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As a girl in the late ‘90s and early aughts, few figures loomed larger than Britney Spears.

She was IT. Her blonde waves, her sugary sweet voice, her sexy-but-virginal winking public image, she represented an ideal I knew I was supposed to strive for and also knew I’d fail to achieve. I choreographed dances …