Victoria Taylor Roberts

Writer of allsorts, still miss Dolly Mixture

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

Proud to have curated and contributed to this anthology of monologues for mature women. Check it out! #acting #actingwomen #auditions #castingcall #casting #monologues #actresses #olderactors https://t.co/Bxz9Tv6MbF

[Dariusz Brzozowski @Darekbrzoza]

"1 lipca 1976 roku Tina Turner zrobiła krok, który uratował jej życie.
Czekała, aż jej mąż Ike zaśnie w hotelowym pokoju w Dallas. Jej twarz była spuchnięta i sina po kolejnym pobiciu. W kieszeni miała tylko 36 centów i kartę paliwową Mobil. Nic więcej.
Wymknęła się po cichu ze Statler Hilton i zaczęła biec. Nie do samochodu. Nie po pomoc. Pobiegła prosto przez autostradę Interstate 30 — w ciemności, między pędzącymi autami, o krok od potrącenia przez ciężarówkę. Pchał ją nie plan, lecz instynkt przetrwania.
Po drugiej stronie był Ramada Inn. Kierownik rozpoznał ją natychmiast, mimo obrażeń. Dał jej pokój na 11. piętrze i postawił ochroniarza pod drzwiami. Przez trzy dni Tina ukrywała się tam, prawie nie jedząc, pozwalając ciału i duszy zacząć się goić.
Kilka tygodni później złożyła pozew o rozwód. Gdy zapytano ją, czego chce po 16 latach małżeństwa, jej odpowiedź wszystkich zszokowała:
— Niczego. Tylko swoje nazwisko.
Bez domu. Bez pieniędzy. Bez tantiem.
Tylko „Tina Turner” — imię stworzone, by ją kontrolować, a teraz jedyne narzędzie do odbudowy życia.
Odeszła z długami, problemami podatkowymi i łatką „artystki, która się skończyła”. Miała prawie 40 lat. Była czarnoskórą kobietą w branży obsesyjnie skupionej na młodości. Nie miała praw do większości swojej wcześniejszej muzyki. Szanse były brutalnie przeciwko niej.
Ale Tina nie zaakceptowała porażki.
Zwróciła się ku buddyzmowi Nichirena, codziennie śpiewając mantry, by odnaleźć siłę. Brała każdą pracę: teleturnieje, hotelowe sale, jarmarki, eventy firmowe. Między występami sprzątała domy. Gdy świat ją skreślał, ona w ciszy składała siebie od nowa — kawałek po kawałku.
I nadszedł rok 1984.
W wieku 44 lat wydała album Private Dancer — i wszystko się zmieniło. Ponad 12 milionów sprzedanych egzemplarzy. What’s Love Got to Do with It na pierwszym miejscu list przebojów. Trzy nagrody Grammy w jednym roku. Live Aid. Mad Max. Świat wreszcie uznał ją za Królową rock’n’rolla.
Jej drugie artystyczne życie trwało dekady: rekordowe trasy koncertowe, 12 nagród Grammy, ponad 100 milionów sprzedanych płyt. Kariera odbudowana całkowicie na własnych zasadach.
A miłość także ją odnalazła. Erwin Bach poznał Tinę na lotnisku w 1986 roku — i już nigdy się nie rozstali. Gdy jej nerki odmówiły posłuszeństwa, bez wahania zaoferował swoją. W 2017 roku spełnił tę obietnicę i uratował jej życie.
24 maja 2023 roku Tina Turner zmarła spokojnie w Szwajcarii, w wieku 83 lat, trzymając Erwina za rękę.
Zostawiła po sobie coś więcej niż muzykę.
Zostawiła dowód.
Nigdy nie jest za późno, by odzyskać swoje życie.
Można zacząć od nowa w wieku 40 lat.
W wieku 50.
W każdym wieku.
Czasem wystarczy tylko odważyć się przejść na drugą stronę drogi.
36 centów.
Karta paliwowa.
I niezłomna wola.
Tak rodzą się legendy. 🖤"
za Kawa z mlekiem

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

Remember this.

[AI Panda @AIPandaX]

He literally explained Why you must keep going.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

RIP Bonnie Greer, novelist, broadcaster and truely inspiration woman.
She was a great supporter of the Womensart project and the WA books and I'll cherish our chats forever.
A true intellectual & beautiful person. xx

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart #September

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

Ahhh, you've made a lifelong Bond fan very happy @ChonlozB

[Happytogether @ChonlozB]

🎬🍸 **James Bond — Five Bonds, One Legendary Moment**

Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig — five iconic 007s from different generations, together in one unforgettable frame. 🕴️✨

#JamesBond #TimothyDalton #PierceBrosnan #DanielCraig #007

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

https://t.co/VpVYP8miWa

[Wendy Oldershaw @WendtheWalker]

Are you this old?

