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# TheStory That Exposes The Hidden Truth of The Sex Industry
Zola , a Twitter-to Real Life movie , is based on a true ( ish ) story presented throughout nearly 150 tweets . Aziah “ Zola ” Wells King wrote about a journey from 2015 that was captured on Twitter , where she went to Tampa with a woman she hardly knew , her unpredictable boyfriend , and a mystery , trigger-happy man who turned out to be the woman ’ s nasty pimp . The tweets became known as # TheStory , and Wells King ’ s story is credited with popularizing Twitter threads due to its viral success . While Zola ’ s tale captures the true tales of so many untold stories of the hood , it also captures how sex traffickers hold young girls and women against their will . Their lives in the sex world are more tragic and horrible than any single individual could imagine . The journey of Zola needed to be exposed in hopes that others would bring awareness to the horrific unknowns of the sex world . Zola is available on most streaming services . The tweets that capture # TheStory can found on the Imgur website : https :// imgur . com / a / WDwyW
Zola journey through # TheStory exposes The Hidden Truth of The Sex Industry , bringing awareness to the mistreatment of women
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