{"id":873,"date":"2022-09-29T23:25:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T03:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/?p=873"},"modified":"2022-09-29T23:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T03:25:20","slug":"thinking-outside-of-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/2022\/09\/29\/thinking-outside-of-the-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Outside of the Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

Throughout Clare\u2019s book so far, we have seen the intense struggle of coming to terms with an identity that fits so many yet no boxes at the same time. Not only does Clare wrestle with the emotional ties of his hometown and those who reside within versus his current politics and beliefs on the logging industry, but he also talks in depth about how his \u201credneck\u201d identity made it even more difficult to feel a sense of belonging in the queer community because of deviating from the urban queer identity that is seen as the norm. On page 33, Clare describes the word \u201credneck\u201d\u2019s denotation, connotation, and \u201cusage by progressives, including many who are queer\u201d(33). Here, Clare wrote the last interpretation of the word as \u201cAny person who is racist, violent, uneducated and stupid (as if they are the same thing), woman-hating, gay-bashing, Christian fundamentalist, ect. 2. Use as a synonym for every type of oppressive belief except classism.\u201d(33) Though \u201credneck\u201d is something that Clare associates with his identity, he doesn\u2019t fit this specific usage of the word that many others believe. Along those same lines, although Clare\u2019s queer identity is also a main part of him, he doesn\u2019t necessarily fit the urban image of queerness that was expected by others. This brings it back to how he is a part of, however cannot be completely defined by, many different and especially contradictory identities. This has led to the journey of his own acceptance and understanding of his identity that we have been following throughout the book.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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