Writing, rehearsing, directing and shooting the music video for “The Fate of Ophelia” was the thrill of a lifetime because I got to be reunited with my Eras Tour family!! I wanted each one-take scene to feel like a live performance and remind us all of how it felt to be at those shows together. Making every moment count. It’s a journey through the chaotic world of show business. I loved working with Rodrigo Prieto, Ethan Tobman and Mandy Moore to dream up these visuals. A huge thank you to this massive cast who kept it 💯 and also kept the secret of this video even existing. It’s out on YouTube NOW!
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Will probably delete, but to my fellow Christians: if a white supremacist killed due to 'political violence' moves you *more* than the thousands of Palestinians murdered for the same reason, you need to unpack that. Go to the secret place of the Most High and figure that out.
While everyone focuses on the Charlie Kirk story, this deserves at least equal attention: the U.S. military, in collusion with the South Korean government, maintained during decades a system where tens of thousands of women were forced into sexual servitude for U.S. soldiers, many of whom were minors.
This isn't speculation: the South Korean supreme court ruled in 2022 that the government had illegally operated these brothels, in a way where the women were subjected to debt bondage and unable to leave. In fact, as per the New York Times (https://t.co/8fSZFWWwng), "all the women [in this system] were held in debt bondage," so they were all, effectively, sex slaves.
The scale of it was so insane that the economy around these brothels (bars, etc.) was estimated to make up about 25% of South Korea's GDP during the 1960s and 70s (https://t.co/ACboV0Jy86).
Sordid detail: if one of these women developed a STD, she would be placed into quarantine facilities that US soldiers referred to as "Monkey Houses," (pictured below 👇) because of the screams of women demanding to be let out (https://t.co/tsIRpeCgTC). The women also had to wear numbered badges or tags, like commodity products.
More than 100 of these women have now filed a landmark lawsuit against the U.S. military to hold it accountable as “the real culprit” in that state-sponsored sex trade.
The women however, under agreements between the US and South Korea, cannot sue the U.S. military directly - only their own government. So, perversely, even if the court finds the U.S. military was "the real culprit" in this system of sexual slavery, it's South Korean taxpayers who will have to pay for that.
Northwood is hiring our first comms role! looking for a special brain to work with me on a story that needs to be told – building critical infrastructure for the next generation of networks between space and Earth.
take a look at JD below and apply if interested (bonus points for any strategy involving pictures of dirt)