Women online have begun producing m*rder-fantasy films in which they romanticize poisoning men’s drinks as a legitimate response to concerns about abortion rights under a second Trump administration.
Many of the videos have been viewed millions of times on X or TikTok, and they show young women smiling as they pour an unknown chemical into a cup of tea or other liquid.
Some of the ladies have dubbed the films as part of a “Make Aqua Tofana Great Again” — or “MATGA” — movement, an allusion to both President-elect Donald Trump’s MAGA campaign slogan and ancient k!ller Giulia Tofana, who has been adopted as the movement’s heroine.
Tofana, a 17th-century Italian woman, offered p0!son to wives who wanted to kill their violent husbands, resulting in the deaths of over 600 men.
Tofana’s brew was a blend of deadly substances such as arsenic and belladonna known as “Aqua Tofana,” a concoction so powerful that she is now regarded as one of the most prolific serial killers of all time.
The p0!son—believed to be flavorless and utterly undetectable after death—was often placed in conventional cosmetics bottles, assuring that the targeted husband would not suspect anything.
One of the recent online clips shows a young lady with the text “Aqua Tofana isn’t that hard to make” superimposed over footage of her making the throat-slitting gesture with her thumb.
Many of the videos include a portion of the Eminem song “Venom” in the background featuring the lyrics, “This **king world better prepare to get laced because they’re gonna taste my venom.”
“My advice for American women,” one woman wrote while sharing her own drink-lacing video.
“I know you will understand this. They asked for it,” the text reads before she flips open her poison ring and gives the camera a sinister smile.
However, some women are warning other women in this group. In a call for common sense, a woman posted a TikTok video imploring everyone involved in “MATGA” to think long and hard about their actions.
“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 P0!SON,” reads the text positioned over a video of her scrunching her face in disbelief.
Since Trump’s election, some women have begun shaving their heads, while others are participating in sex strikes against men or committing to not becoming pregnant or giving birth for the duration of Trump’s second term, in protest of what they see as potential extreme abortion measures under his administration.
During his first term, Trump helped prepare the path for the conservative US Supreme Court to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling, securing federal abortion rights in 2022. States now have the authority to enact their own abortion laws.
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