A definition from Garden And Gun's Allison Glock:
When a Southern woman fusses over her appearance, it does not reflect insecurity, narcissism, or some arrested form of antifeminism that holds back the sisterhood. Southern women are postfeminism. The whole issue is a nonstarter, seeing as Southern women are smart enough to recognize what works—Spanx, Aqua Net—and wise to the allocation of effort. Why pretend the world is something it isn’t? Better to focus on what you can control (drying your hair) and make the best of what you have.
Side note: Southern women do not capitalize on their looks to snag men, though that often results. The reason we Southern women take care of ourselves is because, simply, Southern women are caretakers.
(Photo: Reese Witherspoon attends the premiere for 'Water for Elephants' at the Cine Comedia on May 1, 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. By Robert Marquardt/Getty Images)
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