Midwest Girls __exclusive__ | Naughty

In fiction and memes, the naughty Midwest girl is a character of contrasts: wholesome on the surface, feral underneath. She has a “Let’s Go Places” bumper sticker, but the places are often empty grain elevators or the parking lot of a Menards. She vapes Juul pods she bought with a fake ID that says she’s from Ohio. She leaves passive-aggressive sticky notes on her roommate’s mini-fridge: “Who drank my Diet Mountain Dew? (Jesus knows.)”

The “naughty Midwest girl” isn’t naughty in a coastal, club-hopping, tabloid way. Her mischief is more subtle — and therefore more dangerous. She knows exactly where the county line ends and the gravel road begins. She’ll steal her dad’s pickup at 2 a.m., not for a joyride, but to get Culver’s custard before the stand closes. She’ll key a cheating ex’s tractor, not his Tesla. She curses in church basements — under her breath, while arranging funeral potatoes. naughty midwest girls

Her naughtiness is performatively polite: she’ll gossip about you at the Casey’s gas station, but she’ll also bring you a hot dish when you’re sick. She drinks Mike’s Hard Lemonade in a koozie that says “Bless This Mess.” She talks back to the FFA advisor, but only in a whisper. She’s been known to hook up in the back of a Subaru Outback during a tornado warning — and still make it to 4-H judging by 8 a.m. In fiction and memes, the naughty Midwest girl