Best Of 2020: Mugshawty's, a Twitter Page Dedicated to Hot Mug Shots, is Flooded With Ladies Submitting Their Own
Source - A Twitter account that posts the charges and photos of women who look criminally attractive in their mugshots has racked up nearly 200,000 followers. And while having a mug featured on the page may seem like a dubious honor, the man behind it says he’s been inundated with wannabe felon fatales begging for him to post their pics.
“A lot of people send me their own mugshots — I get probably 15 to 20 plus [direct messages] a day of different ones,” the creator of Mugshawtys, 24-year-old electrician Josh Jeffery, tells The Post. “A lot of what I post is submissions.”
Women beg him to rep their record, Jeffery says, hoping to get cash and boost their followings by appearing as a Mugshawty.
“They definitely want some kind of exposure,” he says, adding that many Shawtys ask him to shout out their Twitter handle or crowdfunding account, in some cases, to help them raise bail.
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What a time to be alive. This is just another example of why I have no tolerance for people who hate social media, like old school journalists who say stuff like "Twitter is just people telling you what they had for lunch" or whatever.
The internet is the most democratizing force in the history of civilization. A way not only for the common people to be heard, but a way for an enterprising person of vision to reach an audience, raise money and solve their problems. I mean, Mugshawtys sounds like an idea that could've come from Saul Goodman. Like giving away burner phones for free with his speed dial on it because he knows the people who accept free burner phones are the same sorts of people who'll need a criminal lawyer. Only this is coming at the issue from a different angle: Ladies using their portrait-quality mugshots to reach a client base of guys who have bail money. It's genius.
But this didn't come from an attorney with an office in a strip mall. It's from a 24-year-old working man inspired by the notion the public will follow a Twitter page filled with attractive ladies behind bars. And he's obviously right. There's something deep in the male psyche that draws a man to incarcerated women. The Bad Girls, if you will. From movies like "Chained Heat" to "Reform School Girls" to half of your late night Cinemax offerings to "Orange is the New Black." There's a built-in broad audience for just such an offering.
But enough of my words. Let's let Mugshawtys and those fine public service who (wo)man the cameras down at the precincts, sheriff's offices and houses of correction do the talking for me.
By way of a disclaimer: You shouldn't drink and drive, commit A&B, steal things, do property damage or any of the things these women are charged with. Disorderly conduct is sort of a gray area. But never forget it's a founding principle of our democracy that the accused are innocent until proven guilty. Though they are guilty of stealing the internet, that much we don't need to go to court to prove.
Also, I don't want to appear to be encouraging any women to go out and get arrested just so they can end up being Twitter famous and get paid. But since everyone of them looks like the kind of girl that was more likely to beat me up for my lunch money in school than talk to me, I'm not going to tell them how to live their lives. Innocent? Guilty? That's for someone else to judge. But the verdict on Mugshawtys is in. And the jury rules it a Guilty Pleasure.