Bad Grrrl Agro

Well, the racism down here in the South has become taboo to talk about publicly. It's still very much there, of course. We've made some great strides, but there's still a good deal of the old generation's racism in our city and state governments. Where I live, we still had a faux-Confederate emblem on our state flag until a few years ago.

As for the religion thing....yeah, there's no doubt that the South is EXTREMELY religious. And it's predominantly protestant Christianity (I didn't meet a single Jewish person until I was in my 20s). Supposedly my town is one of the cities with more churches per square mile than many others in the world.

So then let me ask you this....is there anything in the South that you DON'T like? I'm pretty sure I can guess a couple of things, but I wanna hear what you think.

He also mentioned the food. Granted, most of what's known now as 'country cooking' is available nationwide...but there were certain things that he still had to get used to....like grits, for example.

I have an acquaintance who moved down to Atlanta from New York. He once told me that there were two things he immediately noticed once he got down here:

1. Everyone seemed to be more 'laid back' and less stressed than he was used to.

2. People on the road would not only let you pass them, but they would also slow down and let you go ahead of them.

So I gotta ask...when you first moved down here to the South, did you experience any kind of culture shock?

I'm the same way. I prefer honesty over fluff.

Neato. I don't have any tats. I'm not opposed to them or anything. It's just that it would have to be something I REALLY like for me to permanently scar it into my flesh.

.....Btw, I don't want to sound to forward or anything but.....you have a nice figure.

Btw, I have to ask.....

That picture of the woman with the sickle and hammer tat on the left breast. Is that you?

Granted. Though it seems to be hardest in the areas that so desperately need socialism.

Yeah, I can understand that.

It's hard being a leftist in the South, though.