Hello, every feed and text thread and Instagram account is all Dolly Parton all the time, and we’re here to share our thoughts on the passing of an American icon.

We discuss:

* how Dolly Parton went from prolific country star to cultural institution

* her business acumen

* her experience living a full spectrum of socio-economic experiences

* her rootedness in her community, family, and faith

* her philanthropy

* her boundaries

* her unique ability to skip the culture wars

We’re also putting this conversation in our public feed as a bonus episode, so feel free to share it with your people to continue the conversation (and thank you, always!).

If you can’t read-watch-listen enough:

* NPR: Dolly Parton obituary

* AP: Dolly Parton in her own words, over the decades

* Dolly Parton’s America podcast

* Drunk History’s Dolly/Porter Wagoner episode, background

* The Atlantic: on Dolly Parton’s style and legacy

* The Guardian: Dolly Parton on style, stardom, and sexism (2023)

* CNN Politics: how she united a divided country

* SF Chronicle: drag queens and good ole boys both loved her

* Tressie McMillan Cottom: “The Dolly Moment” (a more critical take)

* Songteller: My Life in Lyrics

* Ain’t Nobody’s Fool by Martha Ackmann

Just a reminder that we’ll be in Minneapolis tomorrow, so our next episode comes our Friday, and our next Morning Assembly will be Monday. Can’t wait to see many of you this weekend!

Thank you Becky Schmidt, Shannon Williams, Madeline Webb, Angelyn Knab, Michelle McKinney, and many others for tuning into my live video with Sarah Stewart Holland! Join me for my next live video in the app.

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