Britney Spears is taking care of herself. Too many others can't

When Britney Spears' mental health deteriorated in early 2008, the story dominated the news for weeks. Pictures of the wide-eyed, shaven-headed superstar saturated the internet, and a Rolling Stone cover story described Spears as being a toy we'd all grown tired of playing with, a "perfectly proportioned twenty-six-year-old porcelain doll with a nasty weave." Long after the episode had passed, the meme "If Britney can survive 2007, you can handle today" remained synonymous with the worst, most embarrassing kind of breakdown.

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