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Who Wronged Britney Spears?
Britney Spears greets fans at a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 17, 2003. (Vince Bucci via Getty Images)
She blames her family, the legal system, pop culture, and paparazzi. But what if she was just sick?
By Ben Appel
11.20.23 — Culture and Ideas
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For anyone who was alive in 2007, her memoir The Woman in Me is a catharsis. We finally get to read, in Britney Spears’ own words, just what the hell happened all those years ago, when the pop star appeared to have lost her mind.

For the #FreeBritney movement, the autobiography reads like vindication. In the book, Spears credits her die-hard fans specifi…

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Ben Appel
My memoir, ‘Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic’ is now available. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Newsweek, Quillette, The Free Press, Queer Majority, UnHerd, and many other publications.
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