Through Beauty 2 The Streetz, Shirley Raines gave Skid Row more than food and makeovers, she gave hope. She reminded us that dignity is a human right, no matter your zip code. A Sister to the people. Her impact will live on. Rest in Power, Shirley
I feel like the "Jeffrey Epstein" that been built up over the years across our internet zeitgeist with jokes and memes has kinda numbed people to the fact this was a real man who was actively trafficking and raping children of all ages, for decades.
japan is a deeply misogynistic, pedophilic, and rapey country and I'm sick of pretending it's not for the equally porn-rotted japan-fetishizing white male's sake.