Episode 11 - When Icons Die (Dolly, Tim and the Shape of Parasocial Grief)
What happens when someone you’ve never met leaves a real hole in your life? In this first part of a three-episode series, Rachael and Jenn talk about the deaths of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry, and why that grief can hit queer and neurodivergent people so hard.
This is a conversation about fandom, parasocial attachment, and the way certain artists become part of the scaffolding of who we are. Dolly was warmth, safety and unconditional love. Tim was mischief, freedom and permission to be gloriously outside the box. Together, they represented the hope that somewhere out there, your people exist…
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