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Comfort Women: The Silence and Strength of Their Stories. Content Warning.
The details of their enslavement remain painful and controversial in Japan and the former occupied countries, despite the fact that the first women were forced into sexual slavery for Imperial Japan nearly a century ago. The subjugation of women is not well documented; only a small percentage of "comfort women" survived the war, with an estimated 90% of them dying. Despite having existed in the Japanese military since 1932, military brothels gained significant traction after the Rape of Nanking, one of the most well-known incidents in imperial Japan's campaign.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in History
Why algorithms are called algorithms
If you’ve ever typed something into Google, relied on social media feeds, or cursed at your phone’s autocorrect for changing “I’m hungry” to “I’m Hungary”—you can thank (or blame) algorithms. Yes, these invisible lines of logic run our modern world, determining everything from the best route to work to which cat video you really need to see next.
By Marveline Merababout a year ago in History
