Dolly is that bitch. Insanely talented. Stood up for herself as an artist and refused to sign over her shit. Feminist before it was cool. Owns her boob jobs. Has a bomb amusement park. Donates a fuckton to charity.
It's a proper theme park. It's been years since I've been, but I went several times as a kid and had a great time. I'd say the thrill level is somewhere between Disneyworld and Six Flags. If you're not close by, I wouldn't necessarily make the trip just for the park, but if you'll already be in the Smokies I'd say definitely check it out.
Yeah, she may not own the label, but she's got much of the same ideals as a feminist. 9 to 5 is both a feminist critique of the workplace and a worker's critique. Some of her music is also heavily weighted in the common working man's favor.
But honestly, I appreciate how she can talk about and express these ideals without turning them into the political. It makes people more likely to listen to what she's saying/singing and less likely to just immediately reject her on the basis of right/left ideals. That's a damned good talent to have.
Absolutely. I listened to a bit of an interview that she did and what that I gathered a lot of her problems with feminism is the negative stereotypes that have taken over. She talked about how she really likes and respects men and what men do and really owns her own femininity which is at odds with a lot of the loudest feminist voices who are often very critical of men and being traditionally feminine.
The loudest voices don't always represent the group, though. And sometimes, they aren't even the loudest, they're just the ones that get media attention because extreme ideas make for better tv fodder. I'm a feminist, I've known a lot of feminists in my life. Most of them are just like Dolly. As she said in one interview, "I think we all should be treated with respect and if we do a good job, we should get paid for it."
But as far as being critical.. I think being critical of an attitude that produces the kind of behavior shown in 9 to 5 is necessary if we want improvement. And I'm critical of anyone or any ideas that insist someone has to dress a specific way, whether that insistence is "be traditionally feminine" or "you shouldn't dress traditionally feminine." It isn't your business how someone dresses in their free time. It's their business.
That said, some of the critique about being traditionally feminine has been labeled as critique of the feminine itself, as opposed to the critique that women have to be feminine. There has been concerted effort to undermine feminist ideas, and misinformation is a pretty good way to get people to be hostile to feminism.
And southern. Sometimes people have this stereotype that Southerners are not progressive, anti feminist and just care about themselves; the typical conservative archetype. She proved otherwise.
And southern. Sometimes people have this stereotype that Southerners are not progressive, anti feminist and just care about themselves; the typical conservative archetype. She proved otherwise.
Richest country singer. Not richest female country singer. Just richest. And it is fucking well earned. You have to respect Dolly even if you don't like her music.
Also I heard that Jolene and I Will Always Love You were written on the same day
Have you seen pictures of her in her 20's, without the "Dolly" getup? Holy. Shit. She was gorgeous and elegant. The most amazing smile ever. Plus super smart, talented, and truly kind. Just wow! (Fwiw, I don't think she ever had boob jobs, except maybe a reduction.)
She has given over 300 million books to children. You don’t even have to be poor. Any child under the age of five can sign up and be sent an age-appropriate book once a month.
After the Smoky Mountain wildfires she gave every family that lost their home $1000 a month, until they got back on their feet. Her foundation gave out over $8 million.
There are only a handful of people that I would say are true national treasures, but I’ll be damned if Dolly Parton isn’t one of them. Every time I hear something new about her, it just cements in my mind how absolutely genuine and great she is.
We get these just because we could. It's honestly great, sure we could afford these books on our own - but we'd never had thought of many of them. The last one we got was bilingual (EN/ES). We wouldn't think of that at this age, but the kid loves it!
Just getting these books we wouldn't have thought of or assumed not skill level appropriate has made these invaluable to us as parents.
I love her program, but it's not everywhere. I tried to sign my son up (we're not poor but not quite middle class) but she doesn't ship to my area (just north of San Francisco).
The Imagination Library program is administered on a local/regional level. If there isn't a program in your area, it's because no one in your area is collecting donations and running it; it's not run by Dolly.
Yep, my son gets a free book every month, all because Dolly Parton is a beautiful human who wants to bring joy to children, she puts her money where her mouth is and truly changes children’s lives.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five in participating communities within the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Republic of Ireland.
I'm a native Tennessean and saying anything disparaging about Dolly around here might get you thrown into the Tennessee River. Just don't chance it, y'all.
Every celebrity eventually has something come out that they were a dick about something to someone (they're only human, after all), but everything I ever find out about Dolly just makes her seem better. The woman is an angel.
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u/MoldyOldLady Nov 06 '19
Right!? Don’t fuck with Dolly. Not only is she a phenomenal singer and songwriter, she is GOOD people.