Graham
Adrianna TanI want to go back to the late 90s and tell everyone that Fran Drescher and Dolly Parton are going to be more important in 30 years than you expect
The Munn Dame@skinnylatte i do love. Good plot twist!
John Shirley
Mike [SEC=OFFICIAL]@skinnylatte you could try telling them about Rick Astley too, but not a single person would believe you.
l1zrd.divx@skinnylatte Weird, I was just reading about other people in the union calling her out for being in Italy partying with Kim K just a few days ago, instead of negotiating.
Mama's Pinky Toe@skinnylatte
Dolly Parton I'm not surprised by. She's a great songwriter, and songwriting takes smarts. Kickass Fran Drescher is a shocker, though.
Dolly Parton I'm not surprised by. She's a great songwriter, and songwriting takes smarts. Kickass Fran Drescher is a shocker, though.
Cleo Elanor
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘@skinnylatte Yay Dolly! What a hero that woman is.
Just J@skinnylatte @SekhmetMedusa Please note that Mx Drescher is (or at least, was as recently as late February this year) also a frothing anti-vaxxer, and was just as willing to have SAG-AFTRA strike over COVID mandates in the industry and publicly blamed COVID on 5G but was also perfectly willing to paint her opponent for the SAG-AFTRA presidency as anti-vax when it was convenient (along with other muck-slinging).
OTOH, if anyone has anything critical about Dolly Parton, I have yet to hear it, and would really like to continue believing that she is a treasure.
https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/modine-vs-drescher-the-sag-aftra-election-takes-an-ugly-turn/
SekhmetMedusa🧿@JDzed Yikes! I had no idea about Fran Drescher! That's a bummer. Dolly gave money to help develop the Moderna vaccine. She's a national treasure.
@SekhmetMedusa Yeah, I was disappointed to learn that about Mx Drescher today after seeing the strike news. =[
Dolly's an international treasure, and not only for her early and critical funding of the Moderna vaccine. Her long-term efforts to increase literacy have had a HUGE impact across the planet, and she's enabled SO MUCH to alleviating poverty and other scourges of her native eastern Tennesee.
And weirdly, Sandollar Productions (which she co-owned), was part of getting Buffy the Vampire Slayer made for (TV and continued).
@SekhmetMedusa Also, she copped death threats for writing and performing the lead song for the 2005 movie Transamerica, because the lead character of said film is a trans woman.
Despite that, and being openly a deeply Christian woman born dirt poor in the 1940s, she is still a firm supporter of LGBTIAQ+ rights, including marriage!
If only that attitude was more common among her compatriots. =[
@JDzed @SekhmetMedusa Thanks for the info about Fran. I only know about her labor activism.
BromSwolligans@skinnylatte what has Ms. Drescher been up to lately?
Clayfoot@skinnylatte we're overdue for Clarissa to start explaining it all
Potato Enthusiast 🇵🇸@skinnylatte while you're there, warn everyone about Whedon.
Uncle Vinny@skinnylatte imagine how important Dolly will be in another 30 years! Dolly for Empress of the Galaxy!
Katherine@skinnylatte dolly parton is my hero :)