What's Britney Spears Got to do with Australian True Crime?
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Show Notes Ep 234 of Australian True Crime with Meshel Laurie and Emily Webb
Brittany Spears’ story has had a profound effect on women around the
world whose basic rights have also been stripped away by partners and other
family members. We discuss the impact of her emancipation with Kat Foster from
the 50/50 Foundation which is working towards equal representation for women in
governance by 2030.
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July, |
| 0:04.3 | and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already. |
| 0:07.4 | Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show. |
| 0:10.3 | Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests, |
| 0:15.2 | our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in |
| 0:19.9 | Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly. |
| 0:26.0 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:40.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. |
| 0:49.0 | The following podcast contains content of a graphic violent nature and is not suitable for children. |
| 0:55.4 | The thing that's so shocking about the Britney Spears case is this was happening in full view. |
| 1:00.3 | It was happening in full view of the world. I actually never bought another magazine after the 2007 documentation of Brittany Spears breakdown. I never bought any items then I thought it was really wrong. I was |
| 1:17.4 | thought, wow there's someone asking for help and all you want to do is take a picture. Don't take a picture, like help her. |
| 1:23.6 | That's what she's asking for. Do you remember when you first started thinking about Brittany Spears as a victim? |
| 1:38.0 | Do you remember when you started thinking that jokes about her mental breakdown in 2007 about her shaving her head and |
| 1:45.2 | attacking a paparazzo's car with an umbrella after losing custody of her children |
| 1:50.0 | weren't funny. Do you remember when you started to think that her father having |
| 1:54.1 | control over her life, her career and her money was disturbing? Or when you |
| 1:59.2 | started to wonder if maybe she really was sending distress signals through her weird |
| 2:03.8 | Instagram posts. Kat Foster is the associate director of the 50-50 |
| 2:08.3 | Foundation which works towards establishing equal representation of men and |
| 2:12.4 | women in key decision-making roles at all levels of |
| 2:15.3 | governance in Australia by 2030. She wrote a fantastic piece for the University of Canberra's |
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