Women in leadership positions claim they owe their success to a country singer who wrote "Jolene" about trying to keep her husband from f*cking another woman. Inspirational stuff.
The article presents zero evidence that Dolly Parton did anything specific for any of these business leaders. No mentorship. No investment capital. No actual career guidance. Just vibes and the general sense that a woman who built a theme park means you can send passive-aggressive emails to Todd in accounting.
One executive says Parton taught her to dream bigger. Another says she learned to fight for what she deserves. These are the same things every motivational poster at HomeGoods already told you. But slap Dolly's name on it and suddenly it's a debt we all owe.
Here's what actually happened. A journalist needed to write something about women in business. Couldn't find an angle. Remembered that Dolly Parton exists and everyone loves her. Called up some female executives and asked if they liked Dolly Parton. They said yes because saying no would make them look like sociopaths. Article writes itself.
The premise assumes that without Dolly Parton, women would have just given up on leadership entirely. As if Janet from HR was about to quit until she heard "9 to 5" and thought, you know what, I will file that grievance.
Parton built an empire through talent, business acumen, and relentless work ethic. She deserves credit for that. She does not deserve credit for every woman who ever got promoted after listening to her music on Spotify.
But retail traders will read this and think they need a celebrity icon to succeed at trading. They don't. They need to stop buying options on companies they learned about from TikTok. Dolly can't save your portfolio from that kind of stupid.
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