It seems that a day cannot go by without poor old (young) Britney Spears being pictured in the press in the act of some embarrassment or other. The latest is her decision to cut off her locks in favour of the Grant Mitchell look. Who would be a 'celebrity'? Sure, there is the advantage of the lavish gifts from clothes designers who want to publicise their latest range, not having to wonder where the next meal is coming from and what have you. But where is the joy? I can remember Britney as a teenager promoting clean living - remember her talking about how she diligently completed her prayer journal at the end of each day, even when on tour. Remember her expressing a desire to remain a virgin until she married? The press loved that one and couldn't wait for the opportunity to snarl 'I told you so!'.
Poor Britney is struggling. All things aside she is still just a young mum, recently estranged from her husband and she has to face humiliating images and stories of herself daily in the so-called newspapers. The hair shaving worries me. I'm no psychologist and I may well be wrong but I would say that is classic low self-esteem behaviour rather than a fashion statement. It seems she is now seeking professional help. I for one hope she sorts herself out. Even celebrities shouldn't have to be unhappy. Who amongst us hasn't messed up somewhere along the way? But by and large our mistakes are relatively anonymous. If you have a spare second in your prayer time, you could do worse than to remember Britney.
Not that I would buy any of her records, you understand...
Wednesday 21 February 2007
Oops! She did it again...
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We had a debate yesterday in the girl's group I'm doing which pointed out how there was a massive difference between the way the press represented Amy Winehouse, Kate Moss and Britney Spears. All three have experienced substance abuse and the latter two have young children.
We also spoke about how they weren't sympathetic to the obvious mental health problems she is experiencing, brought about the break-up of her marriage and other family stufff - reports focus on the fact she has shaved her head, straying even further away from the image she created for herself as a wholesome, beautiful, 'normal' young woman.
So she gets punished by being turned into an attraction into a modern freak-show.
Does your head in.
Yes, tragically we can find ourselves being sucked into it, even without realising it. Every time we buy a trashy celeb mag or even 'mainstream press'. They are real flesh and blood people. Would we be any better equipped to deal with modern life under the microscope?
Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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