[jessicadanielle]

Originally Posted by Achilles

It was a performance. Just like when she pretended not to know what a Bloody Mary was despite being a party girl. Just like she pretended she was naive about porn despite having worked as a glamour model and as a sex chat worker. Just like the ridiculous first cigarette. Just like the pathetic diary room rants about creationism and the rest. It's all a performance.

I agree that all the things you mentioned were a performance, but I do think her awkwardness around Winston was real. You could tell she was trying to be a commanding, strong woman saying things like "is that all you think about me?" and stuff but it just wasn't coming across, and she couldn't seem to read his signals at all. I just doubt that if she did know what she was doing and was just performing, she'd do something so bloody embarrassing and cringey like stroking his leg randomly and stuff