‘Framing Britney Spears’: A Lesson on Misogyny and Hypocrisy in the Media

"Framing Britney Spears isn’t just a documentary about Spears’ life and career — it’s a social commentary on the unbearable misogyny and hypocrisy that exists in the music industry and media at large. In the movie, we see the media criticize Spears for being a sexual enigma, almost blaming her for interviewers bringing up her breasts and her (then nonexistent) sex life in interviews. Yet the same media blocked any attempt for her to be portrayed as an innocent, virginal 'all American girl' who is simply owning her femininity and sexuality."

Read the full article from the Cornell Daily Sun here.

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Britney Spears fans gather outside a Los Angeles courthouse during a hearing for the star's conservatorship case on May 10, 2019
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