Any Press Is Good Press

A short word on finding a sense of place with backhanded identity construction.

There are many people proud of where they’re from; in fact, it can be a large part of their social identity.

I won’t ever forget that an old co-worker of mine is from Germany but predominantly grew up in Missouri.

He channeled a more modern version of pride by always reminding us how terrible Missouri was, but if we ever started to side with him, he wou…