![]() Rust Belt Femme is the story of how these twin foundations-rural Ohio poverty and alternative 90s culture-made Raechel into who she is today: a queer femme with PTSD and a deep love of the Midwest. ![]() It was the early 90s, full of Nirvana songs and chokers, flannel shirts and cut-off jean shorts, lesbian witches and local coffee shops. Raechel escaped to the progressive suburbs of Cleveland Heights, leaving the tractors and ranch-style homes home in favor of a city with vintage marquees, music clubs, and people who talked about big ideas. Raechel and her mother struggled for money: they were evicted, went days without utilities, and took their trauma out on one another. ![]() After her father came home from his third-shift job, took the garbage out to the curb and was hit by a drunk driver, her life changed. Raechel Anne Jolie's early life in a working-class Cleveland exurb was full of race cars, Budweiser-drinking men covered in car grease, and the women who loved them. In her debut memoir, Rust Belt Femme, Raechel Anne Jolie gets it: On the surface, Femme is an exploration of trauma, queer identity and determination in the life of a Midwest kid trapped in a cycle of poverty and tragedy. After her father came home from his third-shift job, took the garbage out to the cur. ![]() ![]() Raechel Anne Jolie's early life in a working-class Cleveland exurb was full of race cars, Budweiser-drinking men covered in car grease, and the women who loved them. Rust Belt Femme Join alum and celebrated author, Rachel Anne Jolie, in an exciting talk examining regional storytelling, the memoir-writing process, and how economic insecurity, 90s alternative culture, and the Midwest punk scene shaped their identity. ![]()
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