If all you know about geishas is from that dumpster-fire of a book ‘Memoirs of a Geisha’, then this episode is for you. Karamia tells Emily about how geishas are not sex workers and they discuss orientalism and kimonos, and the difference between a geisha and a maiko. Legendary geisha Mineko Iwasaki sued author Arthur Golden over her representation in the fictional Memoirs of Geisha. He single-handedly influenced the generation of millennials to be misinformed of the long and beautiful Japanese tradition of the geisha.