“ Because the magazine doesn’t come with a label that says, “Caution: this is a lie. Nobody looks like this,” not even you. “Most of us dream to have what other people have, especially when reading fashion magazines. But behind those curated photoshoots and those glossy pages are models that are suffering from eating disorders and drug abuse.
Gia had two of the things most people would dream of: beauty and fame. But those things needed something in return to satisfy Gia’s burned-out self: drugs. It is what she needed in order to live in the image people created.
I think that this is an eye-opening film for people that are going through something and finds drug usage as an escape from the overwhelming reality. This is not just a biopic, it is also a warning that drug abuse starts as a way to cope, to feel alive, and to fill in the love and security we needed but never had. Drugs may give you what you want for the moment, but it will eventually clear you and every second of pleasure you got from it out until you regret taking it and think about the day you first took it.
“ Because the magazine doesn’t come with a label that says, “Caution: this is a lie. Nobody looks like this,” not even you. “Most of us dream to have what other people have, especially when reading fashion magazines. But behind those curated photoshoots and those glossy pages are models that are suffering from eating disorders and drug abuse.
Gia had two of the things most people would dream of: beauty and fame. But those things needed something in return to satisfy Gia’s burned-out self: drugs. It is what she needed in order to live in the image people created.
I think that this is an eye-opening film for people that are going through something and finds drug usage as an escape from the overwhelming reality. This is not just a biopic, it is also a warning that drug abuse starts as a way to cope, to feel alive, and to fill in the love and security we needed but never had. Drugs may give you what you want for the moment, but it will eventually clear you and every second of pleasure you got from it out until you regret taking it and think about the day you first took it.
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