Sarah Smarsh

this one was just really odd. classic case of "you had me in the first half" because the memoir portions were really lovely and i enjoyed reading about how dolly's music meant so much to the women of the author's family and generations of working class poor women. unfortunately past that i think the author and i just don't follow the same feminist thought and that made it less of an enjoyable read for me- i'm not a fan of 'choice feminism' or "women doing anything = feminist praxis". the overall feminist message was just really strange not super solid to me. her example of women voting for bernie over hillary and comparing it to dolly's clothes being criticized by barbara walters really put it into perspective for me though, like it was very much watered down palatable half-baked feminist 101. ANYWAYS i loved all the parts about dolly's life and career. queen forever… (meer)