"I understand [with] Japan it's because I was American and nobody would fuck with me, but I really was trafficked by the Yakuza out of Portland with all these other girls from Idaho, Utah, and Washington State."
"So, the stuff people think was the 'good stuff' was horrible, and the stuff people think is the 'bad stuff' was really good."
Courtney Love shared her experiences of being trafficked by the Yakuza as a teenager, describing the ordeal as surprisingly positive. She noted that her American identity provided her with a level of safety in Japan. Love recounted her time in juvenile detention as delightful and expressed that the experiences deemed negative by others were actually positive for her. She explained how she managed to return to Portland after her trafficking experience, highlighting the complexities of her past and the privilege she felt during that time.
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