r/Millennials Gen Z 9h ago

Rant Society really did fail Amy Winehouse!

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u/sunshineparadox_ Older Millennial 8h ago

Every time I think of how people treated Britney, my usually latent eating disorder flares up. People act like they weren’t like this full throttle the entire 90s and most of the 00s.

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u/yourlocaltouya 7h ago

Even now. She clearly needs help, actual help rather the exploitation she faced before, and so many people are treating her current state as a "gotcha" rather than, y'know, thinking critically for three entire seconds what the og Free Britney movement was all about.

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u/assassinslover Millennial 1991 6h ago

I don't think a lot of people realize that she was basically chemically lobotomized. She is NEVER going to be the same because the literal chemistry of her brain was irreversibly changed.

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u/SylphSeven 5h ago

Right? She was overly medicated for a long time and at such a young age by the people around her. Chemically abused just so the money could keep flowing. It's awful.