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Why Conservatives Should Love Chappell Roan

Risqué lyrics are mere window dressing for the Midwestern values of her music.
LuElla D’Amico /
2024 Boston Calling
Chappell Roan in one of her more drag-like outfits, on May 26, 2024 in Boston. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

Recently, I unexpectedly found myself singing karaoke while my son and his friends worked on their cars for the Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby. The song choices ran the usual gamut for millennial Texan parents—some gospel, a little “American Pie,” and of course, Garth Brooks. But I couldn’t resist adding my new favorite artist: Chappell Roan.

LuElla D’Amico is an associate professor of English and coordinator of women’s and gender studies at the University of the Incarnate Word. She is the author of Wondrous Reading: Encountering the Catholic Faith in Children’s Literature and writes widely on faith, girlhood, pop culture, and storytelling.

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