Britney Spears - The Woman In Me

[Blue Jam]

Out on the 24th and I'm looking forward to it almost as much as I looked forward to Spare. Come on, who else?

[madhair60]

"read me baby one more time" - the london review of books

[Kankurette]

I wonder how much dirt there'll be on Justin Timberlake.

[madhair60]

my understanding is that he is "filthy"

[bgmnts]

Britney Spears does remain a fascinating figure regarding the relationship between the feckless bloodthirsty proles and the nauseating tabloid machine that creates this celebrity culture.

If this goes into detail about the conservatorship thing that went viral a few years ago I reckon it'd be a really interesting read.

[jamiefairlie]

I wonder how much dirt there'll be on Justin Timberlake.

If by dirt you mean her consensual actual human shit, then loads if rumours, that I've admittedly just made up, are to be believed

[Maureen Brontë]

Sarah Ditum's book 'Toxic' about the way it became acceptable for the media to shame and abuse the likes of her, Winehouse, Lohan and other troubled female celebrities comes out next week too.

She writes about Britney in tomorrow's Sunday Times magazine. (Already attracting disapproving comments from people who can't see it's a one-off pastiche and not a permanent redesign.)

[Blue Jam]

I wonder how much dirt there'll be on Justin Timberlake.

Loads, it seems. Released exccerpts have already mentioned aborting his baby, apparently not 100% willingly. It has also been hinted that he wasn't really worthy of the nickname "Justin Trousersnake"...

Incredible that the abortion story never leaked before now. Her public image was tied to her alleged virginity to a frankly creepy degree, imagine all the superinjunctions there must have been around that, not to mention the pressure she must have been under from all sides.

[madhair60]

i'm bringing sexy back
abort your kid i have a small cock

[Kankurette]

Loads, it seems. Released exccerpts have already mentioned aborting his baby, apparently not 100% willingly. It has also been hinted that he wasn't really worthy of the nickname "Justin Trousersnake"...

Incredible that the abortion story never leaked before now. Her public image was tied to her alleged virginity to a frankly creepy degree, imagine all the superinjunctions there must have been around that, not to mention the pressure she must have been under from all sides.

The abortion story was what I had in mind. People were so deeply weird and gross about Britney's sex life or lack of.

Sarah Ditum is a TERF but not gonna lie, that book looks interesting. I always hated the way the press treated Amy Winehouse too.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

Lots of pictures in it is there?

[Maureen Brontë]

Page 102: the 46-year-old talkshow host from London's West Midlands who questioned me about my virginity when I was 20.

Lots of pictures in it is there?

Hopefully just in the middle and not all the way through - Phillip Schofield's been through enough already without having to sue her for plagiarism.

[Urinal Cake]

I wonder how much dirt there'll be on Justin Timberlake.

Justin's fall from (relative) grace is interesting. He was the talented and good looking one but his shit was always out in the open but ignored. Still he's no Danny Matheson etc.

[bgmnts]

The abortion story was what I had in mind. People were so deeply weird and gross about Britney's sex life or lack of.

Just gross about her in general. It comes to something when SOUTH PARK are the voice of sympathetic concern.

[Kankurette]

Justin's fall from (relative) grace is interesting. He was the talented and good looking one but his shit was always out in the open but ignored. Still he's no Danny Matheson etc.

A former member of a boy band becoming an indie mag darling due to working with the Neptunes was one of the odder moments of the 00s. Rock Your Body got played in my local indie dive a lot.

[Urinal Cake]

Alpha Dog showed he could act but in the end he's a straight white male with pretty privilege.

I don't know what else he's done but the biggest thing he benefitted from was the Superbowl stunt. Janet Jackson was basically blacklisted from polite society but JT just got more famous. I think of an alternate timeline where Janet could still hang with Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Lopez etc.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

in the end he's a straight white male with pretty privilege. 

What a fucking BASTARD. How dare he.

[Kankurette]

That Janet Jackson thing was so ridiculous. Oh no, a woman shows a bit of tit. What a monster. She should have bombed a small Middle Eastern country instead.

[madhair60]

JTs first three albums slap (20/20 counts as one)

[Blue Jam]

Out today, doesn't sound like a light read:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67193983

Some grim stuff in there.

[Mobius]

Hope there is some amusing anecdotes

[bgmnts]

"Needless to say..."

[Kankurette]

For 13 years, she could not see her two sons without approval. Her driving licence was confiscated. She could not choose her meals, and was forbidden from drinking tea or coffee. When she wanted to have a contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD) removed, her request was denied.

Jesus tapdancing Christ.

Britney having a fag habit since the age of 14 also explains why her voice sounds like that.

[Blue Jam]

Some words on the alleged ghostwriter, Sam Lansky:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/sam-lansky-britney-spears-ghostwriter-b2433069.html

Liking the minimalist prose style so far. Seems sadly fitting for the bleakness.

[bgmnts]

I cannot read out loud performatively for the life of me so I empathise, but having her only read the prologue was a very wise move by the publishers.

[Elderly Sumo Prophecy]

She didn't write it herself? Well fuck this, I'm not buying it now.

[Blue Jam]

Just got to the bit where she describes performing with a big fuck-off snek at the VMAs, and how she had almost no preparation from the snek handler and how during the performance it was hissing at her and she just had to avoid eye contact, fucking hell. Watching that now neither Britney nor the snek looked too happy.

[Kankurette]

I don't blame her, I'd be shitting myself if I had a bloody great snek round my neck.

[Blue Jam]

I'm not even phobic about sneks but that's a Burmese python, they're big bastards and they can and have killed their handlers. I wouldn't fancy waving one around on a stage with all the noise and lights to freak it out either.

[Shaxberd]

If Athletico Mince has taught me anything, those big snakes will spew up at the drop of a hat, I wouldn't risk it.