Sneak Peek: Lauren Wasser and Gaby Dunn in What's Underneath
- 7 years ago
Model Lauren Wasser goes from getting into every club to fighting for her life and limbs due to Toxic Shock Syndrome, and hilarious YouTuber Gaby Dunn gets serious about the extreme pressures on today's 20-somethings to be adored by everyone and successful at everything. Read more below!
These two episodes are part of a special new season of The What’s Underneath Project airing exclusively on Fullscreen, whose support brought them into existence. We’re releasing two transcendent episodes a week every Monday through October 10, and we are ecstatic to share them with you. All eight episodes will be available for FREE when you sign for for the month-long free trial at full.sc/whatsunderneath
Lost in a superficial world of ‘cool girls,’ model Lauren Wasser abruptly went from getting into every club to fighting for her life due to Toxic Shock Syndrome. Her painful, intensive struggle to cope with her amputated leg left her feeling robbed of her freedom and independence. But Lauren says, “As much as I wanted kill myself and end the misery, knowing that my little brother would come home and be the one to find me — I didn’t want him living with that. I realized that I had a purpose.” With a herculean strength that will make you feel as if you can surmount anything, she left behind the mindset that good looks equal value and became unafraid to pursue a life rich in a purpose outside of herself. The take-no-shit model is championing the fight to teach women about the risks of TSS. “I wake up and I wish I could go outside and fucking run a marathon. I can’t think about what I had. I’m moving forward. I don’t think I would trade my experiences. My heart wouldn’t be full and I wouldn’t feel like I’m doing good.”
As for YouTuber Gaby Dunn, the pressure to be successful at a young age had her pushing herself to work around the clock. Growing up with an alcoholic parent and shouldering responsibility for her younger sister, accomplishments in school and work became a proxy for feeling accepted. “I had my first article in the Times Magazine when I was twenty-three, and I was obsessed with that. I’d just walk around and be like, ‘I’m only twenty-three and I wrote for the Times.’ I don’t even remember what it was about,” she admits. No longer chasing empty markers of achievement, Gaby is embracing the winding journey of her life, including her partnership with bestie Just Between Us co-star Allison Raskin, and an open relationship with her boyfriend (and no, she won’t just ‘be monogamous’ whenever she’s married).
We understand that it is a big change to produce a season that will exclusively air on another platform, but this is an expansion (not a replacement) of our content on this channel, which we will continue to publish after this season airs. Not only are we grateful to Fullscreen for supporting us as independent filmmakers, but we are excited about the change that is possible when a new platform wants to expose their audience to content as authentic and thought-provoking as this. Join the movement: #WhatsUnderneath
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Lauren Wasser:
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Gaby Dunn:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/justbetweenusshow
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These two episodes are part of a special new season of The What’s Underneath Project airing exclusively on Fullscreen, whose support brought them into existence. We’re releasing two transcendent episodes a week every Monday through October 10, and we are ecstatic to share them with you. All eight episodes will be available for FREE when you sign for for the month-long free trial at full.sc/whatsunderneath
Lost in a superficial world of ‘cool girls,’ model Lauren Wasser abruptly went from getting into every club to fighting for her life due to Toxic Shock Syndrome. Her painful, intensive struggle to cope with her amputated leg left her feeling robbed of her freedom and independence. But Lauren says, “As much as I wanted kill myself and end the misery, knowing that my little brother would come home and be the one to find me — I didn’t want him living with that. I realized that I had a purpose.” With a herculean strength that will make you feel as if you can surmount anything, she left behind the mindset that good looks equal value and became unafraid to pursue a life rich in a purpose outside of herself. The take-no-shit model is championing the fight to teach women about the risks of TSS. “I wake up and I wish I could go outside and fucking run a marathon. I can’t think about what I had. I’m moving forward. I don’t think I would trade my experiences. My heart wouldn’t be full and I wouldn’t feel like I’m doing good.”
As for YouTuber Gaby Dunn, the pressure to be successful at a young age had her pushing herself to work around the clock. Growing up with an alcoholic parent and shouldering responsibility for her younger sister, accomplishments in school and work became a proxy for feeling accepted. “I had my first article in the Times Magazine when I was twenty-three, and I was obsessed with that. I’d just walk around and be like, ‘I’m only twenty-three and I wrote for the Times.’ I don’t even remember what it was about,” she admits. No longer chasing empty markers of achievement, Gaby is embracing the winding journey of her life, including her partnership with bestie Just Between Us co-star Allison Raskin, and an open relationship with her boyfriend (and no, she won’t just ‘be monogamous’ whenever she’s married).
We understand that it is a big change to produce a season that will exclusively air on another platform, but this is an expansion (not a replacement) of our content on this channel, which we will continue to publish after this season airs. Not only are we grateful to Fullscreen for supporting us as independent filmmakers, but we are excited about the change that is possible when a new platform wants to expose their audience to content as authentic and thought-provoking as this. Join the movement: #WhatsUnderneath
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Lauren Wasser:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theimpossiblemuse
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officiallaurenwasser
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenwasser
Gaby Dunn:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/justbetweenusshow
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabyroad
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialgabydunn/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabydunn