Anika Eide
We Don't Breed Queer Out Here
broken farm houses; cemetery, death by four-wheelers; Friday night football;
smear the queer; development, development, development; trailer villages –
intimacy of space; tractor teeth; iron water/orange hair; church with neon
blue cross; church with wooden cross; bar with swinging sign; "they'd
rape the gay out of you!!; Crow River; live the sport; home of the (year)
champions in (sport); trees, grass, pasture; all that space, all that
time; "give me the ball you fag"; everyone knows your name and bra size;
babies before books; give her the Good Book; book it out of here; books
books books thank you, James Baldwin; "That's fucking disgusting, fucking
cocksuckers"; dandelion fields; weed them out; seek them out; use once
and destroy; "those gays out there, they can't come here or we'd run 'em
out, brand 'em like cattle"; 4H; Future Farmers of America; motorcross;
church with white cross; dog breeders; strays, "god didn't make fags",
no, no love, I don't remember a time when it would have been safe.
Anika Eide is an artist living in Minneapolis. She enjoys working in different genres and mediums – writing, dancing, film, and photography being closest to home.