A review by bazayas
Down the Drain by Julia Fox

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Fashion girlie and icon Julia Fox tells it all—her abusive childhood in NYC; her preteen wildness; her whirlwind high school year in Italy; her descent I to drug addiction and toxic relationships; her sugar daddy that brings the only stability she’s ever known; her rise to Hollywood; her weird relationship with Kanye; the struggle of single motherhood.

This was highly recommended to me and I loved it. Julia is absurd and fascinating, and she was right - it is a masterpiece of a memoir, weaving the wild story of someone has lived a life and a half. That being said, Julia’s white privilege is very real, even if it didn’t protect her from abuse, it did allow her a lot of leeway with the law. She acknowledges it but it can be frustrating as she does things because she knows she can get away with it. 

CW/TW:

child abuse; partner abuse; SA (incl. of a minor); drug abuse (addiction, overdose, relapse, death); suicide; alcoholism; fatphobia; bullying; abortion

For fans of:

wild memoirs like Britney’s The Woman In Me, or Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died; gritty New Yorker stories; celebrity drama; getting the scoop on Kanye; high fashion