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I’ve Been Such A Jerk About Britney
Her emancipation is a feminist cause.
“The world goes ‘round and ‘round, but some things never change…” Britney Spears Pepsi commercial, 2001.
“You wanna boss daddy? Wanna legal baddy?
Want no control of body? Wanna lose faith in Goddy?
Wanna get real maddy? Wanna be real saddy?
What she got for her work, bitch…” Me, in the style of Britney Spears, 2021
I’d just like to state for the record that I feel like a real jerk.
I am not an expert on Britney Spears. I am the worst kind of snob.
I do a rather fabulous impersonation of her. I am particularly good at the refrain of her 2001 Pepsi commercial. A natural mimic, I entertain friends on occasion with my antics.
Until this week that’s the extent of my interest in her life and music.
I hear the term Free Britney on occasion, without a whit of curiosity about why such a movement exists. I imagine vapid fans on message boards pretending to care for her personally in order to feel better about themselves.
