Behind the Filter

Fifteen-year-old Bella Rivers is Insta-famous, always flawless, and living the dream—at least online. But behind the ring light and carefully curated posts, she’s drowning: panic attacks before uploads, silence from real friends, and the shame of hiding her mom’s thrift store job from her polished world.

When a cruel classmate’s comment—“Your life’s as fake as your highlights”—goes viral, Bella’s perfectly filtered life begins to collapse. Enter her phone-banning grandma, a meme-dropping youth pastor, and a verse she can’t ignore: “Am I now trying to win the approval of humans, or of God?” (Galatians 1:10).

What follows is a painfully honest, grace-fueled rebrand—not of her online presence, but of her heart.

#Unfiltered is a razor-sharp, heart-piercing story about identity, comparison, and learning to trade validation for value. Because your worth was never meant to be scrolled—it was meant to be sealed by the One who made you.