Britney Spears & The Impossible Situation

Britney’s recent Instagram post shines a spotlight on a favorite gatekeeping tactic

Spears performing at the National Mall, 2003. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Seth Rossman. Public domain.

By now the plight of Britney Spears and the conservatorship she’s been living under for the past 13 years is fairly well known.

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock, here’s the story in a nutshell: in 2008 Britney Spears…