Content Warning: Sex Trafficking and Exploitation. 

Even before the end of WWII, the Japanese civilian government were preparing for the arrival of the occupying US troops. First and foremost, before any security of basic needs, they determined that they needed to preserve the purity of the Japanese race. To this end, they created a vast network of patriotic brothels...

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

As recommended by Hannah at the end of the episode, check out these feminist Instagram users to wash the taste of Babysan out of your mouth: Laura Bates, fuck_patriarchy, beam_me_up_softboi 

Sources:

• Rape and War: The US Experience - The Phora
• Japan's Comfort Women - Toshiyuki Tanaka (2003)
• 3 Dead Marines and a Secret of Wartime Okinawa - New York Times
• Babysan: A Private Look at The Japanese Occupation - Bill Hume (1953)
• The Recreation and Amusement Association - Wikipedia