Terrace House should and likely will be cancelled . A format that places young people into a house for months and months and has semi live episodes where muddled aged people critique their behavior with no chance of defense or rebuttal is wrong

But reality television (amongst other industries) need to offer regular and ongoing mental health care for participants and also continue that care for a set time once their show starts filming.

We cannot stop trolling because we can’t stop cruelty (although we keep trying). But we can change policies and protocols. Hana Kimura is not the first person to die by suicide because of reality television but we could make her the last.

Keeping Hana’s story to a “wrestling story” ultimately does a disservice to her. Her similarities in experience to Charlotte Dawson are large. Drawn to an industry for validation. Underlying issues. Trolls. We can change something

“Middle aged.” Not muddled. Pre editing tweets is a habit I need to develop