Might be an unpopular opinion, but how safe is it for girls to post videos aping Bollywood actresses on social media apps such as Tik Tok? The actresses perform amid heavy personal security and are generally inaccessible to their ‘fans’ - a luxury that these girls don’t enjoy +
It’s one thing to play your filmy fantasies in closed groups such as wedding functions and quite another to dump all that on social media for public consumption. Filmy stars who inspire them, on other hand, hv an entire team to ensure fans maintain a safe distance in real life +
And what do the girls really get in return? Random ‘I love you’ and ‘nice butt’ messages and ‘kiss’ emojis from random strangers posing as ‘fans’ while the girls delude themselves thinking they are “artists” or “performers” or “social media stars” +
God forbid, if some of those fans begin to stalk them, neither the police nor family can help. Men can be obsessive and revengeful. Some are more violent than others.

Of course, many women who aren’t doing all this too get stalked. Growing up in west UP, I have faced it myself+
But why go out of your way to reduce yourself to objects of lust, minus the secure lifestyle of those who you ape?

As I said, Tik Tok is only a manifestation of the rot. It will be soon replaced by a similar platform.
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