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Dolly Parton, Upworthy, celebrities, stories
Pop Culture

Upworthy readers share the beautiful ways Dolly Parton touched their lives

“She watched how you treated others. If only we all lived like that.”

Cecily Knobler –
Celebrity, True Stories, Foster Care, Comedy, Mental Health
Pop Culture

Tiffany Haddish broke down in tears on stage after spotting the woman who rescued her from the foster system

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Pop Culture

7 times Dolly Parton quietly made other people’s lives better

Mary Bartel, serial killer, senior living facility
Culture

91-year-old woman was nearly the next victim of a serial killer. Then she helped take him down.

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grandma showers, grandparents, parenting, family, boomers, kids, babies,
Family

Trendy ‘grandma showers’ get a lot of flack online, but when can they be a good thing?

Heather Wake – 9/30/2025
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Music

Legendary 2000s pop punk band fights the ticket monopoly with throwback ‘house party’ tour

Evan Porter – 5/27/2025
pixel street art of Indiana Jones, Superman, and Jaws
Internet

Artist makes everyday spaces magical by cleverly adding pixelated, old-school pop-culture icons

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 2/5/2025
gen z slang, millennial slang, generational humor, high school, teachers
Humor

High school teacher gives his students a pop quiz on 90s slang words and it was ‘on fleek’

Heather Wake – 3/6/2025
dolly, dolly parton, texas, music
Pop Culture

I had the sweetest moment with Dolly Parton when I was 6 years old. 40 years later, it happened again.

Cecily Knobler – 8/25/2026
Tiffany Trump and Logis Tiphaine Raguenel at Mont-Saint-Michel
Pop Culture

‘The Tiffany Problem’ explains why people think historically accurate things are wrong

Annie Reneau & Upworthy Staff – 8/24/2026
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Pop Culture

When a 911 operator got a call for a ‘large pizza’ he quickly realized a woman was in trouble

Tod Perry & Upworthy Staff – 8/23/2026
Carissa Codel, internet trolls, body shaming, newscaster, Missouri news reporter
Pop Culture

A Missouri newscaster trolls her trolls by reading their comments aloud in her ‘news voice’

Jacalyn Wetzel – 8/20/2026
Macy Gillliam, handmade sweater, knitting
Culture

Woman spends 4 months making a fleece sweater from scratch to teach others about ‘slow’ clothing

Heather Wake – 8/20/2026

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