‘Liberation’ is Christina Aguilera’s first full-length album in six years and it comes at a curious time for female pop stars. Christina went from being a cute Mouseketeer on Disney’s The Mickey Mouse Club to wearing chaps and a tiny bikini in her music video for “Dirrty.” She faced extremely harsh criticism for becoming the antithesis of the squeaky-clean pop star image she displayed in the early 2000s, and it was because of her ability to truly become herself that helped her soar to the top of the charts once again. She experienced a number of agonizing events that shaped her identity, and much of what she went through can be found in the lyrics of her songs. From allegations of trauma at home to a totally crippling divorce this is the tragic real-life story of Christina Aguilera.
She’s A Survivor
Christina Aguilera looks picture perfect these days, but things weren’t always so good in her life. Growing up, Christina had a really tough time and experienced her fair share of trauma. She and her mother suffered both physically and emotionally because of her father, and the family often had to move because of her father’s military job. In a recent interview with E! she stated about her childhood, “I witnessed a lot of unpleasant things – a lot of pushing and shoving and fighting and quarreling. Growing up I did not feel safe. Feeling powerless is the worst feeling in the world.”
She’s A Survivor
She Became Empowered From Her Abusive Childhood
For a while now, Christina Aguilera has spoken out about the trauma she witnessed within her family when she was growing up in Staten Island, New York. In an interview with Paper, she said, “I watched my mom have to be submissive [to my father], watch her Ps and Qs or she’s gonna get beat up.” She stated from then on she knew she had two options in life: “You can either be, unfortunately, so damaged by it that you take a turn for the worse, or you can feel empowered by it and make choices to never go down that route.”
She Became Empowered From Her Abusive Childhood
