terms Woman contains many revelations about Spears’ personal life, including the biggest headline so far, that she got an abortion while she was dating Justin Timberlake, who told her he didn’t want to be a father. But one of the most interesting passages deals with the shaved head. At the time, Spears was in the middle of a divorce. Paparazzi hounded her constantly, and she was a staple in the weekly celebrity gossip magazines, which reached their circulation zenith on the backs of popular young female performers like Spears and Lindsay Lohan. These magazines suggested Spears, Lohan and the like should behave and be thankful for their popularity. They didn’t treat them like people but more like playthings for the public. In her memoir, Spears reveals that shaving her head represented a bid to regain control over her own body, which had…
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Britney Spears announces her new show at Planet Hollywood Vegas on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 in Las … [+] Vegas. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP) COPYRIGHT 2013 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. When Britney Spears shaved her head in 2007, she instantly became the butt of jokes and casual cruelty. Late-night talk show hosts excoriated her. People on then-nascent social media platforms laughed at her. Even respected journalists used her as a punchline. Spears never provided a real explanation for her choice (not that she owed one to anyone). But with her much-anticipated memoir The Woman in Me, which comes out Tuesday, Spears finally seizes back her own narrative—and also takes control of a troubling narrative about mental health that has plagued women like Spears who rose to fame early and were punished by the media when they stepped outside predetermined boundaries. A Chance To Speak On Her Terms Woman contains many revelations about Spears’ personal life, including the biggest headline so far, that she got an abortion while she was dating Justin Timberlake, who told her he didn’t want to be a father. But one of the most interesting passages deals with the shaved head. At the time, Spears was in the middle of a divorce. Paparazzi hounded her constantly, and she was a staple in the weekly celebrity gossip magazines, which reached their circulation zenith on the backs of popular young female performers like Spears and Lindsay Lohan. These magazines suggested Spears, Lohan and the like should behave and be thankful for their popularity. They didn’t treat them like people but more like playthings for the public. In her memoir, Spears reveals that shaving her head represented a bid to regain control over her own body, which had…
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