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This rant is going to be my personal opinions; so, you can hate me all you want. I don’t really give a fuck. This just needs to be said.
Ok so I recently heard about the alleged accusations against Toby Turner, involving his ex-girlfriend, April Eff.
If you didn’t already know, Toby Turner is a famous comedian/gamer on YouTube.
I don’t know much about April Eff. I only know that she is also a YouTuber; and, she is Toby’s ex-girlfriend from many years ago.
A few days ago, April made a post on Tumblr, ultimately coming out and saying that Toby physically and sexually abused her, as well as drugging her.
Since this post, April, Toby, and some of Toby’s other ex-girlfriends, such as Jaclyn Glenn, have received non-stop hate and comments about this issue.
First of all, if these kinds of things are happening in a relationship, especially if it becomes physically violent, you should be going to the police, not posting it all over the internet. Any person, whether they are famous or not, should not post their personal life, or anyone else’s personal life for that matter, all over the internet. It is called PERSONAL for a reason.
From personal observation, I’ve noticed that a lot of girls AND guys will pull shit like this. If their significant other dumps them for someone else, or if he/she cheats on them, or things like that (especially if he/she is famous), they will try to over-exaggerate some bad aspects of their relationship, whether they’re true or false.
Personally, I don’t know Toby Turner. I watched his videos a long time ago; but, when I lost internet for a while, I also lost track of his channels. Just yesterday, I heard about this; and, it just pissed me off.
After I read the post, I looked up more results about this, and eventually ended up on Jaclyn Glenn’s video entitled “Toby Turner Rape Allegations.” If you have not seen this video, but you do know about these accusations against him, watch it right now.
Jaclyn explains that, though he was a terrible boyfriend by cheating on her and lying to her, he never forced her to do anything without her consent. She admitted that she DID feel pressured to do things that made her uncomfortable. BUT, being pressured into doing something and being forced to do something are two totally different things.
What angers me as well is that when April posted on her Tumblr, a BUNCH of girls automatically came forward to say that they were also raped and they were also beaten and they were also drugged. It’s almost like every single story I viewed kept trying to outdo the next by making stronger and stronger accusations against Toby.
April’s post also states that Toby is a “drug addict” and he would “drug her into having sex with him.” As stated by friends of Toby (not naming names), April was not one to say no to a type of drug like Molly. This may not be true; but, this is just word of mouth. She claimed that he tried to kill her by making her overdose on Molly and vodka.
But, while Toby was supposedly doing all of these horrible things to her, there were posts being made of them going to the movies together and going to, I believe, Disney together. If he’s as horrible as she says he is, why would she still want to be around him and hang out with him?
Toby (I believe yesterday) released a video entitled “The Truth.” In it, he states that the accusations that April stated about him were all false. He says that he never did anything without her consent.
I, personally, do not know either Toby or April personally; so, I can’t vouch for either one completely. Toby is in the wrong for how he treated his girlfriends, with the lying, the cheating, etc. April is in the wrong for posting this very serious personal issue all over the internet.
All I’m trying to say is that it’s wrong to put things like this online. Whether it’s true or not, whether it’s freedom of speech or just being an asshole, it’s STILL WRONG. This leads to so much drama and bullshit; because, like it or not, if you post things like this, YOU ARE GOING TO GET HATE. The internet has become so big and so malicious and it’s just turned into this giant pit of hate and drama.
It’s nobody else’s business what went on in Toby’s relationship with April or Jaclyn, etc. It’s nobody’s business to attack Toby, April, Jaclyn, etc. about this. Again, I don’t know if these accusations are true; but, that doesn’t really matter. It’s none of my business; and, it’s none of YOUR business.
What April did to Toby was very wrong. She should have handled it in a more mature way than she did. Toby’s reputation with women and drugs (IF it is true) is something to be dealt with; but, that’s Toby’s problem to deal with in HIS OWN LIFE.
This doesn’t just apply to this scenario. Keep your private life private. Keep other people’s private life private. Even if it has something to do with you, that still doesn’t give you the right to post whatever the hell you want about somebody else, true or not.
Have you been eating well? If not, eat a piece of fruit or a handful of nuts. You need vitamins; you need protein.
You’re probably not drinking enough water.
When is the last time you showered? Take a cold shower to wake you up or a hot shower if you need to relax.
Do the laundry that’s been piling up. You’ve been wearing that sweatshirt for too long.
Take care of the dishes in the sink that have been there for three days and have started to stress you out.
Did you brush your teeth this morning? How about your hair?
Listen to the messages on your phone that have been there for days.
Go outside for at least a couple minutes. You don’t even have to do anything; just sit down. Breathe in the fresh air and get some vitamin D.
Open your blinds. Your room is too dark and it’s probably making you tired.
Spend some time with your pet. Pet them, feed them, take them for a walk or clean out their litterbox. Caring for them will make you feel useful and responsible and give you something to do.
The self-care posts that tell you to take a bath and eat chocolate and read a book are good, but do what needs to be done first. Eating chocolate when you haven’t showered in four days and you can’t remember when the last time you changed your underwear was won’t make you feel better. It will probably make you feel worse. Clean yourself up; clean your surroundings up. Then take care of the little things. Tackle life one thing at a time.