By Vivian Kane | Celebrity | February 3, 2016 |
By Vivian Kane | Celebrity | February 3, 2016 |
Last week, an Instagram picture was getting shared and reposted as a warning to women in Los Angeles. The caption detailed a young woman’s story of a near-kidnapping by two men posing as Uber drivers.
It’s a terrifying story, but one that we hear versions of so often that I didn’t even think to look at the name of the woman sharing. These things happen to all types of women, but as it turns out, this one had a slightly higher profile as she’s Kevin Smith’s daughter Harley Quinn Smith. It almost seems callous to point out any sort of silver lining to an experience so horrible, but having celebrities spreading this story, and reminding other women to be vigilant like Harley Quinn was, can potentially save lives.
BE ALERT! Two white men in beige Jeep posed as @Uber and just tried to talk my kid into getting in their car outside Brentwood Starbucks.
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) January 31, 2016
The other bright side of this is that Kevin Smith was able to apologize for his entire gender in the best possible way possible. Because what kind of gift can you give a woman to make her feel better about living in a world where people drive around trying to trick and abduct you? How can you make that okay?
You can’t. But you can buy her cake.