The author discusses how her mother was emotionally and sexually abusive towards her, gaslight her, and manipulated her into developing an eating disorder. The mother consistently undermined the author's boundaries about her body and preferences, even going as far as to wipe the author, shower with her, and shave her legs, well after the author was capable of doing these things on her own. In the final chapter of the book, the author specifically points out how her mother would give her breast and vaginal exams, despite how uncomfortable it made the author feel. The author's manager is also described as having been manipulative toward the author and other clients. The author describes being coerced into having her first kiss be on camera with a co-star. The discusses having dated two men in their 30s when she was 18 years old. The author discusses having been raped by a man who initiated sex with her when she was too drunk to know what was going on. Part of the book also references the Dan Schneider sexual misconduct scandal at Nickelodeon.