A Red State of Mind How a Catfish Queen

A columnist for the "Philadelphia Daily News," Nancy French blends her hilarious fish-out-of-water tale with humorous observations about the South's obsession with everything from church attendance to the blue-state notion that red staters think as slowly as they speak.

Nancy French is a columnist for the Philadelphia City Paper, a weekly alternative newspaper (readership of 460,000), in which she addressed issues like politics, religion, and culture with a light, humorous touch. She also the cofounded and maintains the blog re:formation which has a large following and focuses on a discussion of today's conservative Right.

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction

xiii

Transitions

What Is a Catfish Queen?

3

(8)

My Husband, the Gigolo

11

(10)

The Birdcage

21

(11)

This Is Where I Get Off

32

(11)

Kids

Casserole, Good for the Soul

43

(8)

Nipple Confusion

51

(7)

Attack of the Androgenoids

58

(15)

Politics

M.O.B. Mentality

73

(6)

But You Seem So Reasonable

79

(8)

The Blind Date

87

(10)

Life

Uncivil Disobedience

97

(6)

These Y'all's?

103

(15)

Shopping and Other Noncompetitive Activities

118

(6)

Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood

124

(11)

What Can Brown Do for You?

135

(8)

Evil WhiteSoutherner

143

(10)

God

The Real Rainbow Coalition

153

(9)

The Ultimate Overdrive Xperience

162

(14)

Cheese and Rice

176

(7)

One Way to Heaven

183

(8)

Stereotypes

The Best Way to Kill Squirrels

191

(8)

Wanna Coke?

199

(8)

The Real Curse of the Jade Scorpion

207

(10)

Country

The Exhausted American

217

(8)

Might as Well Delete "Indivisible" Too

225

(6)

Turning Tables

231

(11)

The Liberty Belle

242

(7)

Notes

249

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A Red State of Mind How a Catfish Queen Reject Became a Liberty Belle

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