I've been told "I owed it to him." People say messed up things to justify themselves. Don't act too shocked.

Unfortunately, doesn't make it any less damaging to people who really want to report rape or get treatment for flashbacks/PTSD.

I see this as needing a distinction, like bw "medical professional" and "doctor." He doesn't have an advanced degree but plays it like he does.

You are right, ultimately. I suppose I was using short-hand. Most of the people I know (who work in the industry and were questioning curatorial decisions regarding the exhibit) were white. And then I saw the explosion of the incident on the internet. What was really heartening, though, was the way the public really was able to see through the controversy and be enthusiastic about the narrative presented and the opportunity to celebrate Japanese culture!

Looks like they gave him shoes, food, drink, a blanket?

I thought that that was the joke...?

I don't think most of them do. It's generally male-on-male peer pressure. Plus. If you're too big, it hurts. Don't blame us. Women also have certain, insidious woman-on-woman standards that we really shouldn't blame men on (make-up and high-heels for example)

Plus, she's adorable-pear-shaped!

I grew up eating, literally *buckets* of tomatoes. We had to come up with recipes/reasons to eat them. Nothing tastes better than a garden-grown tomato, in my opinion.

With her gravity-defying coffee