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Dispatches from the Country Culture War

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Juniper Moon Folk Arts: Crafters, Activists, and the Glories of Gas Station Food

During Pride month, rural queer owned Juniper Moon Folk Art is doing weekly giveaways to raise funds for black-led organizations and bail funds working in antiracism and prison abolition.

Lauren Parker —

Jun 14, 2020

Dispatches from the Country Culture War

rural

culture

Country Queers Documents the Myriad Experiences of Rural LGBTQIA Americans

“Community is a very complicated and roomy word. Rural queer people also have other layers of identity that inform their realities.”

Lauren Parker —

May 9, 2020

Dispatches from the Country Culture War

rural

culture

This Queer Ink Maker Is Using Alchemy to Turn Pain and Chaos Into Art

“Ink revolutionized our way of speaking, the ideas of the dead are recorded in ink, the dead speak through ink, it just had this really mystical element to it.”

Lauren Parker —

Apr 11, 2020

Dispatches from the Country Culture War

rural

culture

Raechel Anne Jolie on Class, Gender and Being a Rust Belt Femme

“I’ve come to embrace that ‘lack of decorum’ that I grew up in.”

Lauren Parker —

Feb 8, 2020

Dispatches from the Country Culture War

rural

culture

TruckSlutsMag Is Making Trucks Gay and Reclaiming Rural Queer Culture

“There are gay rednecks, there have always been gay rednecks, and there always will be too.”

Lauren Parker —

Jan 11, 2020

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Dispatches from the Country Culture War

culture

Wmn Zine: What It Means To Be A “Rural Lesbian”

Wmn Zine, the love letter to lesbians created by Jeanette Spicer, Florencia Alvarado, and Sarah Duell, is the exploring the radical nature of the word “lesbian.”

Lauren Parker —

Dec 14, 2019

Dispatches from the Country Culture War

rural

culture

The Communist Pleasure Activism That’s Helping Erase Medical Debt in Appalachia

A queer company that makes a “fistin’ lube for lovers and others” is partnering with sexual advocacy and harm reduction groups while helping to erase tens of thousands of dollars…

Lauren Parker —

Nov 9, 2019

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rural

society + culture

A Lesbian Etiquette Guide to Stealing Rural Farms

Now that everything’s been made public, the roll out on this is going to be quick. What rural town from which you’ll steal land is best for you? Should you…

Erin —

Aug 30, 2016

amazon prime video

lesbian movies

film

“AWOL” Tackles Rural Poverty in a Brillant Lesbian Love Story

It’s too easy to note that small places are slow at addressing issues of gender and sexuality while not exploring why. This is the answer to the why (and it’s…

fonseca —

Aug 25, 2016