Yes America, some gunfire will surely remedy the situation.

The breakdown of civil society continues apace.

Wow. Really didn't see that coming, honestly. Hope everyone stays safe! At least there aren't a ton of extra employees hanging around? #oddbrightside

Wait. Did you say Larry Rudolph? I didn't realize he was back managing Britney. Isn't Miley also his client? I think we found the source of all this overt sexuality.

Yeah, I've always thought there was a bone-chilling story behind all this. Her parents control her money, she appears to be heavily drugged, and it doesn't seem like she's allowed to quit showbiz although she's obviously miserable. She seems like a person who has been exploited for so long by so many people (including…

God, I cannot imagine what it must be like to not be in control of one's own external identity, and being manufactured, used, and disposable to those who (literally, in the case of Briney's conservator issue) are controlling their lives. It's so fascinating and sad, especially in light of the open letter Sinead…

I agree...if she's no longer happy doing what she's doing let her take a fucking break and be with her kids. Or let her leave the industry entirely and open a dance studio or something! I never liked her music but it sucks to see someone so unhappy.

Nope, slow-fade is not acceptable. Healthy communication means being upfront with the other person in the relationship, instead of deliberately obfuscating your intentions and then throwing a hissy-fit when they don't have superhuman mind-reading powers and figure out that you mean the exact opposite of what you said.…

Ugh, she always comes off as someone who does not live a life that is true to her identity. I'm a jerk for talking about someone's life, a person I don't even know.

Too many people living off of her, they have to eat!

So the man who has her conservatorship, her father, is pressuring her (or allowing her to be pressured) into doing a highly sexual video, a video released just prior to a new album and Vegas show?

I just opined about this exact thing in the Sinead O'connor/Miley advice thread less than an hour ago.

Her father. No telling the grim history between the two of them. I'm sure that in 30 years we'll here all about her very sad childhood.

I feel like Britney is ready to settle down, be a mom, and stay out of the mainstream media, but she's being pressured/forced into keep going. She seems unhappy doing all of this, it makes me sad for her.

Oh, Britney. My heart breaks for this woman. She always looks so unhappy lately, like she is being forced to do all this showbiz stuff and she just wants to be left alone to raise her kids. What's the deal there? Is her money still in a conservatorship? Is she being manipulated? Can she quit if she wants to?

She just looks so unhappy. The smile is barely breaking the lower half of her face; it's definitely not reaching her eyes.

"Why is it that an international superstar worth millions can't make the kind of video she wants to make? "

Hasn't she made enough? Can't she be allowed to just take a few years off, or forever off, if she wants to?

To be fair, It's better than "Genocide and Gingersnaps."

This is so timely in light of Sinead O'Connor's letter to Miley Cyrus. If Britney freaking Spears can't stop this kind of shit, what hope does some 20 year old have? Sure, she's annoying (Miley), but there's very little agency in what she's doing these days, methinks. Yet she gets to take all the blame for being "too…