Arts·Group Chat

Britney Spears is finally telling her own story

Writers Lisa Whittington-Hill and Alessa Dominguez join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss Britney Spears' latest memoir and the way she was treated in the public eye throughout her career.

Lisa Whittington-Hill and Alessa Dominguez discuss revelations from the pop star's new memoir, The Woman in Me

Britney Spears performs at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. A wide shot of her performing as silhouettes of hands reaching out towards her surround her on all sides.
Singer Britney Spears performs during the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards August 28, 2016 at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images)

Britney Spears' memoir, The Woman in Me, finally hit shelves this week after much anticipation. 

The pop star's rise to stardom began when she was only 16 years old, with the release of instant hits like ...Baby One More Time. Ever since, Spears' career has been so big it's hard to define. Not only was she exploited in the press for years, but her own narrative has also been consistently framed and controlled by the men in her life. 

Writers Lisa Whittington-Hill and Alessa Dominguez join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to discuss what we got wrong about Spears, and reflect on the harmful ways the public and the media treated her throughout her career.

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You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel produced by Jane van Koeverden.