Redneck Airwaves

by | Dec 8, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

We have long heard that the South will rise again, but who thought that return would be led by a 7-year-old girl and a band of brothers with ZZ Top beards and a fondness for frog hunting? Yet here we are amid an explosion of reality shows about the South, more...
Honey Boo Boo and the Death of Quality

Honey Boo Boo and the Death of Quality

by | Sep 27, 2012 | Archive, Southern Partisan

Is Here Comes Honey Boo Boo the worst thing on television? Probably. Is it the worst thing to happen in terms of confirming ignorant opinions from the rest of country about Southerners since The Beverly Hillbillies? Definitely. (And really, that’s being...