The video likely resonated due to its raw and emotional storytelling, addressing a sensitive topic of online harassment and personal safety. The creator's vulnerability and direct address of the situation, combined with the visual element of makeup application, created a compelling narrative that likely encouraged engagement and support.
Summary
The creator shares a distressing experience of being harassed and threatened by a follower who obtained her personal information. She details the ongoing harassment, her attempts to report it to the police, and a recent phone call where the harasser made light of the threats and continued to spread lies. The creator uses makeup application as a backdrop to share her story, highlighting the emotional toll of the situation.
Structure
1Introduction of the threat and harassment
2Description of the ongoing harassment and police involvement
3Recounting a threatening phone call with the harasser
4
Original caption
Let’s talk about Black womens safety online. This is terrifying. This is my real life. I’m navigating this as best i can.
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Discussion of the harasser's public statements and the creator's response
5The harasser's reaction and continued harassment
6Creator's plea for the harassment to stop
Product placement
Hourglass Vanish Airbrush Concealer (ACTS - used to apply concealer to face, visible result is makeup application); Sephora (APPEARS - logo on makeup product, removing it would not change what happens in the video); Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Liquid Blurring Balm (ACTS - shown and sprayed onto face, visible result is makeup application)
On-screen text
TRIGGER WARNING
Transcript
The woman who threatened to kidnap me and sex traffic me called me on the phone yesterday. I asked her how she got my number, and she said she got it from court documents. Yes, I've already called the police. I filed a police report when she threatened to kidnap me. The police are moving really slowly. There's an active investigation. I'm not the police. I can't tell you what's going to transpire. But what I can tell you is that for the past 60 to 70 days, she has been harassing me from multiple platforms on multiple accounts. I keep blocking her, blocking her, and she makes more accounts to come find me on thread. She leaves comments on Instagram. She's on my Instagram live. In fact, she's all over Lipstick Alley telling my personal business, made up lies, talking about my mental health, talking about my father, talking about my child. This is terrifying because I don't know this woman. I've never met her in real life. She was actually a follower of mine. During her phone call, I let her know that it's being recorded. And she said that she's recording me on her end, too. I gave her my word that I wouldn't post the conversation. I was just recording for my own safety. Because you threatened to kidnap me. During the conversation, she wanted to kind of laugh off the. The kidnapping threat, saying that I was blowing it out of proportion, that I need to stop talking about her. I was on Lipstick Alley last night, and I messaged her publicly under the thread that she's talking shit about me on. I said, cease and desist. Stop talking about me. I will be pursuing criminal actions. And that's when she called me. And on the phone call, she's yelling and screaming at me, telling me that I need to tell my followers to stand down, because I'm telling people that she tried to kidnap me. And I knew it was a joke. I don't know what's a fucking joke. Who jokes about sex trafficking and kidnapping a black woman? And she's justified in that because she's like, we're here talking about how many men you're dealing with and popping your pussy. You're a hoe. So let me get this straight. Y'all praise people like, for example, Meg the stallion? Because this very woman has praised Meg the stallion. But I talk about my sex, sexual liberation, and now I'm problematic and should be. Should be sex traffic. And when I'm fearful for my life and telling the public, I'm afraid. Now you're mad at the backlash that people are giving you. She's screaming at me that. Demanding that I take accountability, saying that I had no right to talk about her. Ma'am, you threatened to kidnap me. I'm gonna. And then not only did you threaten to kidnap me when I said that I was scared, and wanted you to leave me alone. You kept making content about me. You kept talking about me, saying personal, horrible things about me. And the moment that I hung up on you, you ran back to Lipstick Alley talking about. Oh, guess what? I was on the phone with Ruth. You're trying to play the victim, and then every time bitches get at me, and then y'all try to defend me, tell your followers to stand down. You're not being responsible with. With your platform, bitch, you knew how many followers I fucking have when you message me, hoe. This is my second cease and desist. Leave me alone.
