Episode 79:

The Slow Road to Justice

(Originally released on March 22, 2021)

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Here’s the SNL cold open the from 2/20 episode.

Here are some more think pieces that have come out recently:

  • From Mara Wilson in the NY Times

  • From Tavi Gevinson in NYMag

  • NY Times: Speaking of Britney … What About All Those Other Women? Monica Lewinsky. Janet Jackson. Lindsay Lohan. Whitney Houston. We are living in an era of reappraisals.

  • USA Today: Britney Spears documentary reveals what's wrong with the entertainment media

  • NBC News: 'Framing Britney Spears' and an examination of the movement's queer voices

And some think pieces about conservatorships:

  • The Nation: Abolish Guardianship, Preserve the Rights of Disabled People, and Free Britney

  • Business Insider: It's not just Britney Spears — over a million adults in the US are under legal conservatorships, and they often fail to protect those they are meant to help

Britney’s perfumes are selling out after the doc.

Here’s Billy B’s Australian radio interview.

Here’s the Framing Britney Spears Psychic Reading by Antphrodite 

Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz have called for a Congressional hearing into conservatorships abuse, using Britney’s case as an example. And here’s Team Jamie’s response to CNN.

We’ve heard more from Samantha Stark & Liz Day: here’s a story about Britney and the fan and here’s their interview with ET Canada interview.

We recently listened to the Sinisterhood podcast’s episode about #FreeBritney Movement (here’s Part 1 and Part 2).

Ryann the Sagittarius has recently begun a podcast that everyone should check out.

Troy recently also had Joe Gunn on Dunzo to go track by track through the Oops album.

We Need to Talk About Britney recently interviewed Britney’s former makeup artists Julianne Kaye & Roberta Inez on recent episodes.

We are really appreciative of Steve Dennis, author of Britney: Inside the Dream, for speaking with us! We say it all the time on the podcast, but this book is required reading!

The Deep Background podcast hosted by Noah Feldman has an interview with Adam Streisand coming out on 3/24.

You should also check out the two Original Doll podcasts: this one and this one.

The Sun had an exclusive from someone who worked in merch about how “'HE WAS SCARY' Britney Spears’ dad ‘growled at her sons and acted like a commander’ during Las Vegas residency shows.” 

Page Six had exclusive details about how Columbus Short alleged that Britney’s parents calling him a racial slur while on the phone with Britney back while they were together.

On 3/1 she posted a pic of the boys on Instagram: 

On the same day, UsWeekly had an exclusive about how why “Why Britney Spears Sees Sons Sean Preston, 15, and Jayden, 14, ‘Less’ Frequently.”

Britney was seen out with Sam & JJ on Tuesday the 16th

Britney wished Sam a happy birthday on Instagram while doing the TikTok Toxic joke with the shower glass:

Forbes had an interview with Sam about growing up, his career and his family. And here’s more about how the conservatorship would impact Britney’s decision to have more kids.

Sam had a story message to Britney on International Women’s Day - “Happy International Women’s Day to my lioness. Thank you for showing me that true strength and bravery comes from a woman. Plus we look like two badasses here.”

And here’s Sam’s Happy Persian New Year post from 3/20: 

Vivian Lee Thoreen has been on a media tour that has included a GMA appearance and a CNN appearance (video). And here are some reactions to the GMA appearance:

We didn’t get to cover this in the ep, but here are some other ppl who’ve talked about Britney since our last ep:

  • Drew Barrymore: “I have so much empathy toward so many people. I'm sure that people look on and think, 'These party girls, these privileges, how dare they have feelings about any of this? They've put themselves out there, they've asked for this—it's fair fucking game.' And I just go, 'They're humans. They're just humans.'

  • Jon Bon Jovi on Radio Andy: “I feel terrible for the poor kid,” he said of Spears. “Those are the kind of situations I knew to get out of in Hollywood [when I was at that age]. And I knew to get away from that kind of a world.” 

  • Kelly Rowland: “I’m having a hard time in wanting to watch it,” the former Destiny’s Child member, 40, admitted on the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen aftershow on Thursday, March 4. “I really respect the fact, like, when artists say, ‘This is a documentary. It’s OK to watch it.’ You know what I mean?”

  • Paris: Although Hilton hasn’t spoken to Spears “in a few months”, and hasn’t had a chance to watch the film yet, she said that the situation “makes me feel really sad for (Britney) because she’s such a sweet girl and has such a big heart”. She continued: “I just can’t imagine being controlled like that. When you’re an adult and you’ve worked your whole life to build this empire, and then to be treated like a child is not fair.”

  • Kim Kardashian (and here is what Jaclyn was talking about when Kim pretended to be with Britney to get pap attention).

  • Will.i.am

Here’s The Sun had an exclusive about how “Britney Spears ‘wants to produce a TV show created from her own journal entries’ as she battles conservatorship.”

And it was announced that BBC Two is working on a Britney doc that will air later this spring. 

We didn’t get to cover this during the episode, but in sort of related news, Tom Girardi’s conservatorship filing is being questioned by the State Bar of California, which may have their own grudge against him for making them look bad. (Here’s the backstory on him & what’s happening.)

Here’s the 5 Louisiana Ladies Instagram account - we can’t wait to see what happens next!

On Thursday, ET had an exclusive about how “Britney Spears Has Thought About Speaking Out, Is 'Much Happier' Amid Support From Fans, Source Says.”

After the Meghan & Harry interview, everyone now wants Oprah to interview Britney 

And here’s Britney’s Insta post from Friday:

Thank you for listening!