y’all don’t care about Palestine, you care about having a socially acceptable reason to punish people you already dislike. Palestine has become a Trojan horse for moral policing, and pretending every pile-on is genuine activism is exactly why this shit feels so performative.
When I saw Dolly in concert back in 2014, the front rows were full of drag queens. I will never forget her walking along the edge of the stage greeting them all by singing “drag queen, drag queen, drag queen, drag quee-ee-een” to the tune of Jolene. Iconic.
'9 to 5’ is one of the most Marxist films to hit Hollywood since the second Red Scare. In it, Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda kidnap their boss and run the office without him for a month, during which time they institute free childcare, paid vacation, and flexible hours.
RIP Dolly Parton (1946-2026)
Knowing that she'd be starring opposite Burt Reynolds in "The Best Little Wh0rehouse in Texas" (1982), it was Dolly Parton's idea to have Miss Mona and the Sheriff romantically involved, though she faced criticism from both the screenwriter and critics for this drastic deviation from the real-life story which inspired the film. She said,
“When they started askin’ for suggestions, I said I would like to see more of a romance. Wouldn’t you feel like you wasted five dollars if you paid to see Wh0rehouse and you didn’t see me and Burt kiss? I was makin’ a joke, and I stuck to it. I’m not going to miss my chance to kiss Burt Reynolds".
(Dolly Parton's interview with Chet Flippo, The Rolling Stone, 1980 & IMDb)