In 1994 I
decided that it was time to reclaim a domain name before it ended up
as a porn site. I wanted to register slut.com. Unfortunately six hours
before I submitted my application to internic, a porn site applied for
it. Back to the drawing board, so eventually I came up with the name
trollop.com. I think it is important that women don't let the world
decide that the individuality and assertiveness of a woman be interpreted
as a negative thing. Trollop is a woman of ill repute. In Victorian
times this might have only meant that a woman's skirt was cut too short
or she accidentally showed a bit of ankle, or perhaps she was an intellectual-always
held in high scrutiny. |