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cyberdelic ex J-pop idol from Detroit. proto e girl. 🦋 @mintstarsreal 📑 @pluralityinst 📝

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@Amina_io
Amina
7 years
"Kawaii culture" was created by Japanese girls as an act of rebellion to a boring beaurcratic system. I'm so tired of Western writers who may or may not have visited Japan, faux feminists writing articles on Japanese culture. Femininity is NOT setting women back.
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TL;DR: Kawaii culture is sexism, Japan needs to grow up. Translation: Japan must conform to Western values.
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I was a SWer in Japan for years. Something Westerners fail to understand is: 1. all cheating is less stigmatized than America. Don't ask don't tell. 2. most SW in Japan isn't "full service" 3. Japan is socially conservative but SWers are humanized compared to America.
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5 years
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1 year
Something I've noticed about the dogpiling of sorb3t and other women femcels decide to target and harass is: they *always* use some social justice angle as an excuse. *always*. Internet femcels were just nerds who got bullied in highschool and in return bully other nerdy girls.
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1 year
@heyyitsjanea typical narcissist parenting. my step sister had this done as well as other friends of mine growing up. this is a really toxic thing to do. privacy is a right.
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11 months
@GRITCULT she has a really cute set up 💕🥹💕 some people just hate things that are good
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@heyyitsjanea Also I almost always hear about this happening to teenaged girls. It's horrible how people treat their daughters.
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9 months
@NotTramBraxton Black people call everything they don't understand these days "AI" 😭 please help my people
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6 years
Lolita fashion in Japan isn’t considered attractive to men in Japan. In fact most over-the-top “Kawaii” culture in Japan is by women for women. Even if it were “for men” who cares? Not all women seek “empowerment” via a pantsuit and CEO position.
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Social Justice Wizard
6 years
"Let's rebel against boring bureaucracy by infantilizing ourselves and taking part in a culture in which men sexualize little girls." I can understand kawaii stuff as leisure activity or lightening up a workplace but it's not like there aren't deep problems with it.
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9 months
I am not advocating for purchasing sex or lying to your partner. I am not "pro sex industry". I am pro SWer. I also think the conditions of SWers in Japan is far superior than any place in the West. Despite Japan being "sexist" in many ways.
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9 months
I had an ex boyfriend, in his late 20s, who was a boy toy for a 60 year old house wife. He was a normal Japanese guy. When her husband found out she had to stop giving him an allowance with her husband's salary. No divorce, no scandal etc. Just minor annoyance from her husband.
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10 months
@UjuAnya It's basically trauma porn for self hating old church ladies
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4 years
in Japanese on twitter a popular gravure idol said she was homeless as a result of COVID. Idols are usually never so open. A “fan” responded she should keep her mouth shut and not be so negative. Many fans really don’t care about idols. “idols are just toys for adults” -pour Lui
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@stateofgayze what a clown
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@LibertyAnders So...it never ends? 😭
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9 months
@wavyemma 💖😭god i have seen what you have done for others
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1 year
When I was an idol 99% of the bullying I got online was from other nerdy girls. So I ask of you just one thing: just claim your hater status instead of pretending you care about some fake social justice thing.
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4 years
“Sexy cosplayers are messing up cons!!!” look at fan cons from 1980s + you’re bound to see a bajillion slave leias, lum invaders, wonder woman... events like comiket were mostly girls!!! Some just like to wear sexy costumes. costhots aren’t the problem not wearing deodorant is😭
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5 years
When weeaboos go to Tokyo for the first time 😂😭
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9 months
Rad fems - For the love of god stop calling these women "pick mes". Being able to leave someone for messing around is a *privilege* that most women don't necessarily have.
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NHK, has covered the story on Maho Yamaguchi of #NGT48 They’ve seemed to have corroborated with police and confirmed some things. AKS has refused comment. I’ve translated below for fans interested. ❌no official report says specifically sexual assault.
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@ProtonInspector but they have tall buildings
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4 years
Kimura Hana wasn’t harassed because she was ハーフ / mixed, but a *certain* type of mixed. *all* ハーフ aren’t treated the same in Japan. Maggie, Pre-scandal Becki, never received the type of harassment she did. If you bare to look at the comments she received they were colorism.
