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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : Britney Spears</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Britney+Spears/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Britney Spears</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Britney and Bristol Duke It Out for Candie's</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/08/britney-and-bristol-duke-it-out-for-candie-s.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:5525</guid><dc:creator>Meghan O'Rourke</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/5525.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=5525</wfw:commentRss><description>Bristol Palin is partnering with the Candie's Foundation , a subset of the Candie's company, to promote "abstinence" as a way to "raise awareness" and "combat teen pregnancy." Never mind that one form of awareness, of course, is the awareness that pregnancy...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2009/05/08/britney-and-bristol-duke-it-out-for-candie-s.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5525" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Bristol+Palin/default.aspx">Bristol Palin</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Britney+Spears/default.aspx">Britney Spears</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/candie_2700_s/default.aspx">candie's</category></item><item><title>Free Britney</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/02/free-britney.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4121</guid><dc:creator>Sophie Gilbert</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4121.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4121</wfw:commentRss><description>Susannah , Like you, I watched the Britney documentary on MTV. What really bothered me wasn't Britney's mental state (at times she was sparkling, charming, hilarious — performing send-ups of her father that sent her entourage into stitches) but the way...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/02/free-britney.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4121" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/depression/default.aspx">depression</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/music+industry/default.aspx">music industry</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/music+video/default.aspx">music video</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/MTV/default.aspx">MTV</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Britney+Spears/default.aspx">Britney Spears</category></item><item><title>Poor Britney</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/02/poor-britney.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:4114</guid><dc:creator>Susannah Breslin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/4114.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=4114</wfw:commentRss><description>Because my taste in entertainment can tend toward the awful, last night I spent 90 minutes watching " For the Record ," a faux documentary starring Britney Spears as the fallen pop starlet trying to stage a wobbly comeback. In sum total, it was pretty...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2008/12/02/poor-britney.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=4114" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women/default.aspx">women</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/pop+culture/default.aspx">pop culture</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/MTV/default.aspx">MTV</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/celebrity/default.aspx">celebrity</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/Britney+Spears/default.aspx">Britney Spears</category></item></channel></rss>