Gold Mine Consign Associate Spencer Kaufman recommends The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
The Woman in Me is a memoir by American pop icon Britney Spears. It tells the incredible story of one of the greatest performers in music history and the battles that she faced through her faith … and faith alone at times.
I participated in a book club discussing Britney Spears’s memoir and I’m so glad I did. I decided to listen to the audiobook since Michelle Williams narrates it. I grew up listening to Britney Spears and have remained a big fan to this day.
Being a force of nature aside, she has always seemed like a truly kind and highly sensitive human being.
Listening to her personal experience of being treated so unfairly by the media, paparazzi, and those closest to her, also made me reflect on how I could have participated as a person being entertained by her struggles.
Such a massive star’s freedom being taken away via a conservatorship by her own family, while working nonstop, is something that continues to baffle me. I think it was convenient for her to be written off as simply crazy..
…which is how the abusive treatment towards her was accepted for so long.
My greatest takeaway from this book was that we need to continue to create spaces where mental health is at the forefront of the conversation.
