Women Spend Our Lives Being Looked At. Dolly Parton Refocused the Gaze

Whenever her hyper-feminine appearance drew criticism, Dolly just went bigger

Kevin Winter / Getty Images Dolly Parton had no tolerance for anything that could offend someone she loved. That trait led her to be “very upset” with her 9 to 5 co-stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin during a photoshoot for the 1980 film. Fonda, 88, told the story in an interview with Democracy Now!, as she discussed wh

"She knew from the get-go who she was," Fonda gushed of her late friend.

Tributes continue to pour in for Dolly Parton after the iconic country singer, actor and philanthropist’s death on August 25 at age 80. Her former co-star Jane Fonda tells Democracy Now! how they made the classic workplace comedy 9 to 5, for which Parton wrote the accompanying hit song. “She could see through people to