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by n1b0m 299 days ago
No, she did it as an act of rebellion and to reclaim control amidst intense media scrutiny and a feeling of being constantly judged. She described it as a way to push back against the constant pressure and invasion of her privacy.
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aaron695 299 days ago
There is court testimony it was drug testing - https://www.reuters.com/article/business/britney-spears-hook...

Can you link your source?

I'd say it was part of some sort of manic/meltdown episode with multiple things going on with some logic. She was under a conservatorship for good reason, it's not some Deep State conspiracy.

I'd like to hear her explanation in her words.

[edit] - From her book

  I went into a hair salon, and I took the clippers, and I shaved off all my hair.

  Everyone thought it was hilarious. Look how crazy she is! Even my parents acted embarrassed by me. But nobody seemed to understand that I was simply out of my mind with grief. My children had been taken away from me.

  With my head shaved, everyone was scared of me, even my mom. No one would talk to me anymore because I was too ugly.

  My long hair was a big part of what people liked—I knew that. I knew a lot of guys thought long hair was hot.

  Shaving my head was a way of saying to the world: Fuck you. You want me to be pretty for you? Fuck you. You want me to be good for you? Fuck you. You want me to be your dream girl? Fuck you. I’d been the good girl for years. I’d smiled politely while TV show hosts leered at my breasts, while American parents said I was destroying their children by wearing a crop top, while executives patted my hand condescendingly and second-guessed my career choices even though I’d sold millions of records, while my family acted like I was evil. And I was tired of it.

  At the end of the day, I didn’t care. All I wanted to do was see my boys. It made me sick thinking about the hours, the days, the weeks I missed with them. My most special moments in life were taking naps with my children. That’s the closest I’ve ever felt to God—taking naps with my precious babies, smelling their hair, holding their tiny hands.
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vintermann 299 days ago
> it's not some Deep State conspiracy

I know very little about the drama around Britney Spears, but even I know that the question was if her conservator was abusing it, not "the deep state". It's a case of the breach of trust of one or a very few people, NOT a grand conspiracy requiring a supernatural level of coordination and control. It happens with alarming regularity that people abuse conservatorships. It's an inherently very abusable position.

I hate it when people shout "conspiracy theory" over garden variety breach of trust/corruption. The latter actually exists, by using this accusation as a shield for it, you strengthen the actually unreasonable conspiracy theories.

Now that doesn't mean Spears' conservatorship abused their position, they may or have not have, but it's not something that can be reject as a possibility.

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