20 Dolly Parton Quotes That Prove She’s A Feminist
Iconic country singer Dolly Parton is an unlikely feminist hero. In fact, she, herself, claims “I’ve never been a feminist.” But if we look at her accomplishments and some of the things she’s said over her decades-long career, it seems odd for her to say that. I think she’s always been a feminist.
Dolly Parton is the sheer epitome of the kind of woman feminists most dislike. She proudly embraces her role of the “dumb, busty blonde” and claims that she’s offended if people don’t look at her breasts or talk about them because they cost her “a lot of money.” She’s incredibly beautiful, but consciously chooses to look like what she calls “a tramp.”
Why do feminists hate her? It’s not just because of how she looks. Dolly Parton says things like this:
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I’ll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.
And this:
I look like a woman, but I think like a man.
And this:
I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural.
And…….this.
The woman that I was most impressed with when I was a little girl was the town tramp. But I didn’t know what that meant,” she told Safer. “This woman had the yellow peroxide hair. She had the red nails. The red lipstick. The beautiful eyes. The high heels. Short skirt. And I thought she was the prettiest thing I’d ever seen. And whoever I was with would say, ‘Oh, she ain’t nothin’ but trash.’ And I make the joke. And I would say, ‘Well, that’s what I’m gonna be when I grow up,’ meaning that’s how I wanna look.
That’s all pretty cringe-worthy, eh? Yikes.
But there is a LOT more to Dolly Parton than many people realize. In my article at Liberal America, I explain why Dolly Parton is actually a feminist heroine. As a philanthropist, an author, an actress, and a businesswoman, the woman is a phenomenon. READ MORE…
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William August 8th, 2014 at 13:27
I believe her.
http://youtu.be/zRaeKaL1Rhw
William August 8th, 2014 at 13:27
I believe her.
http://youtu.be/zRaeKaL1Rhw
Um Cara August 8th, 2014 at 13:42
Dolly rocks. Screw people who want to judge her based on how she chooses to look. I’m sure she is confident enough not to let such shallow jerks bother her, but she shouldn’t have to put up with them.
Love me some Dolly – one of the best concerts I’ve been to Dolly a few years ago, and I’ve been to a lot of shows in every genre over the past few decades.
R.J. Carter August 8th, 2014 at 13:42
When did we become Buzzfeed?
Um Cara August 8th, 2014 at 13:42
Dolly rocks. Screw people who want to judge her based on how she chooses to look. I’m sure she is confident enough not to let such shallow jerks bother her, but she shouldn’t have to put up with them.
Love me some Dolly – one of the best concerts I’ve been to Dolly a few years ago, and I’ve been to a lot of shows in every genre over the past few decades.
R.J. Carter August 8th, 2014 at 13:42
When did we become Buzzfeed?
Anomaly 100 August 8th, 2014 at 13:49
I love Dolly Parton!
Anomaly 100 August 8th, 2014 at 13:49
I love Dolly Parton!
ChrisVosburg August 9th, 2014 at 00:13
Dolly had me at “it costs a lot to look this cheap,” and I been loving her ever since.
She had a TV variety show briefly in the seventies, which I quite enjoyed, opening each week with “Love Is Like a Butterfly,” and closing with “I Will Always Love You,” which as you know, Whitney Houston would hit out of the park later.
It included guest artists singing along with Dolly for a song or two, and one night, she had friends Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris on, for a handful of songs sung as a trio, and it knocked us all upside the head, it was a chorus of angels.
So good, in fact that they finally got around to recording a couple of zillion selling albums in the eighties, titled, natch, “Trio” and Trio II.”