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NickS (WA)'s avatar

Thanks for the write-up. I found the whole Britney _thing_ creepy at the time, and I appreciate people going back and taking *her* seriously and trying to separate out her experience from the Britney Spears marketing.

Also, I was just listening to the Richard Thompson cover, which is fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WGsMplGxU

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MK Piatkowski's avatar

I was never comfortable with how she was treated. Justin Timberlake was an ass at the time, telling the world he took her virginity and I hated him every since. She was treated as a complete commodity and outside of her fans no one took her seriously as an artist so I'm happy to talk about her work. I think Toxic is one of the most perfect pieces of pop ever and if you listen to the raw vocals before auto tune she still sounds great.

That Richard Thompson cover is great!

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