Omg, *jumps up and down* teacher pick me, my moment to shine has arrived!
I have a confession to make. I grew up in Indiana farm country and to be completely honest unless you are living in Indianapolis everywhere in Indiana is 'farm country'. Indiana is agriculture and state parks with a smattering of civilization called cities. Everywhere you go you are a stones throw away from a corn field. Second confession I like to write and I've written all sorts of things from fluffy to twisted at thirteen and fourteen etc. Now I never had to submit these to a class and be judged by my peers, but it was all of the stuff I wanted to read/checked out from the library/never was judged or questioned or noticed. I was the 'Goosebumps Girl' at my elementary school. It didn't make me a pariah. Considering my mom loves Stephen King and is on par with LKH age-wise I don't think it is something she would have caught flack for not more so than my mom's love of Kiss posters and rabble rousing (she was very counter culture).
This whole idea that just because it's -Indiana- and that makes it more innocent/demure somehow is just ridiculous. You don't grow up in a cultural vacuum maybe one crafted by Republican ignorance but that's another story (and hey I escaped that trap too). I would say Indiana has the politeness of most 'midwesterners' coupled with the 'if it isn't your business then it isn't your business' mentality. As long as you aren't a bother no one bothers you, ever. I'm sure it had its share of ass backwardsness in its day just because being so spread out will cause problems by lack of socialization, but I can't imagine anyone trying to tar and feather her.
Also Kokomo isn't just 'out in the middle of nowhere'. Kokomo historically had a railroad connection to Indianapolis promoting growth, has/had a natural gas industry, and is heavily rooted in the automobile industry. It's not like she was in one of the no name places I've driven through that's miles and miles from anything remotely resembling a city. Plus it's only an hour from Indianapolis which sounds like a long drive, but for Indiana is relatively reasonable. There is a huge difference between farm kid and living in a farming area too.
/end Indiana native rant
It just really bothers me that she acts like she existed in some weird farm vacuum that somehow separates her from the rest of the people in the state for her soul is the darkity darkest. Like no you were literally close to a reasonably sized city and one hour from the state capital.
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Date: 2015-01-17 07:26 am (UTC)I have a confession to make. I grew up in Indiana farm country and to be completely honest unless you are living in Indianapolis everywhere in Indiana is 'farm country'. Indiana is agriculture and state parks with a smattering of civilization called cities. Everywhere you go you are a stones throw away from a corn field. Second confession I like to write and I've written all sorts of things from fluffy to twisted at thirteen and fourteen etc. Now I never had to submit these to a class and be judged by my peers, but it was all of the stuff I wanted to read/checked out from the library/never was judged or questioned or noticed. I was the 'Goosebumps Girl' at my elementary school. It didn't make me a pariah. Considering my mom loves Stephen King and is on par with LKH age-wise I don't think it is something she would have caught flack for not more so than my mom's love of Kiss posters and rabble rousing (she was very counter culture).
This whole idea that just because it's -Indiana- and that makes it more innocent/demure somehow is just ridiculous. You don't grow up in a cultural vacuum maybe one crafted by Republican ignorance but that's another story (and hey I escaped that trap too). I would say Indiana has the politeness of most 'midwesterners' coupled with the 'if it isn't your business then it isn't your business' mentality. As long as you aren't a bother no one bothers you, ever. I'm sure it had its share of ass backwardsness in its day just because being so spread out will cause problems by lack of socialization, but I can't imagine anyone trying to tar and feather her.
Also Kokomo isn't just 'out in the middle of nowhere'. Kokomo historically had a railroad connection to Indianapolis promoting growth, has/had a natural gas industry, and is heavily rooted in the automobile industry. It's not like she was in one of the no name places I've driven through that's miles and miles from anything remotely resembling a city. Plus it's only an hour from Indianapolis which sounds like a long drive, but for Indiana is relatively reasonable. There is a huge difference between farm kid and living in a farming area too.
/end Indiana native rant
It just really bothers me that she acts like she existed in some weird farm vacuum that somehow separates her from the rest of the people in the state for her soul is the darkity darkest. Like no you were literally close to a reasonably sized city and one hour from the state capital.