EO Book Club: Julia Fox’s Down the Drain

Join us as we go down the drain (metaphorically speaking) with the teenage dominatrix turned it-girl turned actress turned Kanye side piece turned fashion icon turned New York Times bestselling author Julia Fox. If you prefer trigger warnings for sensitive topics like child abuse, eating disorders, and sexual assault, just know that whatever triggers you is definitely in Julia Fox’s book. Also, if you expect this memoir to lean heavily on Kanye or fame in general, think again. In the grand tradition of films like Thirteen and Times Square, Down the Drain is mostly about obsessive, and at times, destructive female friendships. What more could a girl ask for? Also, for those of you who can’t get enough of this book, here are some parallel culture recommendations: Films Kids (1995) Christiane F. (1981) Girl, Interrupted (2000) Times Square (1980) Thirteen (2003) Books Fall to Pieces by Mary Forsberg Weiland Go Ask Alice by Anonymous Bad Behavior and Because They Wanted To by Mary Gaitskill Whip Smart by Melissa Febos How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell Songs in this episode: “Reasons to Be Beautiful” by Hole and “Off to The Races” by Lana Del Rey.