Lillian Smith was once a nationally known writer, yet her name has faded from much of the public conversation.
How Lillian Smith Challenged Segregation Through Writing, Education, and Activism
Historian Keri Leigh Merritt joins the conversation around An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America, her biography of Georgia writer a...
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October 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Lillian Smith was once a nationally known writer, yet her name has faded from much of the public conversation.
What's the mom equivalent? My mom is Southerner (Panama City, but that's basically Southern Alabama) but my dad is from Detroit.
October 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
What's the mom equivalent? My mom is Southerner (Panama City, but that's basically Southern Alabama) but my dad is from Detroit.
2/2: The Ospreay Black Arrow; In my head PAC cuts a promo on him for doing it "William, William, William my canny lad. A southerner trying to be like us from the north? I've een this movie before, and you my friend were half a rotation from greatness you daft bastard!" #AEWDynamite 🖤🤍🖤🤍
October 1, 2026 at 7:08 AM
2/2: The Ospreay Black Arrow; In my head PAC cuts a promo on him for doing it "William, William, William my canny lad. A southerner trying to be like us from the north? I've een this movie before, and you my friend were half a rotation from greatness you daft bastard!" #AEWDynamite 🖤🤍🖤🤍
I do not know if he will or wants to run but It is very funny to me, as a Yank that's a naturalized Southerner, that people push Shapiro and Buttigieg when Ossoff exists
October 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
I do not know if he will or wants to run but It is very funny to me, as a Yank that's a naturalized Southerner, that people push Shapiro and Buttigieg when Ossoff exists
NOTHING in any of these conversations excuses men idolizing a self-confessed abusive pimp and electing an adjudicated rapist.
Which suggests to me you are just here to stir shit up and sit back and laugh at all the men & women who respond. As a Southerner I sincerely wish you would change your name.
Which suggests to me you are just here to stir shit up and sit back and laugh at all the men & women who respond. As a Southerner I sincerely wish you would change your name.
October 1, 2026 at 5:01 AM
NOTHING in any of these conversations excuses men idolizing a self-confessed abusive pimp and electing an adjudicated rapist.
Which suggests to me you are just here to stir shit up and sit back and laugh at all the men & women who respond. As a Southerner I sincerely wish you would change your name.
Which suggests to me you are just here to stir shit up and sit back and laugh at all the men & women who respond. As a Southerner I sincerely wish you would change your name.
As a man and a Southerner I can confidently state I would punch this pathetic dork in the mouth were we ever to meet.
You don't do the right thing to get rewarded, shithead. You do the right thing because it's the right goddamn thing to do.
You don't do the right thing to get rewarded, shithead. You do the right thing because it's the right goddamn thing to do.
I mean, yeah. A bunch of us are there with you but we keep getting lumped in with rapists. I'm not going to light the fire if you're going to throw me on the stake.
The rampant misandry in online discourse is a big reason Andrew Tate has a huge following of morons and Trump won two elections.
The rampant misandry in online discourse is a big reason Andrew Tate has a huge following of morons and Trump won two elections.
October 1, 2026 at 3:14 AM
As a man and a Southerner I can confidently state I would punch this pathetic dork in the mouth were we ever to meet.
You don't do the right thing to get rewarded, shithead. You do the right thing because it's the right goddamn thing to do.
You don't do the right thing to get rewarded, shithead. You do the right thing because it's the right goddamn thing to do.
He's from Canada so being a southerner actually was supposed to imply he's a cultured and upwardly mobile city-dweller.
October 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
He's from Canada so being a southerner actually was supposed to imply he's a cultured and upwardly mobile city-dweller.
Kennedy isn’t a dumby he just plays one on tv. It’s a schtick many politicians use in Louisiana. Showing they are a
good ole boy. Voters lap it up. Heavy accent is preferred. Not sure how Johnson got elected. He’s obviously a city slicker & fake southerner.
good ole boy. Voters lap it up. Heavy accent is preferred. Not sure how Johnson got elected. He’s obviously a city slicker & fake southerner.
September 30, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Kennedy isn’t a dumby he just plays one on tv. It’s a schtick many politicians use in Louisiana. Showing they are a
good ole boy. Voters lap it up. Heavy accent is preferred. Not sure how Johnson got elected. He’s obviously a city slicker & fake southerner.
good ole boy. Voters lap it up. Heavy accent is preferred. Not sure how Johnson got elected. He’s obviously a city slicker & fake southerner.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but..
If you're not sprinkling MSG on your tomato sandwiches what are you even doing?
(ok, every Southerner needs to hear this because none of us were ever taught to use MSG by our very Southern grandmas!)
If you're not sprinkling MSG on your tomato sandwiches what are you even doing?
(ok, every Southerner needs to hear this because none of us were ever taught to use MSG by our very Southern grandmas!)
September 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but..
If you're not sprinkling MSG on your tomato sandwiches what are you even doing?
