Subject: Re: a.t.t-p FAQL supplement
From: mlee@cat23.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Lee)
Date: 1990-11-11, 18:30
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <JYM.90Nov7122858@remarque.berkeley.edu> jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes:
>> >> 9.  Why was Donna acting slutty for a few episodes?
> >.-.
> >|C|ouldn't we find a better word than "slutty" here?  It has such
> >`-' negative connotations, and as it is rarely used to describe
> >    the actions of men, it comes across as pretty sexist.  (Nobody
> >    has called Ben Horne a "slut.")

It was (I assume) intentionally negative.  Because she's toned down a little
it seems that it was just to make sure she didn't lose James, but I think
"slutty" is a fairly accurate description for her behavior in the jail.

Would you have been as offended if we went and called Ben Horne a dick?
(I apologize for being a little explicit.)

Mike

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