back alley Toronto
mmm.
I will lie awake and lie for fun and fake the way I hold you, let you fall for every empty word I say.
felt so lucky to meet her she is super amazingly lovely in her super cute polka dot dress
T___T THAT DRESS THOSE SHOES
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Pump up the Volume
illustration by Ryo Takahashi :: via flickr.com
World War II Comfort Women untold stories
Comfort women is the term used for women who are working in the brothels for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, and many of them were forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during that period.
There were more than 300,000 to 700,000 comfort women from the countries occupied by the Japanese. Historians and researchers have affirmed that the greater part were from Korea, China, Japan and Philippines, but women from Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia, and other Japanese-occupied territories were also used in “comfort stations”. These stations were situated in Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, then Malaya, Thailand, then Burma, then New Guinea, Hong Kong, Macau.
Young women from countries under Japanese Imperial power were reportedly abducted from their homes. In some cases, women were also recruited with recommendations to have jobs in the military facilities. It has been known that the Japanese military itself recruited women by force. Conversely a Japanese historian named, Ikuhiko Hata affirmed that there was no prearranged forced recruitment of comfort women by the Japanese government and the military.
Most of these military brothels were run by secretive agents and supervised by the Japanese Army. Many Japanese historians used the testimony of ex-comfort women to based their investigation. The historians have agreed that the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy were either directly or indirectly drawn in, in coercing, misleading, luring, and occasionally kidnap young women throughout Japan’s occupied territories.Here is a story of Filipino woman named Filicidad:…
(Via WorldWar42Blogspot)
TTC retires its oldest operating subway train — the last with bench seating and without air-conditioning
After 35 years in service and “a lot” of stops across Toronto, the oldest subway train in the TTC’s fleet, the last with bench seating and without air conditioning, was retired Friday morning.
At 7:27 a.m., the H4 train left eastbound for Greenwood Station. From there it crossed the city twice on the Bloor-Danforth line. The train’s arrival at Kennedy Station after 9:00 a.m. was its last stop.
“I don’t think anybody will miss the lack of air conditioning, but they were a good stable hard-working subway train, very reliable in its day,” said TTC spokesperson Brad Ross. “It’s progress, but it’s also some nostalgia on a day like today.” (Photos: TTC)
aw, i’m going to miss these seats.
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what time is it
I feel like I’ve been working on my zine all day but all I did was wake up at 4 AM. Upside, I got a lot done. Downside: still groggy. It doesn’t help that I’m laying off caffeine for awhile, butt WHATEVAH, stuff is getting done.