Writer Nora Princiotti spent her childhood in a small New Hampshire town far from any shopping centers. She bought Hilary Duff's second album at a school book fair when she was nine years old. That purchase changed her life and introduced her to the world of 2000s pop music. Princiotti recently published a book called Hit Girls about female pop stars from that decade. She works as a staff writer at the Ringer and covers both pop music and football.
The book starts with Britney Spears and her massive hit Baby One More Time from 1998. Princiotti writes about other major artists like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Avril Lavigne. She also examines stars like Ashlee Simpson and Lindsay Lohan who faced public scandals. The author argues...