<p>In this episode, we examine one of the most Iconic magazine cover shoots in modern pop history and how it launched Britney to stardom. We also take a close look at the access Rolling Stone was given to a future superstar, the quotes her PR team must have had fits over, and the first of many controversies Britney had to face. </p>

In this episode, we examine one of the most Iconic magazine cover shoots in modern pop history and how it launched Britney to stardom. We also take a close look at the access Rolling Stone was given to a future superstar, the quotes her PR team must have had fits over, and the first of many controversies Britney had to face.

Rolling Stone Close Read: 1999

Britney Spears was under a conservatorship from 2008 to 2021 where all her financial and personal decisions had to be approved by her conservators, including her father, Jamie Spears. Britney earned hundreds of millions of dollars during that time, performing and touring extensively, while being deemed too impaired by the courts to be in control of her life. Britney is one of the most recognizable celebrities in the world, yet very little of the massive media coverage she generated focused on the conservatorship until the #FreeBritney movement grew within the last few years before the restrictive legal arrangement finally ended. Now that the conservatorship has been terminated, there are still an enormous amount of unanswered questions, including whether those responsible for the conservatorship will be held accountable for what Britney experienced during those 13+ years. Eat, Pray, Britney tries to draw attention to the restrictive constraints Britney was under during the conservatorship, as well as her current pursuit of justice, while also examining her life and career through a feminist lens.

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