(ok, every Southerner needs to hear this because none of us were ever taught to use MSG by our very Southern grandmas!)
If you're not sprinkling MSG on your tomato sandwiches what are you even doing?
(ok, every Southerner needs to hear this because none of us were ever taught to use MSG by our very Southern grandmas!)
As a southerner who fled up north, I agree
September 30, 2026 at 8:32 PM
As a southerner who fled up north, I agree
Willfully getting bamboozled by the “Every Republican is a southerner“ cosplay because it confirms your priors.
September 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Willfully getting bamboozled by the “Every Republican is a southerner“ cosplay because it confirms your priors.
My whiteness makes it to where I at least have a fighting chance despite my disability and queerness. Might be cuz I'm a southerner and you just learn this over time. I think a lot of these commenters are from like Canada or the UK or somewhere else that's 95% white.
September 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
My whiteness makes it to where I at least have a fighting chance despite my disability and queerness. Might be cuz I'm a southerner and you just learn this over time. I think a lot of these commenters are from like Canada or the UK or somewhere else that's 95% white.
"I favour the practicalities over poetry every time."
THis is true, even for a Southerner.
But Conference is the time for poetry.
THis is true, even for a Southerner.
But Conference is the time for poetry.
September 30, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"I favour the practicalities over poetry every time."
THis is true, even for a Southerner.
But Conference is the time for poetry.
THis is true, even for a Southerner.
But Conference is the time for poetry.
You know exactly what the significance with that phrase is. You’ve taken something involving child rape and linked to a commercial company that might have cheated by investing the owners money into his own company. Be better you attention seeking southerner pretending to be a geordie.
September 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
You know exactly what the significance with that phrase is. You’ve taken something involving child rape and linked to a commercial company that might have cheated by investing the owners money into his own company. Be better you attention seeking southerner pretending to be a geordie.
Kennedy is every northerner's impression of every southerner. Geez, you guys. Really? This is who you all are? Oh, 'scuze me - This is who y'all are?
While I'm enjoying the humiliation justifiably being heaped on Senator Eric Schmitt, I don't don't think enough mockery is being directed at his accomplice, Senator Kennedy, the Cornpone Clown, with this stupidly victorious expression as he smugly holds up the ridiculous "evidence."
September 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Kennedy is every northerner's impression of every southerner. Geez, you guys. Really? This is who you all are? Oh, 'scuze me - This is who y'all are?
Excited to read @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social biography of Lillian Smith, “An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America.”
Ready for people to learn about Lil’s life and importance.
Ready for people to learn about Lil’s life and importance.
September 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Excited to read @kerileighmerritt.bsky.social biography of Lillian Smith, “An Inconvenient Woman: The Extraordinary Life of Lillian Smith, the Southerner Who Defied Jim Crow America.”
Ready for people to learn about Lil’s life and importance.
Ready for people to learn about Lil’s life and importance.
So do I. oll-mond. I am also a northerner.
My spouse says ar-mund but his mum was a southerner.
My spouse says ar-mund but his mum was a southerner.
September 30, 2026 at 5:13 PM
So do I. oll-mond. I am also a northerner.
My spouse says ar-mund but his mum was a southerner.
My spouse says ar-mund but his mum was a southerner.
as a southerner this pisses me off!!! bbq isn't the source of the flavor!!! it's an accent!!! you fucking yankees, graaaaaaaaaaaa
September 30, 2026 at 4:31 PM
as a southerner this pisses me off!!! bbq isn't the source of the flavor!!! it's an accent!!! you fucking yankees, graaaaaaaaaaaa
Me being a southerner? That's new.
September 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Me being a southerner? That's new.
First is you when wagstsff and second is me (southerner ahem) acting how I act irl to you when wagstaff
Incomprehensible sentence holeh moleh
Incomprehensible sentence holeh moleh
September 30, 2026 at 4:29 AM
First is you when wagstsff and second is me (southerner ahem) acting how I act irl to you when wagstaff
Incomprehensible sentence holeh moleh
Incomprehensible sentence holeh moleh
Striking found-poem / antinarrative-storytelling / everything-is-between-the-lines
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-14/...
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-14/...
OCEAN VUONG: Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
bittersoutherner.com
September 29, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Striking found-poem / antinarrative-storytelling / everything-is-between-the-lines
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-14/...
bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-14/...
Sounds like something a southerner would say
September 29, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Sounds like something a southerner would say
I love a long read connecting history, ecology, and capitalism like this!
The Age of Shit — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
In the 19th century, explorers discovered tiny islands off the coast of Peru that were 3 meters deep in guano. That natural fertilizer was shipped to Europe, where it temporarily buoyed an ailing agri...
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September 29, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I love a long read connecting history, ecology, and capitalism like this!
Are you a white male southerner of pure white southern descent, preferably originally of English or Scots-Irish origin?
September 29, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Are you a white male southerner of pure white southern descent, preferably originally of English or Scots-Irish origin?