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Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s Foreword by Constance Hale celebrated author Crescent DragonwagonA scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000sBritney, Paris, Lindsay, Aaliyah, Janet, Amy, Kim, Chyna, and Jenand the sexist, exploitative culture that let them down Welcome to celebrity culture in the early aughts: the reign of Perez Hilton, celebrity sex tapes, and dueling tabloids fed by paparazzi who were willing to do anything to get the shot. The internet was still the Wild West: slut shaming, fat shaming, and