As an artist, I find this totally relatable. “Gosh, please don’t erect a statue right now. A statue sounds nice, though. I am not saying not to build me a statue. Please immortalize my likeness.”
Spend the money on more books for kids, so we have fewer regressives in the future
GNU Dolly
I cannot imagine how hard it is to be as kind, loving, and gracious as she is, but to be surrounded by a world with so much willful anger, hate, and misery.
The president we should have had.
This isn’t a shit post at all. Don’t take it down, but it’s not shit.
TIL that Dolly Parton entered in and lost a Dolly Parton lookalike contest at some drag bar in LA in 2012
“All of these other beautiful drag queens had worked for months and weeks getting their clothes and all that, and they were dressed like me,” Parton explained in a 2012 interview. “So, I just got in the line and I just walked across [the stage] and they just thought I was some little, short gay guy. And I got the least applause, but I was just dying laughing inside. I say it’s a good thing I was a girl or I’d be a drag queen.”
I’d heard that story before, had no idea it was a drag bar
It was definitely straight-washed for various audiences.
We don’t deserve Dolly.
Dolly Parton is 100% class. One of the good ones.
Imagine if all southerners were like Dolly.
God bless DP
And Dolly Parton!
And Dr. Pepper
🤨
“Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” - Fred Rogers (mother)
Not just an 80s country singer. One that was mocked mercilessly as a big tit bimbo for years. She came out of that kind hearted and when Unknown Hinson came after her for preaching kindness there was such a backlash that he couldn’t play shows for a while and Adult Swim fired him from Squidbillies.
The Imagination Library alone is a true blessing
The imagination library is fucking amazing.
The US doesn’t deserve Dolly as a national treasure, she’s a treasure of the world
In spite of the USA we have today
Let’s agree that next time they wanna put up a statue of a confederate general, they put one up of Dolly instead. That way, everyone wins, except the loser general.
Many of those loser generals were self aware enough to specifically state that no statues or memorials of them should ever be made. Then Wilson came along…
Class
