It’s me… I’m the pissed off Dolly Parton fan.
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, was recently named TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2021. I have nothing against Elon personally, the man’s obviously a genius regardless of how you feel about his politics, businesses, ideas about Mars, whatever… but if y’all haven’t noticed by now, I’m a hardcore Dolly fan-girl.
In the profile that announced Elon, Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal wrote that the honor goes to “the individual or group who most shaped the previous 12 months, for better or for worse” and is a “marker of influence.”
And while Elon was busy trying to get himself to Mars, Dolly was here on planet Earth Over the last 12 months, launching a record-setting perfume, fund a portion of the Moderna COVID vaccine with a million dollar donation, as well as continuing her incredible work with her charity Imagination Library.
Twitter being Twitter, people had a lot to say about the whole thing, and basically the entire internet thinks Queen Dolly should’ve received the title this year… and I wholeheartedly agree:
Dolly Parton deserved to be “Person of the Year”. Retweet if you agree!
— Mike Rivero (@MikeRivero_FL) December 13, 2021
There’s been a terrible mistake. That is NOT Dolly Parton. https://t.co/GfbswdP8He
— Hart Hanson (@HartHanson) December 13, 2021
Dolly Parton, not Elon Musk deserved to be Time’s Person of the Year.
— Aaron Parnas (@AaronParnas) December 13, 2021
Dolly Parton is trending, so this is your periodic reminder that she donated $1M for vaccine research, wrote a little song about getting vaccinated to spread awareness and has donated millions of books to kids with her literacy program. She should be TIME’s Person of the Year. pic.twitter.com/9mEw99eOA2
— Victoria Brownworth 🎄✨ (@VABVOX) December 15, 2021
Dolly Parton seems like the kind of person who would turn down Time Person of the Year.
— 🎅🏿Imani Gandy Cane🎅🏿 (@AngryBlackLady) December 15, 2021
Of course Dolly Parton should have been Time’s Person of the Year. This year, she funded research that led to the Covid vaccine. But every year, she gives millions of free books to kids around the world. Over 100 MILLION books so far.
She should be Person of the Year every year. pic.twitter.com/TVrFmZaLVl
— ♀️Jennifer Gingrich (@fem_mb) December 14, 2021
The Time’s Person of the Year should be Dolly Parton. If it’s not Dolly, then they are wrong. In fact, it should just be Dolly from now on.
— Michelle says “Get your fucking shot” (@RageMichelle) December 13, 2021
Dolly Parton not being person of the year is utter bullshit. She’s done so much!
— A Robyn in the garden❄️ (@Lesbian_Bhader) December 14, 2021
I know Time gets to lean into “Person of the Year isn’t inherently good etc” argument, but fuck you, fucking fucks, of course it fucking should have been Dolly fucking Parton. Fucking nitwits.
— Gabriel Ricard (@HmGabeRicard) December 14, 2021
Time’s Person of the Year should be Dolly Parton every year until the end of time
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
— Ashley ✨🎙 (@AshleyEsqueda) December 13, 2021
Dolly Parton deserves Person of the Year for like most years since 1971. https://t.co/bY32Uvlft4
— Shankly Frankly (@Bien_Goon) December 13, 2021
DOLLY! No way should musk be person of the year. DON’T YOU HAVE TO BE A PERSON FIRST? https://t.co/0g4ueVMcL8
— Katie Bice (@katiedidanddid) December 13, 2021
I know we all agree Dolly should have been TIME’s Person of the Year, but this could have been the cover right here. SMH. https://t.co/yoPHFXh9tR
— Nicole Campos (@camposova) December 14, 2021