the woman who singlehandedly shrunk her hometown's highschool dropout rate by almost 30%, raised & donated millions for HIV/AIDS research, sent thousands of dollars to families affected by the tenesse wildfires etc. was not apolitical.
It was revealed that Dolly Parton was secretly battling cancer but she didn't say anything and instead released this song as one of her last to raise funds for children with cancer. Even while she was sick she was still thinking about others. I’m absolutely devastated.
just a reminder that being upset over a celebrity’s death is not parasocial in any way. these are real people that made real art that impacted you. you are allowed to mourn & grieve something special to you
Dolly Parton in 2017 on Republican opposition to LGBTQ+ rights:
"If you’re the fine Christian you think you are, why are you judging people? We’re supposed to love one another.”
do you ever think ragatha gets kinda jealous of how quick gangle and zooble get so close because it makes her wonder if there's just something fundamentally wrong with her for not being able to protect gangle properly when she tried so so hard to stick up for her
This is so cute but it’s absolutely sending me that Dolly made Sabrina change the lyrics from “don’t embarrass me motherfucker” to “don’t embarrass me like the others” but let her keep the premise of the video being that she beat that man and threw him in the back of the truck
My 7-year-old daughter heard me say that Dolly Parton died, and got visibly very sad. I was surprised she even knew that name.
“You know Dolly Parton?”
In the sweetest timid voice, she replied:
“Well, I don’t _know_ know her. But she sent me books.”
🥹😢😭
For the record, Dolly Parton had no time for JK Rowling's bigotry. She was someone who supported trans & LGBTQ rights, who used their wealth to uplift rather than harm others, and who cared deeply about the wellbeing of children.
She was everything Rowling has chosen not to be.