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@sonnyvogue i think this is a very popular opinion 😭
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3 years
I said yes ( u w u🌸 )
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@RightWingCope 😭Damn what did Slimey do?
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@SlyPerformer ngl i used to be so jealous of emo couples in school they seemed so in love
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1 year
Being a fan of Jpop idols
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𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚
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name something harder than this😭
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@ChadNotChud everything i know about this man is against my will but he is fine af
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1 year
How come it's pretty much always cute and/or hot women being harassed by other women? How come it's always neurodivergent women? I was in the online idol community since 2009 and I've watched it change so much. Girls who do idol stuff just want to make friends and be cute.
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5 years
I don’t get why Westerners insist maid cafes, idol shows, hostess bars(even traditional stuff like Geisha)& entertainment venues in Japan involving women must be sex for money. Prostitution is (mostly) legalised/regulated in Japan. Nobody is going to a maid cafe for sex 😂
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9 months
@PopCrave Peppa Pig was seen spotted with Pete Davidson
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4 years
i remember once in Japan i told my bf "im not very good at math" and he said 大丈夫^^!女の子あんまり頭が良くないからいいよ LOL
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@ChudsOfTikTok No matter your political leaning there is no way to rationalize this
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1 year
@ElaCasati Because they're cute but the fake reason given is "fake japanese accent" even though they were saying a Japanese word. It's just because they're cute and nerdy. That's the real reason.
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@possumblue22 @Trey_Explainer Big Bang Theory and formulaic sit coms like this are basically just written for old aged pensioners. It's the only media they have.
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5 years
I feel personally attacked lol #mariekondo
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In the past, Sorb3t may have been laughed at their and ostracized in their small communities for being "weird". In the age of social media and its unforgiving 'justice' culture, they are served as abuse fodder for cringe compilations on a world stage.
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「黒人なのにカワイイ」って言われてアカン❌!逆に「日本人なのに頭はいい」とか「日本人なのに優しい」言ったら変でしょう?国か色か関係ないもん。人間は人間だから!あたし達は地球人だから皆にリスペクトしよう!✨
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@GGGSLH20 black women:
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It makes me tear up thinking about it because these girls don't deserve any bullying at all. They're just having fun and trying to make friends. I'm so tired of hurt, bitter geek girls lashing out on other geek girls. Let's be kind to each other. The world is already so mean🥹
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8 years
My 7 yrold sister said she's going to Japan next summer. Not to visit me, her sister--but so her and her Japanese classmate can eat at 7/11.
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9 months
@nypost why do so many wealthy people do this? can someone explain?
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@daikimengg she looks like her mammy
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1 year
💕The History of Kaigai Idols💕 Over a decade ago, a girl from Pennsylvania became one of Youtube's first viral sensations: for doing nothing. Margeret aka Magibon soon featured all over Japanese media. So began the nerdy Western girl to Jpop idol pipeline.
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Why is everything that's supposed to help mental illness (keeping a schedule, exercise, socializing) so hard to do when you're mentally ill. Medication helps but I feel like I'm drowning sometimes 😰
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@cowgirlemoji its kind of true - people in the pacific north west and bay area use dressing sloppy (and unfeminine) as a stealth way to exert their socioeconomic class. "I'm so rich I can look like a total bum" and "femininity is lame" is definitely the vibe
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@ArmandDoma I was raised in the Black nationalist movement -- I've branched off from that as an adult, but I initially had the hesitations that Azealia had. A lot of people don't think beyond "Europeans were evil so they just killed & conquered". If they did, they'd see Guns, Germs & Steel
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@GarbageApe they look like a nice family 🥹
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@The_Acumen they were the first colony of the British empire
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3 years
✨💕irl shoujo manga heorine🌼✨ ⭐️☺️2.5D少女漫画ヒロイン🍰
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@natonfilm we cant do it anymore...we dont know how
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5 years
double lol at Americans in Japan saying that they want Japanese citizenship because America is too far right, I’m not denying America sucks *but* Japan has been ran under a single party parliment...LDP, a far right imperialist pro-monarchy cult for over half a century😂
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4 years
Gravure idols make most money from Photoshoot events which are banned due to the virus obviously. It took a lot of strength for her to even admit to being in such a dire situation and I’m not even surprised “fans” start attacking her for having a personality it’s sad
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4 years
This isn't to anyone in particular but I'm really confused at posts I see by people saying they "moved to Japan to (politically) escape the US" Japan is politically far right and incredibly nationalist where foreigners don't have many basic human rights. Why Japan? lol
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@HollieHarper5 @superrjoint @JamilahLemieux I told my parents that as a kid. That beating kids is the same what they did in slavery and they were astounded I would even say that
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@BrndnStrssng I just watched the Netflix trailer and don't understand the outrage. For one, it's a coming of age film. Two, nobody has problems with Sandlot, Goonies, Big, Good Boys, any other film that realistically portrays boys coming of age. I really don't see any issue at all.