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Harlinah Teoh, contemporary Australian ceramics artist inspired by nature #WomensArt

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

@handleym99 @salltweets 🚩

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

@ClayTravis Hahahaha, yep, shut down those who may contradict you by creating an invalidation caveat. No debate, eh? Well, that makes your contribution just a rant, not a post.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the Day is a reminder of ‘tsundoku’: the pile of unread books you can’t help but add to at every opportunity.

[Frances Flannery @francesflannery]

Interesting job for someone, in Netflix’s IP team… 🚨https://t.co/f17XqKowtk

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

@prajeshjadhav1 @neerajadeshp Anyone who takes one woman's actions as an opportunity to berate huge numbers of women is your bog standard misogynist - male or female. Dress it up as journalism, excuse your post as 'opinionated', reflect on that video as 'satire'; you are all dangerous.

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

@aClassicLiberal @neerajadeshp Oh ffs

[Victoria Taylor Roberts @WistfulVTR]

@susie_dent Im with you Susie, mubble-fubbling myself today.

[Elizabeth has no more fucks to give🇺🇸💛💚🤍💜 @ElizabethGiddi1]

I do strangulation exams as part of my job. I have taken extensive training in strangulation and am qualified to testify as an expert in strangulation cases. The general public has no idea how bad this epidemic has become, how many women and girls this is happening to, or how dangerous this is.

I share facts about it sometimes like men who strangle women are twice as likely to be involved in a mass shooting or to kill a cop. Women who are strangled by their partners are 750% more likely to be killed by that partner.
I tell people that death by strangulation can occur in just minutes, under a minute if you hit the right nerve bundles that lead to certain arrhythmias. I also tell them that a woman can die from a strangulation event up to one year after the event and that a pregnant woman who has been strangled is at high risk of pregnancy loss for weeks after the strangulation event. Strangulation can lead to brain damage, physical disability, stroke, pregnancy loss, and death.
I tell people that there is no safe way to strangle and that nobody has the ability to consent to being murdered, and consent is not an excuse for murder, if someone were to consent to this it is incumbent on the would be murderer to use self discipline and restraint, because a person’s “consent” to being murdered is not going to be recognized by any court as a legitimate excuse. Nobody can consent to being killed.
When I tell people these things, a very few are appreciative, mostly women, some are interested, men and women, and some attack me for being stupid and not knowing what I am talking about, apparently days of professional training and hundreds of exams performed mean nothing to the “experts” of X. Those that attack are mostly men. Some argue with me about dumb things, like my insistence to call strangulation what it is. Strangulation is not choking, choking is not strangulation, these are two different types of ways to block an airway but they are not the same. That is what people argue with me about the most. They insist on using incorrect language and then provide me with a weak google link picture of a choke hold to try to prove it’s the same.
So then it becomes me explaining that a choke hold is called a chokehold but it is not choking it is strangulation and that blows their minds and I am met with silence or swears.
This is an incredibly important issue that needs to be discussed but it is very contentious and the defenders of strangulation can turn into rabid dogs very quickly.

Anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciate the effort you are taking here, that you are raising awareness and that you are using accurate language and data. It’s really important that we change the narrative around this subject.

I would like to share this resource with you, I’m not sure if you are aware of them or not, but this was the group that did my training on strangulation. They go all over the US teaching medical professionals and law enforcement about strangulation and they have a ton of information and resources on their website. You might find them useful.
Thank you for talking about this.
https://t.co/mOYpSn5IaX

[Gregory T. Angelo @gregorytangelo]

This was Dolly Parton’s “farewell” video from May 2026 — and none of us realized it. Or believed it. Or wanted to believe it.

Her last words to us were: “I will always love you. Thank you.”

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy.

She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.

The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.

She handed out the checks herself.

In 1989 she offered $500 to every kid in the county who wanted to go to the local college.

When Gatlinburg burned in 2016, she sent 900 families $1,000 a month for six months.

You've probably heard that part.

Here's the part you haven't:

The fund raised more than expected, so she showed up in May and handed every one of those families another $5,000 on top.

Then she quietly put $3 million into the recovery group that handles the years after the news trucks leave.

She built her county an entire hospital.

She played a benefit concert in 2007, Dollywood and the Stampede matched it, and LeConte Medical Center opened in 2010 with a birthing unit and a women's center in it.

In 2022 she started covering 100% of tuition, books, and fees for Dollywood employees.

Full-time, part-time, AND seasonal.

In 1991 she paid for a bald eagle sanctuary because the birds couldn't be released back into the wild, no press release.

And when Hurricane Helene came through here in Western North Carolina, she wrote a personal check for $1 million and her companies matched it.

She didn't owe North Carolina anything, but she helped us anyway.

She started the Imagination Library because her daddy couldn't read or write. Before he passed, he told her it was the most important thing she ever did.

Rest in Peace, Dolly 🇺🇸

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

Tim playing Mick Jagger on Saturday Night Live in 1981.

RIP TIM CURRY (1946-2026)

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Dolly Rebecca Parton RIP, ❤️
US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian #WomensArt