Credit: Getty The University of Massachusetts Lowell recently conducted a poll to see Americans' views on several topics, including public figures. With a net favourability rating of +65, Parton won the crown as America's most beloved public figure. Barack Obama distantly trailed her at +14 points and Taylor Swift was even lower at +3. Now you can only imagine who took the least favourable spots. I'll let you take some guesses.  Congratulations to Dolly! You can access the full poll here !

Greetings, music sluts and slutinos, and welcome to another edition of Manor Music Monday, today with an extra Ay and a  Yi , with an added Yi . Toss in a cuchi-cuchi and you're all set. You know her well if you're a human being, and even if you're an alien merely peeking in on humanity here and there, you know her. She's as ageless as Cher, as delightful as Dolly, and, yes, like them, needs only one name in order to be identified. If you're still confused, are you eight-years-old? Are you blind and deaf - put together? These are the only possible reasons I can think of that you might not know of this world-famous legendary legend (the kidults call her "iconic" in their best vocal fry). But on the off chance that you're deeply, mortifyingly confused, or actually do know of her and rightly want to celebrate her continued fabulousness, please join us tonight at "Sausage Stick!", the Manor's exclusive nightery and gourmet hot doggery where ...

A relative sent this to me recently after it was spotted in the wild, and obviously I am obligated to share it with you hors. The glamour of Dolly is always around us, dear Peckerloves - as omnipresent and essential to life as the very air we breathe - you just have to know where to look!

Dolly makes a great CoverGirl because this photo is so her, and she makes an excellent case for her selfless reasons to remain Childless by Choice. One of the most fundamental decisions some of us make as adults is to decide if we want to become parents of children beyond our furry or befeathered ones. The answer changes the trajectory of our lives, informs us about what our older age might look like, and forces women to come to terms with life choices and our limited biological timeframe to produce babies. We have about 20-25 years of fertility in adulthood, and we have decisions to make that are more nuanced with each advancing year. What we decide at 19 certainly differs from what we choose at 40. When the door slams, our bodies make it a moot point; it has made that decision for us. For better or worse, we must live with our choices and forge lives living with the results. Men aren't faced with this reality; just look at Robert De Niro or Al Pacino, choosing to become parents i...