she never left behind a certain archetype of American woman, the one whose trailer leads the world to deem her “trash.” She isn’t necessarily white, but she is necessarily poor, and she most definitely didn’t get to study feminist theory in a college classroom. Parton could’ve classed herself up decades ago, wearing less makeup as women who can afford it are given to doing, or singing something that doesn’t belong on the CD rack at Cracker Barrel. Instead she built her image and wrote her songs so that she can’t sing or look in the mirror without representing women who go unheard and
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