But that’s the problem with conservatorships: they’re self-reinforcing.

It may or may not be true that something like this will make it more difficult for her to end her conservatorship. But if true, that is more an indictment of the judge overseeing her conservatorship, and of the entire conservatorship system in general, than anything else. Being “in full control of her emotions” is not…

Maybe she’ll fuck up. Maybe she’ll be a mess after coming to terms with the fact that her family has abused her and used her as a piggy bank for decades. Maybe she will spend her money on Funkos and fast food.

I’m curious if there will be any changes made to the law surrounding conservatorships. For me, one of the more startling aspects of this case is that Britney Spears had a court-appointed lawyer (instead of the one she tried to hire when the conservatorship first stared) who got paid (handsomely) out of her estate.…

but that’s one of the issues - people, including those with disabilities have to be allowed to live but also fail on their own terms. Its not up to you or me or anyone else to decide what “doing well” looks like especially when that’s (1) different for everyone and (2) not the legal standard for most folks including…

It’s possible that she does have a mental illness that impacts her. But to be clear, a conservatorship is still not appropriate, especially when her father (or someone working for him) indicated she had dementia to be granted the conservatorship. And I have serious doubts that someone who supposedly has dementia being…

Just came here to say “I have had with these motherfucking snakes in my motherfucking drain”.

“Well, that’s the thing - conservatorships are ‘voluntary’ in that the person under it needs to sign something agreeing to it”

We all know the lawyer is only quitting because her testimony was pretty damning against him. I only hope Britney’s situation sheds a light on , and that people keep this energy for, the abuses that happen all to often to people with disabilities. Varying degrees of guardianship can be positive, but there needs to be…

I will never understand how the judge who approved the conservatorship, Reva Goetz, came to the conclusion that Jamie Spears would be an appropriate conservator for his daughter. In The New York Times article about the case, it was clear that the man barely had his own life together and was definitely not a good…

Instrumental. The theme runs about four and half minutes and evokes images of myself wandering rainy urban streets in a trenchcoat chainsmoking Camels and taking the occasional pull from a hip flask. Makes the whole scrub-the-toilet thing very noirish.

For their next trick, they will euthanize their child and then make a video about the heartbreaking decision to be child free.

I’m not happy but, I can’t say I’m sad either. As someone from one of the many, many, many nations that was completely and irrevocably fucked by the British Empire, the only thing I can think is... hold on a second...[farts]... ah there we go.

You just sent me down a 3+ hour wormhole of Orson Welles interviews. Time well spent. 

Shouldnt be so surprised to see so many snowflakes during winter times, I guess but still

All of them. I’m planning on ordering a pizza and watching Godfather I and II all by myself. I might also make “3 sisters” stew. (corn, beans, squash).

It’s tough when they’re in a cult and both victim and perpetrators. I do 100% agree, CBC could have dug a little deeper into Edmondson. It sounds like the interview was anonymously emailed accusations rather than talking to people Edmondson had recuiter. Still, CBC comes across like a hostile high-power lawyer in…

Actually, I felt like the CBC podcast didn’t quite do enough to press Edmondson about her complicity. The host did ask those questions a few times—the sanctifying of gaslighting, the money she made, how exploitative she was as a boss (and how exploitative the MLM structure is, in general), the fact that she recruited…

If you can watch the one on Starz, check it out. I’ve found it to be a much better documentary. India sounds very rehearsed in some comments but they have a lot of cult experts sharing their opinion and explaining the process of brain washing people which was interesting for me. Also, you can see in the Starz…

I’ll be looking for the second season of The Vow which will continue to focus on the true tragedy of NXIVM: The fact that a brilliant man like Keith Raniere fell victim to his vices and thus tarnished the great system for helping people that he had developed.