The internet gods blessed us this week. I guess they figured that we needed a distraction from the messiness of our world and gave us reasons to remember that there is a beauty everywhere if you can just remember to open your eyes to it.
My writer crush Ashley C. Ford did the Elle cover story for the amazing Billy Porter and I love him and I love her and I love Pose and I just love all of it.
Can I say that I’m having a serious Dolly Parton moment? Are you too? It all started when Keith and I watched her show Heartstrings on Netflix. It was so feel-good in its storyline that it kinda shocked me because I don’t think there are shows around these days that are just pure positive like that. Then, at dinner the other night at the AMAZING Burma Superstar my friend Rach recommended a new podcast Dolly Parton’s America and I just fell down the rabbit hole. Sometimes the host feels slightly mansplainy to me, but other than that it is just a treasure. It talks about her history and her impact in a way that I just never understood. Yesterday night, I was regaling Keith with fun Dolly Parton trivia and he asked me if I was going to get into her like I’m into Selena, Rihanna, Beyonce and Frida and I said ‘babe, I can’t help it. I love me a strong, kick-ass woman, so I probably am. Better buckle up for this place to become Dollywood.’ I just watched another Heartstrings episode tonight before writing this and I listened to Jolene while I was cooking dinner. Yep, I’m so deep in the rabbit hole right now I can’t even see the sky.
I feel like ‘Thirty and Grumpy’ in this Ask Polly column on The Cut titled ‘I’ve lost my joy and I want it back’ was me about three months ago. Ask Polly is probably my second-favorite advice column after Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar columns from The Rumpus. Man, I wish she were still writing online as Dear Sugar.
Speaking of Selena, I learned tonight that I had never seen the music video to Bidi Bidi Bom Bom. What a treat. She was/is such a treasure.
I think that’s all I’ve got for now, friends. Any fun links online this week? Please share in the comments!
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