At this point, you mentioned your followers will tag you anytime they see an awful video or anything. How do you go about sorting through, because I'm sure at this point you just have so many mentions every day. How do you not spend your entire life just responding to them?
Yeah, my mentions are a cesspool. It is truly a garbage dump in there. I go through it. At this point, I basically prioritize men that I feel like need it more. I'm like, "This one's low-hanging fruit. He doesn't really need my attention. This one isn't, so I'm going to pick this one." It really depends. Now, I'm a lot more selective on who I pick mostly because a lot of them, I said this the other day in a TikTok video, the jokes are the same. They're cyclical, they truly recycle the same thing over and over again. It's a different face saying it. At this point, I don't stitch ones that I feel like I've talked about a million times already. If I do, it's because I thought of a funny joke. I'm like, "Okay, I'm going to say, I already tackled this dude or this joke, but I'm going to say this because I have a funny joke in my head."
Sometimes, I pick them because I have something really funny to say, and then other times I prioritize them because they're that awful that they need to be moved to the front of the line. It really depends, but I'm definitely a lot more selective now, that's for sure.
Is it discouraging seeing how many people are saying stuff like that on a regular basis?
Absolutely. When people, like we talked about, when they try to criticize me and how I choose to handle bigotry, they have no idea. I've been exposed to the darkest corners of TikTok. It's truly vile. Some stuff I will never talk about because it's too triggering. There will be other people affected by it that didn't do anything, so I willingly choose to not stitch those ones, but it gets very disheartening seeing how much of it is out there and also how freely and boldly they just say it with no fear of consequence or repercussion whatsoever. It's honestly terrifying and really sad, to be real.
My platform is a place where people can feel empowered and feel strong and feel confident. There are some things I'll never put on my platform because it's too dark and awful. It does get disheartening all the time, but I always come back to the people who love me and write me the most incredible messages about how much my content has helped them and it helps me keep moving forward.
