Editing Janis Joplin (section)

== Early life ==
[[File:Janis Joplin HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|upright|Joplin in 1960 as a graduating senior in high school]]
Janis Lyn Joplin<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kozmic Blues - Janis Joplin's Kozmic Blues |url=https://www.janisjoplin.net/ |access-date=May 7, 2022 |website=Kozmic Blues |language=en-US |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422182752/https://www.janisjoplin.net/ |url-status=live }}</ref> was born in [[Port Arthur, Texas]], on {{birth date|mf=yes|1943|1|19}},<ref name="scars">{{Cite book |title=Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin |first=Alice |last=Echols |author-link=Alice Echols |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-8050-5394-4}}</ref> to Dorothy Bonita East (1913–1998), a [[registrar (education)|registrar]] at a business college, and her husband, Seth Ward Joplin (1910–1987), an engineer at [[Texaco]]. She had two younger siblings, Laura and Michael. The family attended First Christian Church of Port Arthur, a church belonging to the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] denomination.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Portal to Texas History|url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34931/|url-status=live|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=texashistory.unt.edu|date=December 26, 1954|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222020745/https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth34931/}}</ref>

Her parents felt that Janis needed more attention than their other children.<ref name="jacobson">{{Cite book |title=Hollywood Heartbreak: The Tragic and Mysterious Deaths of Hollywood's Most Remarkable Legends |first=Laurie |last=Jacobson |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |year=1984 |isbn=978-0-671-49998-3}}</ref> As a teenager, Joplin befriended a group of outcasts, one of whom had albums by [[blues]] artists [[Bessie Smith]], [[Ma Rainey]], and [[Lead Belly]], which Joplin later credited with influencing her decision to become a singer.<ref name="amburn">{{Cite book |title=Pearl: The Obsessions and Passions of Janis Joplin : A Biography |first=Ellis |last=Amburn |author-link=	Ellis Amburn |publisher=[[Time Warner]] |year= 1992 |isbn=978-0-446-51640-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780446395069}}</ref> She began singing [[blues]] and [[folk music]] with friends at [[Thomas Jefferson High School (Port Arthur, Texas)|Thomas Jefferson High School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Janis Joplin at 70 |url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Janis-Joplin-at-70-4200305.php |website=Houston Chronicle |date=January 17, 2013 |access-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184440/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Janis-Joplin-at-70-4200305.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth439603/hits/?q=Joplin |year=1959 |title=The Yellow Jacket, Yearbook of Thomas Jefferson High School, 1959 |website=The Portal to Texas History |language=en |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518205355/https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth439603/hits/?q=Joplin |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/echols-scars.html |title=Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin |first=Alice |last=Echols |website=The New York Times |year=1999 |access-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828014956/http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/e/echols-scars.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url={{Google books|wBUlRNnitHMC |page=PA51|keywords=|text=Arlene|plainurl=yes}} |title=Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin |last=Friedman |first=Myra |year=2011 |publisher=Crown/Archetype |isbn=978-0-3077-9052-1 |language=en}}</ref> In high school, she was a classmate of [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] coach [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Janis Joplin at 70|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Janis-Joplin-at-70-4200305.php|website=Houston Chronicle|date=January 17, 2013|access-date=February 5, 2017|archive-date=February 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206184440/http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/music/article/Janis-Joplin-at-70-4200305.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Joplin stated that she was ostracized and bullied in high school.<ref name="amburn" /> As a teen, she became overweight and suffered from acne, leaving her with deep scars that required [[dermabrasion]].<ref name="jacobson" /><ref name="caserta" /><ref name="buried">{{Cite book |title=Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin |first=Myra |last=Friedman |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group]] |year=1992 |isbn=978-0-517-58650-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/buriedalivebiogr00fried}}</ref> Other kids at high school would routinely taunt her and call her names like "pig", "freak", "[[nigger]] lover", or "creep".<ref name="jacobson" /> She said, "I was a misfit. I read, I painted, I thought. I didn't hate niggers."<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url={{Google books|Ey4TCgAAQBAJ |page=PA363|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}} |page=363 |chapter=In the Zone of Ambivalence: A Journal of Competition |last=Dimen |first=Muriel |editor1-last=Weisser |editor1-first=Susan Ostrov |editor2-last=Fleischner |editor2-first=Jennifer |title=Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds: Feminism and the Problem of Sisterhood |publisher=NYU Press |date=1994 |isbn=978-0-8147-2620-4}}</ref>

Joplin graduated from high school in 1960 and attended [[Lamar University|Lamar State College of Technology]] in [[Beaumont, Texas]], during the summer<ref name="caserta" /> and later the [[University of Texas at Austin]] (UT), although she did not complete her college studies.<ref name="style">{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/joplin.htm |title=Janis Joplin: A Cry Cutting Through Time |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 5, 1998 |first=Paul |last=Hendrickson |author-link=Paul Hendrickson |access-date=May 12, 2008 |archive-date=June 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621160450/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/joplin.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The campus newspaper, ''[[The Daily Texan]]'', ran a profile of her in the issue dated July 27, 1962, headlined "She Dares to Be Different."<ref name="style" /> The article began, "She goes barefooted when she feels like it, wears [[Levi's|Levis]] to class because they're more comfortable, and carries her [[autoharp]] with her everywhere she goes so that in case she gets the urge to break into song, it will be handy. Her name is Janis Joplin."<ref name="style" /> While at UT she performed with a [[Folk music|folk]] trio called the Waller Creek Boys ([[Powell St. John]] and Lanny Wiggins), showcasing her strong [[mezzo-soprano]] vocals,<ref>{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Gloria |title=Breaking Through: From Rock to Opera, the Basic Technique of Voice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZzBa6WnA4C&q=janis+joplin+vocal+nodules&pg=PA28 |access-date=September 10, 2013 |year=1994 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-7935-7238-0 |page=28 |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430142117/https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZzBa6WnA4C&q=janis+joplin+vocal+nodules&pg=PA28 |url-status=live }}</ref> and frequently socialized with the staff of the campus humor magazine ''[[The Texas Ranger (magazine)|The Texas Ranger]]''.<ref name=TR-Fox>{{cite web |url=http://comixjoint.com/texasranger.html |title=Texas Ranger |first=M. Steven |last=Fox |website=ComixJoint |access-date=December 18, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713122625/http://comixjoint.com/texasranger.html |archive-date=July 13, 2016}}</ref> According to [[Freak Brothers]] cartoonist [[Gilbert Shelton]], who befriended her, she used to sell ''The Texas Ranger'', which contained some of Shelton's early comic books, on the campus.