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Femeia din mine by Britney Spears

164 reviews

katara42's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Grief, Abortion, Alcohol, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage

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

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.

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Wow, some people are actual garbage and I can't believe the actual brainwashing power the media and paparazzi had to make us all feel negative thoughts about Brittany during the 00s. Absolutely disgusting and I hope only good things for Brittany in the future (and a lot of bad karma for her family and the media people, and her awful exs) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Infidelity, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Physical abuse

hayleyvem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Pregnancy and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Addiction, and Death of parent

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

This five star rating is a huge surprise to me. I didn’t know anything much about her aside from the tabloid headlines (never listened to her music). Really glad u read this book. She’s overcome a lot. I probably would’ve crumbled. Made me proud of her and also inspired me to be clearer about my priorities and boundaries. I hope the world will leave her alone and let her be, and I hope her parents, sister, and Kevin all experience very painful and elongated suffering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Dementia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Abortion, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Body shaming, Sexism, Slavery, Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, and Bullying

barefootsierra's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Miscarriage

chrisljm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

Reading the experiences that Britney Spears went through left me with so much anger, sadness, and frustration for her. It is disgusting how the institutions we have in place, that are supposed to help and keep us safe, are constantly and consistently failing us. There are many heartless people in this world who should die, but death is a kind mercy they do not deserve. 

There are many complaints on the writing in this memoir, which is just focusing on the wrong thing imo, but the narrative tone of voice just sounded very young to me. I found this to be very fitting given the trauma she experienced, specifically in the sense of how trauma effects you neurologically, and it helps you understand just how young she was going through all this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Cannibalism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual content

letsgolesbians's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

a very important read. it’s harrowing what britney spears has been through at the hands of her family, the paparazzi, and us. i think britney’s story is incredibly important. 

some small criticisms:
- you can talk about losing bodily autonomy without being fatphobic 
- you can talk about being institutionalized without disrespecting addicts 
- hawaii is not your playground, i don’t care what you’ve been through 
- the lack of intersectionality felt
painful to me at times; absolutely yes, women have suffered at the hands of men, but we cannot
pretend Black men have been treated the same as white men in this country, nor that britney does
have some power as a white woman

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Abortion, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Forced institutionalization

rachdunder's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion and Torture

Moderate: Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Child abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Forced institutionalization

mmefish's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

4.0

"I became a robot. But not just a robot—a sort of child-robot. I had been so infantilized that I was losing pieces of what made me feel like myself."

"In that moment, I made peace with my family—by which I mean that I realized I never wanted to see them again, and I was at peace with that."

I really feel for Britney and wish her the best. Some people should never be parents. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infidelity