https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos

> Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer and sex worker who murdered seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 by shooting them at point-blank range. ... She was sentenced to death for six of the murders and was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002.

> In August 1976, Wuornos was given a $105 fine for drunk driving. She used the money inherited from her brother to pay the fine and spent the rest within two months buying luxuries including a new car, which she wrecked shortly afterwards. ... On May 20, 1981, Wuornos was arrested in Edgewater, Florida, for the armed robbery of a convenience store, where she stole $35 and two packs of cigarettes. ... On January 4, 1986, Wuornos was arrested in Miami and charged with car theft, resisting arrest, and obstruction of justice for providing identification bearing her aunt's name. Miami police officers found a .38-caliber revolver and a box of ammunition in the stolen car. ... On June 2, 1986, Volusia County deputy sheriffs detained Wuornos for questioning after a male companion accused her of pulling a gun in his car and demanding $200. Wuornos was found to be carrying spare ammunition, and police discovered a .22 pistol under the passenger seat she had occupied.

> Wuornos told several inconsistent stories about the killings. She claimed initially that all seven men had raped her while she was working as a sex worker but later recanted the claim of self-defense, citing robbery and a desire to leave no witnesses as the reason for murder. During an interview with filmmaker Nick Broomfield, when she thought the cameras were off, she told him that it was, in fact, self-defense, but she could not stand being on death row—where she had been for ten years at that point—and wanted to die.

> Wuornos's crimes are consistent with the psychopathology model of women who kill. She was considered to have a psychopathic personality. ... Wuornos also allegedly met the criteria for both borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbm3j4/how-serial-killer-ail...

> Shortly before Cardi B released her single "Press" back in May, she revealed the track's controversial cover art—a recreation of an infamous photo of Aileen Wuornos in a prison jumpsuit ...

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> ... those whose identities intersect these experiences have been quietly looking to Wuornos as a cult hero and feminist icon for some time. "Today marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Aileen Wuornos, a beautifully humane woman who will forever hold a place in my heart for her strength and courage ..."

> "This woman was a lesbian sex worker who k*lled a client who she thought her life was threatened by," Love told VICE. ... "Aileen is bad-ass, and so is Cardi," Love said.

The stories of Holmes and Wuornos are complicated and I encourage you to do some reading before making a conclusion about either of them. But one thing is for certain - some people will always be willing to ignore or misrepresent serious crimes when it fits their narrative. Social media and public attention rewards extremism, not subtlety.

(Sorry for many edits, I keep borking my formatting.)