My friend encouraged me read Julia Fox's memoire because it is "wild." I see a lot of other people talking about this book as a collection of crazy tales but it's actually a confessional of a horriblely mistreated girl.
I'm only three chapters in and I don't think I can finish it. Julia is emotionally and physically abused by her parents and she starts having sexual encounters with older men (early 20s and older) at age 11. It seems like almost every man she runs into from age 11 on sexualizes her or abused her.
I've yet to get to the chapters where she is a legal adult but all of these stories are just too depressing. I feel like people are sensationalizing her life experience as "wow look at all the crazy things she's done" when it's actually an abused girl with anxious attachment trying to survive and it's awful.
Edit: I miss used the word "sexual encounters" above. I always thought it meant anything that was slightly sexualized in nature like a catcall or a "you look hot" comment,not full on sex acts. What I'm referring to is grown men making passes at her, one kissed her at a party and one gave her a tattoo and pierced her nipples because she flirted with him. All of them are gross and not okay but I didn't realize they don't fit the definition of sexual encounter.
by [deleted]