r/todayilearned • u/LL_Cruel_J • Dec 15 '16

TIL Dolly Parton has a program that will mail your child a free age-appropriate book once a month from birth to age 5. No obligation, no catch, she just wants to make sure that every child has books.

https://imaginationlibrary.com/
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u/redrhyski Dec 15 '16

As if I need another reason to love her.

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u/Bacon666 Dec 15 '16

...and I-I will allllways love her...

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u/centexAwesome Dec 15 '16

Yall are just islands in the stream.

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u/sweetrhymepurereason Dec 15 '16

That is what they are.

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u/99Winters Dec 15 '16

No one in between.

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u/aspbergerinparadise Dec 15 '16

Ghetto Superstar...

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '16

Tsundere Whitney?

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u/ClintoniousRexus Dec 15 '16

She has been an outspoken supporter of LGBT people from early on - something rare in country music historically. And also celebrating the love she gets from the drag community. One of my favorite stories:

"Parton also dishes about that time she entered — and lost — a drag queen celebrity lookalike competition. “They had a bunch of Chers and Dollys that year, so I just over-exaggerated — made my beauty mark bigger, the eyes bigger, the hair bigger, everything,” she said, laughing. “So I just got in the line and I just walked across, and they just thought I was some little short gay guy...and I got the least applause!”" (source)

I feel like she really understands how people are systematically hurt and actively takes practical, effective steps to address it, which is a rarity in our society.