Throughout her life, she has been scrutinized and ridiculed. Journalists repeatedly asked her about her breasts and sex life when she was a teenager. A conservatorship deprived her of the most basic human rights as an adult.

She couldn’t see her two sons without approval for 13 years. The driving license of the woman was confiscated. It was forbidden for her to drink tea or coffee, and she could not choose her meals. Her request to remove an intrauterine device (IUD) was denied.

She was allowed to make her own decisions again two years ago when a judge lifted a court order overseen by her father.

Her new memoir, The Woman In Me, reveals there was no happy ending.

The migraines are only part of the physical and emotional damage I have now that I’m out of conservatorship, she writes. The real damage that my family caused is not understood by my family.”

The migraines are only part of the physical and emotional damage I have now that I’m out of conservatorship, she writes. The real damage that my family caused is not understood by my family.”

Spears’ life story is shadowed by those events. Every betrayal and public humiliation feels like a step towards her incarceration.

When she exploded onto the pop charts in 1998, it all began. She became an overnight sensation, but the press refused to believe she had any agency. According to them, her songs were written for her while creepy, salivating older men created her public image.