then document their struggles as content when the pressure inevitably breaks them. She’s been famous longer than she’s been an adult, which means her entire identity formation happened under public surveillance and judgment. Her decision to speak publicly about postpartum depression when her career was already vulnerable showed either extraordinary courage or complete exhaustion with performing wellness she didn’t feel—both interpretations reveal someone who stopped protecting the industry that never protected her.
The judgment surrounding her custody situation demonstrates society’s need to punish women who don’t conform to maternal expectations, regardless of the complex realities behind those decisions.What makes her story important isn’t the tragedy—it’s watching someone rebuild while refusing to perform the redemption narrative everyone demands, choosing messy authenticity over the polished comeback story that would make audiences comfortable and win her back industry approval.
