“America has long reveled in the destruction of young women. Here’s a short and not comprehensive list: Judy Garland was given amphetamines at age 16 on the set of “The Wizard of Oz” in 1938.
“Frances Farmer was institutionalized against her will in 1942, and Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her ex-manager in 1980 at the age of 20.
“Britney Spears was born a year after Stratten’s death. Her new memoir, “The Woman in Me,” suggests that not much progress has been made in not destroying the women we all purport to love.”
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