The Woman in Me

Absolutely insane how much violence was inflicted on Britney from all angles, family, media, and those she thought she trusted most. I work with patients trying to get them LSAT and T-cons, different types of conservatorship but none have ever been as fast as Britney's conservatorship or as restrictive. Additionally, she was of sound mind, AOx4. Not sure how they pulled conservatorship on her but glad she's now free, healthier, and finding herself again. While it wasn't the best writing I really did feel like Britney wrote most of it and of course had an editor. She wrote a lot about very human desires and experiences. Its also a very interesting take on what it means to be a woman in society, a woman in media, and a woman to toxic men, family, lover, or friend. Violence against women doesn't always have to be physical. It can be systemic, emotional, psychological, financial, etc. Abuse, neglect, and violence comes in many forms. The writing is simple but again the theme is very ubiquitous. For 6 hours, it was a good short listen.

Devoured it in 4 hours (not that it's a very challenging read). The book reads more like a long-form interview than anything else, which means that Britney's charming voice comes through loud and clear, but it also means that the prose is rather basic.

The book definitely illuminates a lot of Britney's thought process throughout her conservatorship and drops a lot of interesting tidbits about her life and career. For a fan, though, much of what she's said has already been stated in various Instagram posts (among other things), and there is very little on anything not concerning the conservatorship. This book is almost solely about her personal life; various mysteries concerning her career (Original Doll, the Make Me video shoot, lipsyncing, etc) are largely left untouched, as is the vast majority of her music career.

The book also becomes more rambling as it progresses; the deeper into the conservatorship she goes, Britney starts repeating herself more and more. On the one hand, I think it's important that this book be put out now for the purpose of reclaiming the narrative of her life, but as a piece of literature, it definitely would've benefited from Britney being a few more years removed from the conservatorship situation.