Newly graduated with an assistant job at a Hollywood studio, this ambitious narrator thrives at first: ploughing through administrative drudgeries, and rising early for cult-like fitness classes. But with each step forward, darker truths grow clear - male colleagues command attention, while female leaders face gossip and rejection. And as whispers circle of abusive bosses and even sexual misconduct, her personal and professional worlds collide, revealing secrets that will permanently alter both the studio and her future.