She was an amazingly compassionate woman. You don’t need to be a fan of her music to respect her as a human being. She was a giant. She radiated warmth and kindness, and the world is a little smaller and darker without her in it.
She grew up extremely poor in the mountains of Tennessee, and worked very hard to become a successful country singer. She had a long-running campaign, sending free children’s books to elementary school libraries, and she was helping lead the charge on AIDS research funding and public awareness during the AIDS crisis. Had a famously good lemon pudding recipe.
Fun fact, Dolly the Cloned Sheep was named after her. (Well… named after her boobs, since Dolly was cloned from the mammary cells of her donor). Dolly Parton apparently found that absolutely hilarious.
You probably should. Even if you’re not a fan of her music, she was an icon of kindness, compassion, and tolerance; you would be hard pressed to find anyone who had anything negative to say about her. Not to mention her charm and sense of humor.
Not really. She just refused to speak publicly about politics in general, except when it came to support for marginalized groups. So she had immense support for the gay and trans community, the black community, women, minorities, et cetera. You can infer her politics from that, but she often refused to speak about individual politicians, and did not throw her weight behind political campaigns. In a very big way, this has helped to push many towards tolerance and compassion, and the political figures that go with that.
For instance, saying “I support gay marriage,” effectively told people which party she voted for, but by refusing to name the party or the politician, she gave many of her fans a way to realize their own voting habits might be misaligned, without the immediate, unthinking backlash and reactionary results of saying “I am voting for the Democrat”
From her very outspoken support of the groups she supported, it’s almost impossible not to tell that she was left of center.
I don’t see much news of her here in Japan, so I doubt anyone would know about her or her death. I only know because of my Canadian upbringing (and I’m old).
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More than 2 or 3 memes about someone I never heard in life… Do i need to go research who she is? 😮💨
Lindsey Ellis just did a video on her, I recommend it - you’re the target audience.
https://youtu.be/uJuKN0chAZk
She was an amazingly compassionate woman. You don’t need to be a fan of her music to respect her as a human being. She was a giant. She radiated warmth and kindness, and the world is a little smaller and darker without her in it.
She grew up extremely poor in the mountains of Tennessee, and worked very hard to become a successful country singer. She had a long-running campaign, sending free children’s books to elementary school libraries, and she was helping lead the charge on AIDS research funding and public awareness during the AIDS crisis. Had a famously good lemon pudding recipe.
Fun fact, Dolly the Cloned Sheep was named after her. (Well… named after her boobs, since Dolly was cloned from the mammary cells of her donor). Dolly Parton apparently found that absolutely hilarious.
You probably should. Even if you’re not a fan of her music, she was an icon of kindness, compassion, and tolerance; you would be hard pressed to find anyone who had anything negative to say about her. Not to mention her charm and sense of humor.
and a true embodiment of the Appalachian fun gay aunt archetype. i know she was cishet, but the fun gay aunt is an archetype, not a stock character
I heard she was a centrist when it came to Trump
Not really. She just refused to speak publicly about politics in general, except when it came to support for marginalized groups. So she had immense support for the gay and trans community, the black community, women, minorities, et cetera. You can infer her politics from that, but she often refused to speak about individual politicians, and did not throw her weight behind political campaigns. In a very big way, this has helped to push many towards tolerance and compassion, and the political figures that go with that.
For instance, saying “I support gay marriage,” effectively told people which party she voted for, but by refusing to name the party or the politician, she gave many of her fans a way to realize their own voting habits might be misaligned, without the immediate, unthinking backlash and reactionary results of saying “I am voting for the Democrat”
From her very outspoken support of the groups she supported, it’s almost impossible not to tell that she was left of center.
You’ve never heard of Dolly Parton? May I ask what continent you live on?
I don’t see much news of her here in Japan, so I doubt anyone would know about her or her death. I only know because of my Canadian upbringing (and I’m old).
They could also just be very young.
Jesus, so that must mean… I’m that old.
Not the person you replied to, but Europe. I have heard of her, but very vaguely. Definitely had to look her up when the news broke.
Joleen is a very beautiful song
I prefer Jolene
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