After Donald Trump’s shocking but stunning victory in the United States presidential elections, women in the country have been recording and uploading videos based on murder fantasies.
In the videos, the women have been romanticising putting deadly poison in the beverages of men as a justifiable act in reaction to the fears about what would happen to abortion rights in Trump’s second presidency.
A lot of videos shared on X and TikTok received millions of views and in these videos, young women are seen fiendishly grinning while they adulterate any drink or tea with an unknown substance.
HOLY SH*T, Karens lost their fvcking minds over Trump’s win and launched MATGA—short for Make Aqua Tofana Great Again.
Aqua Tofana was a powerful poison in 17th-century Sicily, sold by women to other women seeking to escape abusive relationships by discreetly poisoning their… pic.twitter.com/KvHK8ZXWz4
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) November 10, 2024
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The women have said that these videos are part of a “Make Aqua Tofana Great Again” (“MATGA”) movement. The name of the movement has been inspired by Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) and ancient killer Giulia Tofana.
Who is Giulia Tofana?
Giulia Tofana lived in 17th-century Italy and sold poison to wives who wanted to kill their abusive husbands. This resulted in the death of more than 600 men.
The signature brew of Tofana was a mixture of deadly ingredients like arsenic and belladonna called “Aqua Tofana”.
The concoction had proved to be very effective in those times and Tofana was considered a very prolific serial killer.
It was believed that the poison was flavourless and was not detectable after death. It was generally stored in ordinary cosmetics bottles.
What are US women doing under the MATGA movement?
In one of the online videos, a young woman with green hair had a large, spiked septum ring which had the text “Aqua Tofana isn’t that hard to make” superimposed on footage in which she was making a gesture of slitting a throat with her thumb.
A lot of videos also had Eminem’s song “Venom” playing in the background with lyrics, “This f–king world better prepare to get laced because they’re gonna taste my venom.”
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Some women have not mentioned Aqua Tofana but just showed off their “poison rings” and wearable baubles which supposedly had hidden compartments that apparently held lethal doses of a toxin.
“My advice for American women,” a text in a video read as a woman stood by a body-length mirror.
“I know you will understand this. They asked for it,” read the text as she flipped open her poison ring.
A woman shared a TikTok video and appealed to people to take part in “MATGA” movement.
“You do know those videos can be used against you, right? It’s giving off premeditated vibes. The internet is FOREVER. Also.. the 1600s were A LOT different than 2024 advancements in detecting POISON,” read the text of the video shared by the woman.
(With inputs from agencies)