Dear Knitting Jo,
That's interesting that you read the article that way. I didn't get such a negative connotation from it. This may or may not be germane here, but I've been a journalist for many years and I've encountered many readers who accuse journalists of injecting personal bias into their stories. Honestly, that doesn't happen nearly as much as people might think. Most of the time, stories are written by people who are putting stories together on a short deadline and the subtle nuances of words chosen in haste escape them. In describing Dina in motion, I think the writer was trying to be lyrical and paint a picture with the words. A person who isn't very familiar with the dance would not realize how cliched and derogatory it was. I realize I'm giving the writer the benefit of the doubt here, but I prefer to assume the best instead of the worst...
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