The Waves: Free Britney. From Her Fans.

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🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Nicole Lewis, former Slate senior editor and Daisy Rosario, senior supervising producer of audio at Slate, talk about Britney…bitch. Mega-pop star Britney Spears is trying to navigate her life after being released from the court order that gave her father almost total control of her life. But the fans that put her conservatorship in the spotlight still can’t let her go. Nicole and Daisy unpack the toxic relationship between Britney Spears and fame—as well as whether there’s a way to be a fan without contributing to the damage. In Slate Plus, is the TNFW Nique rap Baby Daddy Free about abortion feminist? Recommendations: Daisy: Love Is Blind: After the Alter on Netflix. Nicole: House of the Dragon on HBO. Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Shannon Palus, Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery. Send your comments and recommendations on what to cover to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the waves.
0:15.3	Sleep's podcast about gender, feminism, and it's Britney Binch.
0:19.7	Crazy!
0:21.8	The concept is like taking place at a school.
0:27.4	It was kind of my idea, and it takes place at a school and the kids can't wait to get out.
0:32.5	The pop star shaved her own head Friday.
0:35.0	Spears showed up at a San Fernando Valley salon requesting the hairless do.
0:39.5	The salon owners said she tried to talk her out of it, but Spears insisted on shaving her head.
0:45.5	After her main event, we thought they could be dead by now, but they both resurrected their
0:50.2	career, and the public has forgiven them because even at 16 Britney's shaving, it's a
0:55.2	scene.
0:56.2	More of a cautionary tale, despite provocative videos playing to the schoolgirl fetishes
1:01.6	of dirty old men.
1:03.4	Justin Timberlake has apologized to Britney Spears after a new documentary led to criticism
1:07.7	of how he treated her during and after the relationship.
1:11.0	He also apologized to Janet Jackson.
1:12.9	And the woman got good care Britney's alive because of it.
1:15.6	There's very few celebrities have that kind of enlightened people.
1:18.3	Britney Spears devastated by the fact her sons have not seen or spoken to her in six
1:23.3	months.
1:24.3	They've been in a load.
1:26.7	Every episode you get a new pair of women to talk about the thing we just can't get off
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