In a controversial online trend ‘MATGA’ movement, some women have been creating videos in which they imagine poisoning men as a form of protest against anticipated restrictions on abortion rights under a potential second term for Donald Trump.
These videos, widely shared on platforms like TikTok and X, show young women theatrically adding “poison” to drinks or displaying rings that allegedly hold toxins, all while grinning or using dark humor to make their point.
The trend has even sparked a tagline, “Make Aqua Tofana Great Again” (or “MATGA”), drawing both from Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan and the story of Giulia Tofana, a 17th-century Italian woman famous for creating a lethal poison called “Aqua Tofana.”
Tofana reportedly provided her poisonous mixture to women wishing to escape abusive marriages, ultimately resulting in the deaths of more than 600 men.
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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