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There is gross insidiousness of excusing bullying with feigned moral righteousness. "Mobs of young women armed with nothing more than smartphones possess the power to ruin the lives of their peers." -
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@305Independent @dyingscribe None of these women are radical
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4 years
I started talking to someone from an app. seemed really nice, friendly and assertive. I have a habit of being cautious and as a result I googled him. I found out he had been arrested for date rape of a girl he met on an app... 😳 Stay safe everyone ♥️
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@MuuMuse I used to be the biggest Gwen Stefani fan. Now I realize she was just Madonna for Republicans.
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@strippedbysia @AshleyLatke I can't talk much about Asia but I can speak in depth about Japan which has the most robust system for this industry. DM me here :)
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4 years
I'm happy to announce that I've finally graduated from university 🥰 It took me longer than intended but on my path I've achieved my dream of being an idol in Japan, worked with people who inspire me, made amazing friends, travelled the world. (photo is of me when I started)
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@Ishikawa_Sachi men in Tokyo are so aggressive. usually ignoring them is enough, but sometimes they literally will follow you everywhere😭 it’s so bad
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4 years
I used to teach English to a Japanese psychologist. He said as a psychologist that the Harambe situation was uniquely Western because we rushed to blame the individual(parent) whereas in Japan more people would question structural issues "Why is the zoo not built safer?"
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4 years
this might sound creepy but going to onsens really helped me feel better about my body image. my entire life the only girl I saw naked was maybe my mom when I was a kid, obviously at an onsen you don't want to oogle people but seeing a variety of shapes and sizes helped me a lot
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@Universe__Lover It's pretty sad when adults can't move on from their GPAs and standardized test scores.
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2 years
I don't understand this mentality but it seems common in America. We live in a country of haters. Even beyond student loans, this sort of envy by comparison is so weird.
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Biden is saying fuck you to every financially responsible person in the country. It's just incredible.
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@ArmandDoma it's jealousy but you can't say you're jealous of hot women anymore or bully them for being jealous. so you make something else up that sounds more reasonable.
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4 years
I hate when the conversation of ハーフcomes up. People who are mixed with white, whether they are in the Black community, East Asian community tend are treated favorably. Look at ads in Japan most of them are with 1/2 white people. It was because she was brown. Not just “mixed”.
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@heyyitsjanea please say sike
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やっと結婚式出来た👰🏽‍♀️🤵‍♂️
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@GearoidReidy How come American people in Japan always look super American🇺🇸🦅🎇
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4 years
Tweets like this are weird, over the top and unnecessary. I’m so tired of this witch hunt mean girl culture where people on twitter are vindicated for attacking other women on the basis of “pedophilia”. I promise you on god pedos aren’t on TIKTOK looking at cringey ADULT e-girls
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Last note: “colorism” isn’t some new woke SJW buzzword or something. To people who don’t know, if youre Black, Latino, Asian(South, East, + SE) within your own community the lighter skin(& lighter eye, higher nose bridge) the better you are treated. It’s a very real thing.
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Rad fems often use women of the "Global South" as an excuse to push for criminalization of SW. So disrespectful to groups like Empower(Thailand), AINSW(India), SWEAT(S. Africa) and many more are ran by marginalized SWers and advocate for decriminalization.
