Episode 3: Britney Spears
This is a big one! This week I discuss issues related to the Britney Spears case, including conservatorship, media portrayals of celebrity, and mental health issues for women. Lots of good stuff, including feminist analysis, in this episode.
Sources:
Family Caregiver Alliance. (2012). Conservatorship and guardianship. https://www.caregiver.org/resource/conservatorship-and-guardianship/
Goodman, L. A., Rosenberg, S. D., Mueser, K. T., & Drake, R. E. (1997). Physical and sexual assault history in women with serious mental illness: prevalence, correlates, treatment, and future research directions. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 23(4), 685-696.
Judicial Council of California. (2016). Handbook for conservators. Author.
Kincaid, L. (2012). Conservatorship in crisis: Civil rights violations & abuses of power.
Lowe, M. (2003). Colliding feminisms: Britney Spears, “tweens,” and the politics of redemption. Popular Music and Society, 26(2).
Musial, J. (2019). “We’re country”: Britney Spears, southern white femininity, and the American dream. Feminist Formations, 31(3), 72-94.
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