People pointed out to me this past week that Britney was TWENTY FUCKING FIVE when this happened. Very few millennials need more context than that. Add in the lifetime of hyper-controlled activity, your entire person being turned into a brand you’re expected to conform to, the looming custody question of your children, etc.?

Like, fuck OFF. 17 year old me had no context for the fact that she wasn’t even a decade older than me. 26 year old me can fucking relate to that breakdown, because he’s shocked he even made it through way, way less shit than she did.