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Me at 19 in a Japanese tabloid, Shunkan Bunshun. Notorious for tawdry exposes on idols' sex lives. I was controversial at the time. Netizens called me an intellectual bimbo. I expected to be dragged through the mud. Instead they photographed me outside of Akihabara Electric
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me at 19, thinking about the Roman Empire
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@thefader @queennaija Im good luv, enjoy
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4 years
IRL “Parasite”. I dated a guy in Tokyo who had no job but paid for everything. I asked how he told me he dated a lady in her 50s who paid for his apt & gave him allowance. She didn’t have a job and lived off her 左長 husband. we all ate off him. Is that trickle down economics?
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A tactic Japanese and presumably other trolls often use on the internet is when you don’t agree with something they say: “You misunderstood me” “You don’t understand my culture” No, I understood and I disagree.
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To every "leftist" praying for our country's downfall - do you seriously think that Black people, women, "poc" will fare better in Communist China? How about Iran or Russia?
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「カワイイ系黒人が変!」「黒人アイドルが可笑しい」の考え方わかりません。日本で日本人ラッパー、日本人R&B歌手、日本人ジャズバンドなどなどあるでしょう?その全部は黒人作った事。それが大丈夫だったら何でカワイイ系黒人はNGなの?本当に国籍と色気にしない方がいいだよ。
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@Zech_w19 @comelybia They're trying to market them as hood-friendly when the hood doesn't want them nor are they actually hood. I think she's a great artist(as is her sister) but their PR team seems super out of touch with contemporary Black America.
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I remember being tore to shreds by weeaboo on twitter as someone who has had a contract as an idol saying that major idol companies put girls on 800 calories a day starvation diets. “They’d be falling out on stage” Idols from major groups pass out from exhaustion...all the time.
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@H1TWOM4N I had a teacher actually ask me if I was r*tarded 😭
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This is sad. I hope it wakes up everyone about the internet mob mentality young women are subjected to. These people are digital terrorists. I totally stand against the modern *internet* social justice movement. It's just taken the place of religious finger wagging.
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Hello everyone, We are sad to announce that SORB3T will be disbanding. We want to clarify that it is NOT due to turmoil between members. The three of us are all still friends who care about each other. The reason behind our disbandment is —
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Japanese fashion has given me a totally skewed understanding of "decency"(at least in the West). Mini skirt riding at just the top of my butt crack✅ Let's go! Baring my shoulders❌ What kinda woman you think I am?
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New Friends here, Welcome! • Former underground idol // gravure model in Japan. I’ve worked with Bandai, Kodansha, Playboy Weekly and others. • I’ve done organizing in the sex worker rights realm and am pro 100% decriminalization. • Hyperfeminine Nice to meet you! 💖
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I’ve said this before as others have but in reality the age of consent in Japan isn’t 13. In most prefectures it’s 17-18. This myth keeps being spread by weirdos and it’s just unfounded. The law is so teens can have sex with one another not so your weeb pedo ass can.
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4 years
I am begging the US and UK to stop lying about WWII. We need to stop rewriting history in the narrative that the allied forces fought Germany on the basis of morale. Both countries actively turned away migrants fleeing Germany and were rife with antisemitism.
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LADIES is it problematic to wear pink??
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o no the 30yos who dress like 6yos in order to defy the male gaze have found me
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“Idols you can meet(48G’s slogan) is supposed to be for designated places you go to meet the idols. It isn’t ‘idols you can meet in their private life.” #NGT48 #YamaguchiMaho
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In Tokyo if a cute guy comes up to you, he's trying to sell you into sex work for a commission In London if a cute guy comes up to you, he's actually inviting you to a "prayer meeting" In SF if a cute guy comes up to you and tells you you're beautiful he's not into girls😭
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Many many people do sex work because of trauma and that's something we need to recognize and accept. These people still deserve full labor rights and protections.
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me moving back to America in 2020 after half a decade away:
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You are not progressive, 'feminist', or a decent person if you don't support sex workers' rights. I don't exclusively mean middle class girls on OnlyFans or Chaturbate for fun or internet Dommes. I mean for people using drugs, working outdoors, living day to day.
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@MisterLies >survived titanic >ostracized by Japanese public for surviving >grandson started YMO none of this is shocking lol
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