I'm also fond of the term man-whore.

You know, I've found that this term is catching on in the more liberal social circles, especially in my generation (maybe in older generations, too, but I'm also from Mississippi, where liberalizing is always a few years lagging). I've also discovered, sadly, that most of the time it's used jokingly, with very little in the way of condemnation. Of course, I actually prefer that, and wish that the term "slut" would be treated the same way but, well, it's just not. Even by my good friends, very liberal, very open-minded, the future of the country, the word "slut" or "whore" applied to a girl will usually be said with anger and disdain while the word "slut" or "whore" applied to a guy will be as often said with grudging admiration.

I'm touched that you are taking this on.(Although if we had this conversation f2f, I'd be thinking you might use it to get play... sadly men who talk feminism who aren't bitches make me think it's a bit.)

Maybe my memory's going, but I can't remember Rory being called a slut by anyone but herself, in a conversation with Lane, and doing it in a totally jokey, nonjudgemental way. Did I miss something?

It wasn't done in the show. It was done on Television Without Pity, and random web forums, and in polls across Livejournal, and even hinted at by Entertainment Weekly.

Generally, I've been quite satisfied with the show's treatment of it, actually.

Not!Emily Roommate just asked me how to turn the oven on. I thought that would amuse at least Cindy.

Oh, gotcha. Lousy internets.

I do think that for Rory, her behavior this year could be called slutty, given that she was such a prissy little bookworm in high school. (And thank goodness too, because the Perfect Rory Sue Who Everyone Thinks Is Special thing was getting old.)

Dude. I was a prissy little bookworm in high school. I started having some sex in college, and thoroughly enjoyed it. That's not sluttiness, it's growing up. But, again, it's probably just a random word-pinging in my head that makes me differentiate.

I don't think Rory's any better now than in high school. Maybe even more insufferable. If she weren't so incredibly beautiful, I'd sure be annoyed by her. She kind of reminds me of one of my exes, actually. Paris is much more entertaining, and is completely the reason I'm still watching.

I know of him from his association with Dan Perkins (Tom Tomorrow) at This Modern World, where Bob originally posted his round-the-world travelogue.

I met Dan Perkins a few times. He was dating a friend of mine when Tom Tomorrow was just getting started.

::staggers in, drooling::

Chocolate pr0n...See's...must have chocolate. You know, I buy so much of the damn stuff, when I go to their website it jumps right in and asks me if I want to buy the same custom mix I ordered last time.

And, Mal! Cutie-patootie in a papa-san!

{{vw}} I'm sorry the detective didn't have any news. Let's hope someone hears something soon.

{{Nora}} I'd be nice to you, pinky swear!

::taps toe::

We're waiting, brenda. So spill about the new tattoo already.

Deena, that's good news about Aidan.

Calli, very good news about your mother. Knowing the cancer is all in one spot makes it much easier to treat.

Never watched GG, so this is purely tangential, but in certain online romance reader circles the kind of hero who sleeps with everything that moves but we're somehow supposed to believe reforms for the pure, virginal heroine is known as the Duke of Slut, and it's meant as an insult. I'm never going to write them and can rarely stand to read them.