An Ode to the Miniskirt
Because it's too cold to wear my favorite piece of clothing
The first CD I ever owned was Britney Spears’ ...Baby One More Time. I was 7 years old shopping with my dad at The Wall, a now-defunct CD store, when I spotted its pink case on display, my Bayou Barbie kneeling for a historic portrait of sexualized innocence in American pop music.
...Baby One More Time, both the album and the video, imbued my young brain…