Guess what? Britney Spears posted yet another video of herself wearing nothing and tabloid headlines rush to call it “bizarre.” But is it? Or do tabloids tend to sensationalize everything that Britney does because it helps them pay the bills? Yup, that’s it! It’s the sensationalizing for clicks and money. I, for one, am so sick of the Britney bashing. Especially after reading Britney’s memoir The Woman in Me that came out on October 24.
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In her book, she talks about how paparazzi, the media in general, and her family made her life a living hell. She also explains why she continues to post nude pictures and videos of herself on Instagram even though she gets grief about it. Guess what? Her reasons actually make sense and even if they don’t make sense to you, she’s a grown woman and can post whatever she wants on Instagram as long as it doesn’t go against their terms of service. So, let’s take a look at her latest nude post and break down the hypocrisy of calling it bizarre.
A little duck lips and nudity in the morning.
In the so called “bizarre” video, Britney is lying in bed wearing nothing but a choker, makes some funny faces, and says “good morning a couple of times.” Nothing unhinged or strange about it if you’re familiar with Britney’s posts on IG.
She’s been posting this kind of content for quite some time.
As you can see, she is not shy about sharing her assets online and she actually does it pretty regularly. Does it make some people feel uncomfortable? Probably. But that’s not Britney’s problem, now is it?
Why does she post so many nudes?
Not that she owes anyone an explanation, but here's what she wrote in her memoir: “I know that a lot of people don’t understand why I love taking pictures of myself naked or in new dresses."
“But I think if they’d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and posed for other people’s approval, they’d understand that I get a lot of joy from posing the way I feel sexy and taking my own picture, doing whatever I want with it.”
Also, keep in mind that she was under a conservatorship for over 13 years.
Britney was a grown woman, a mother of two, and one of the most famous people in the world when she was placed in a conservatorship run by her father Jamie Spears. For almost 14 years, Jamie controlled just about everything in Britney’s life. He even controlled what she ate.
The complete lack of control over most aspects of her life ‘infantilized’ her.
“I had been so infantilized that I was losing pieces of what made me feel like myself,” she shares in her memoir. “The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a child. I became more of an entity than a person onstage. I had always felt music in my bones and my blood; they stole that from me.”
Social media is a form of freedom for her.
“Freedom means being goofy, silly, and having fun on social media. Freedom means taking a break from Instagram without people calling 911,” she explains. Seriously, there are plenty of people on IG sharing pictures of videos of themselves wearing nothing or next to nothing. Why is it shocking when Britney does it?
Is it because she’s a woman that she’s judged so harshly?
Because no one seems to mind when Maluma posts pictures of himself wearing nothing and just strategically covering his naughty bits. Or did I miss the headlines calling this pic of Maluma in a bubble bath “bizarre?”
Is it because she has children?
Because William Levy has kids too and somehow no one freaks the funk out when he posts thirst traps. No one goes on and on about how his kids will get made fun of at school because he displays his body online.
Is it because she’s old enough to know better?
Because Lenny Kravitz is 18 years older than Britney and no one is offended when he sheds his clothing for all to see. He for sure doesn’t get shamed for showing off his body. Nope, he gets admired for it.
Allow me to apologize to Britney on behalf of all of us who are old enough to know better.
Dear Britney,
I am ashamed to admit that I have judged you harshly in the past, that I believed so many of the headlines, and that I didn’t see the hypocrisy of the standards you were held to simply for being a young woman.
In your memoir, you wrote:
“Think of how many male artists gambled all their money away; how many had substance abuse or mental health issues. No one tried to take away their control over their body and money. I didn’t deserve what my family did to me.”
You are so, so right. You didn’t deserve what your family did to you and you also didn’t deserve what so many of us did to you: We judged you harshly without knowing the circumstances. We judged you harshly because of your gender. We judged you harshly as we flipped through the pages of tabloid magazines like it was some kind of fun way to pass the time.
I’m so sorry. You deserved better, you still deserve better.
Let's all show Britney some respect.
Let's stop acting like everything she does is "crazy." It's really not and it's hypocritical when we don't even bat an eyelash when other people do similar things. If her social media posts don't appeal to you, don't look at them.
Dance on, Britney! May the next stage of your life be filled with joy, freedom, and peace. And may we all learn a lesson from how you've been treated, simply for being a female in the public eye.
