"Hollywood liberals didn’t destroy the family farm, college professors didn’t move manufacturing jobs overseas, immigrants didn’t pour opioids into rural communities, and critical race theory didn’t close hundreds of rural hospitals. When Republican politicians and the conservative media tell rural whites to aim their anger at those targets, it’s so they won’t ask why the people they keep electing haven’t done anything to improve life in their communities."

https://newrepublic.com/article/180570/trump-rural-white-resentment-honest-assessment

#Rural

An Honest Assessment of Rural White Resentment Is Long Overdue

We say very clearly that rural America is hurting. But we refuse to justify attitudes that some scholars try to underplay.

^{The New Republic}

The dogs and I see tens of kangaroos around our property when on our morning walks. Most of the 'roos are quite used to us and just stand and watch us as we pass by.

#wildlife #photography #wildlifePhotography #rural #newSouthWales #autumn #armidale

“One of the more unfortunate developments is that people have started injecting meth.”

We partnered with the Daily Yonder for a Q&A with William Garriot, an anthropologist who says the impact of meth on rural communities in the U.S. has only gotten worse (but it’s not just a rural problem):

https://theconversation.com/how-meth-became-an-epidemic-in-america-and-whats-happening-now-that-its-faded-from-the-headlines-225638
#health #rural #cities

How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines

An anthropologist who wrote a book exploring meth’s impact on rural communities explains what drove the epidemic and how it’s changed.

^{The Conversation}

Do you like clouds?
Do you like fields?
Do you like fences?

Then, hoooo boy, do I have an image for you today. More countryside ramblings for your retinal viewing pleasure.

#photography #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #landscape #rural #countryside #fields #clouds #sheep

I continue to have a thing about pylons. Not sure why I like them so much, but I do...so there you go. But, you know what? I bet I'm not alone. I think a few of us like the flippin' things.

Pylons. Am I right?

#photography #bnw #blackandwhite #monochrome #pylons #landscape #rural #clouds #weather