Who among us would have done any better under the circumstances? In The New York Times’ documentary Framing Britney Spears Michael Moore was on Larry King Live at the time this was all going on and asks, “Why don’t we just leave her alone? Why don’t we just let her go on with her life.” (44:10). For this her baby was taken away from her? She was ahead of her time in shaving her head. She was concerned about exposing herself and her baby to the paparazzi surrounding her car while strapping her baby into his car seat in the back so she put him on her lap to get them to safety. Attacking a car with an umbrella was actually a pretty restrained response to the paparazzi provocations. To me it is clear the things Britney did 13 years ago leading to the conservatorship imposed on her were understandable reactions to what was going on in her life, especially the pervasive paparazzi presence. Still, I will limit discussing the details of Ms.
Spears’ public mortification has the potential of helping those tens of thousands of people without her celebrity gain their freedom and I hope she will consider that some consolation. Even so, it has to be uncomfortable for her at the least, and possibly mortifying, to have people discussing and opining on her personal life and mental health. The same can’t be said for the tens of thousands of people under abusive, even deadly, conservatorships, or guardianships as they are called in most states.
Fundamentally, it is the public exposure of her plight that is her only real hope for freedom. Spears testified she wants the public to know how she feels and what is going on. Spears for invading her privacy by talking and writing about her situation. David Cohen late last month which might also be of interest.įirst, though, I may need to apologize to Ms. I recently had an online conversation on Britney Spears, conservatorship, and psychiatric power with the terrific Laura Delano and Dr. Jim has written the post below.īritney Spears’ very public conservatorship nightmare has brought public attention to a common form of human rights abuse and I hope this will contribute to the public discourse in important ways.įoremost among these is the role that a morally and scientific bereft psychiatry plays. Jim Gottstein has devoted a lifetime to grappling with this issue and recently wrote The Zyprexa Papers a book that features Bill Bigley, who was in a very similar position to Britney. Britney Spears has eloquently put an issue on the plate for all of us – listen Here – an issue that can affect all of us.
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