Growing Up with Britney Spears: Why We’re Haunted by Aughts Celebrities

I can’t remember a world without Britney Spears. She colored my earliest memories as a little girl on her way to kindergarten on a big yellow bus. Britney’s voice was the soundtrack to these young memories, but her presence penetrated beyond the airwaves.

Britney was also on plastic backpacks and lunch bags. She was the face of Valentine’s…