Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

219 reviews

eliya's review

dark emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

“…maybe that’s because of the power of your thoughts. Whatever you think you are, you become…”

“…People seemed to experience my body like it was public property. Something they could complete, control, criticize, or use as a weapon.”

4.75⭐️ bc I feel guilty putting anything else reading a memoir, honestly. 

What stuck out to me the most while reading this was her talk about age regression and how that influences how she expresses her freedom now and even how she reflects on her past and how she writes about it. It also had me thinking a lot about humanity as a whole and good vs bad natured people. I don’t want to go into more detail. Definitely cried. God. Love u Britney ❤️‍🩹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Suicidal thoughts

dorin_d's review

emotional inspiring fast-paced

5.0

team britney forever and always 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: Medical trauma

pikkumarja's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

4.0

On vaikeaa antaa arvosanaa toisen elämästä kertovalla kirjalle, mutta yritin silti. Kirja olisi ehkä kaivannut vähän enemmän toimittamista ja ehkä suomennos tuntui hieman naiivilta.

Mun sydän on todella murskana sen takia, mitä Britney on joutunut kärsimään. Tämä on aito, rehellinen ja todella itsekriittinen selostus tapahtumien kulusta.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

madelynowil's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Britney Spears, the woman you are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Abandonment

veryill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

viselik's review

emotional inspiring medium-paced

4.0

This book really made me think about everything related to being a celebrity to the level that Britney is. It brings up some of the lesser spoken about (to my knowledge) parts of it all, like how aggressive paparazzi can be.

I personally didn't know much about her before I read this book, but I vaguely do remember seeing some of the #freeBritney stuff and hearing some things about her. But having now read this book it makes me quite curious about some of her music.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

kelisabeth's review

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tamsterdam_reads's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

ksmith_23's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Alcohol

marysunburn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

4.75

A harrowing, painful, yet sweet and chipper dive into the mind of one of this generation's great pop queens. The story we needed to have told all these years of controversy and gossip, an inside glance at her career and adventures – and yes, Blackout IS her greatest album, I'm glad I agree with the author – which determines a definite skip forward in the cultural moment and the way we look at celebrities. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

The book is a first-person account of Britney Spears' real-life journey through her conservatorship, which granted her father complete and total control on everything she did: what she ate, what she wore, how she did her job and how, or if, she was allowed to see her family. The singer is institutionalized and forced to take prescription drugs.