This did not read as feminists against the patriarchy to me as such.

My take away was quite different.

I agree she snapped and she likely has.mental health challenges. Maybe she’s bipolar (don’t know, not a fan) or maybe it’s something else.

So what? There seems to be a disproportionate number of celebrities that do have mental challenges. It seems to make them better performers, or perhaps they thrive as performers because they’re incapable of holding down a typical 9 to 5.

How many celebrities have cracked up temporarily or otherwise under the strain of their erratic schedules, the paparazzi, the fans, etc? How many self medicate? How many haven’t made it through mental crises alive?

Being a celebrity can be deadly.

So yeah, she snapped. She needed and got help. Maybe she needed someone to look after her financial and business interests while she focused on getting well. She probably did.

But she did not want that person to be her father. She should have had more of a say in that. There’s an argument to be made that the court ignoring her pleas could have stymied her recovery somewhat. The fact that she didn’t want it to be him, one of the people you should be able to trust most in life speaks volumes. They have a history that is not altogether pleasant. She doesn’t trust him to not take advantage.

This was just wrong. The court could have appointed her mother, or her sister. Doesn’t she have a brother too—what about him? Good grief, even a lawyer or an accountant might have been a better choice.

The second take away is why is she still under conservatorship? It’s been a decade. She’s performing again and by all appearances seems to be stable and competent. And has been for years. How many hoops does she have to jump through to regain full control of her own life? What’s the hold up?

She happens to be female. But the same would apply to any male celebrity in the same situation. We would question that too. A fully functioning adult should have all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a fully functioning adult.

While we recognize that sometimes things happen and the court has to step in, such circumstances shouldn’t default to a permanent status change. That’s not just and it’s not right.

Once the mind is restored, the person should be restored to full legal status as well.

If there’s a problem with how the court works in this regard, we should know about it, we should talk about it earnestly, and we should take steps to fix it.