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I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

You know, Southerners are pretty cool.

I'm a Southerner.

I'm a Southern girl.

There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.

I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the South was, but not until you live with people and live through their lives do you know what it's really about.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here.

I love Southern rock; it's because I grew up on it, and no matter where I am, I'll always be a Georgia girl.