![]() Nadine Hubbs, professor of Women’s Studies and Music at the University of Michigan, attended gay rodeos in heartland America while writing her book Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music. Apparently that’s not the case on the gay rodeo circuit, which-as well as traditional agricultural disciplines such as bull riding and barrel racing-incorporates such merriment as goat dressing, whereby pairs of contestants work together to put frilly knickers on a goat. ![]() Americans across the divide, we hear, are unable to engage in civil conversation. Trump, we are told, has goaded even moderate Americans into taking sides and spitting feathers. ![]() Liberal versus bigot, urban versus rural, the coastal elites versus the flown-over: America today is a place of tribal dichotomies. This essay originally appeared in Document’s Spring/Summer 2018 issue. ![]() When I’m steer riding is the one time I can legitimately say I’m not going to be judged.”įor our tenth anniversary edition, we revisit a selection of stories from Document’s archive-celebrating ten years of championing the independent creative spirit, and honoring the cultural icons who will shape our future. “The animal doesn’t care if I’m male or female, gay or straight.
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