In Defense of Britney

By Josh Timmermann

There’s nothing but guilt surrounding Britney -- guilt for secretly enjoying “Gimme More”, guilt for tuning in to see what sort of trouble she’s gotten herself into today, guilt for not having the balls to use the word “misogyny“. [5 November 2007]

Britney Spears: Circus

By Mike Newmark

Released just 13 months after the pissed-off Blackout, Circus catches Spears on a relative upswing, flush from Blackout's positive critical reception and the release of her MTV documentary, For the Record. [10 December 2008]

Britney Spears: Blackout

By Mike Schiller

Britney is reduced to a disembodied voice hung robotically over the top of these tracks, purring disinterestedly into a microphone until someone tells her to stop. [29 October 2007]

Britney Spears: Britney

By Nikki Tranter