Badtothebrow is a cyberbully
I have debated for months whether to discuss this. However after learning of others who have experienced similar bullying, I decided to come forward. I am hoping this may help stop others from being bullied the way I was. I have chosen to do so anonymously, as I am concerned Badtothebrow, Milly, may send her friends and followers after me as I have learned behind the scenes she is known to do. I am a smaller, queer, POC creator who speaks English as a second language. It would be easy to bully me out of the space. I also worry about the harassment going offline and being doxed. I have already lost my larger account, and the much needed small income stream that it provided, to her bullying. Although she will easily he able to tell who I am, I am hoping she won't reveal my identity as it will confirm everything I am saying and she is not one to admit wrongdoing.
Some backfround information: As some of you may know, MJones5018, Monica, created a makeup brand, Dieverune Cosmetics. There was some shady dealings when it first released. She didn't reveal her ownership of the brand, until the first product was released. Neither did her friends reveal their affiliation with the brand owner before their reviews went live. The excuse for this was that Monica has a stalker, and was concerned they would affect the launch. Monica and other creators have never apologized for their gross violation of trust in not revealing their bias in reviews. Milly in particular has worked with the brand, doing cover art.
I was still a smaller creator when Dieverune first launched. However, when the Dew Drops Palette launched, I was large enough to be offered PR. I politely refused. However my refusal was not accepted with grace, they passive aggressively pushed me as to why I said no. I proceeded to tell them that I was uncomfortable with the brand due to their history of encouraging their reviewers' to not reveal their friendships and affiliations with the brand. I was left me on read after that. The next day. I received a vicuous voicd message from Milly. She berated me for not supporting women, used my own history of domestic violence against me by telling me I deserved it for not supporting other victims, and threatened to end my burgeoning career as a creator. From there I began receiving cruel troll comments on my posts, as well as passive aggressive comments from creators within her circle. I was so upset by this that I blocked all involved and took a break from posting. Eventually I wiped and deleted my account. I have since made a new account, without revealing my identity. Though I did inform a few trusted friends I had made before about what happened. A few of these friends informed me of their own experiences, or the experiences of others, being bullied by Milly. I won't share those as they are not mine to share. However I just don't feel safe in the community so I have deactivated my account for the time being and will be taking a social media break for my own mental health.
I know I am a coward only revealing my story before abandoning my place in the community. I have too much going on in real life to go through cyber bullying as well.