when i'm grown and i've burst like a comet

20s, they/them, asian adoptee | creations under #offarawaysnfuturedays-inmydreams and adoption posts under #adoption musings | ao3 | thinking about an ever-growing list of actors, theatre, and woso

[zweibooteindernacht]

LILY RABE as Hermione The Winter's Tale Shakespeare in the Park (2026)

[transjudas]

dolly parton did so much good in this world. just because she cared. caring means so much. loving people and wanting to make the world a little better while you’re here matters so much.

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

In 1990, the high school dropout rate for Dolly Parton's hometown of Sevierville Tennessee was at 34% (Research shows that most kids make up their minds in fifth/sixth grade not to graduate). That year, all fifth and sixth graders from Sevierville were invited by Parton to attend an assembly at Dollywood. They were asked to pick a buddy, and if both students completed high school, Dolly Parton would personally hand them each a $500 check on their graduation day. As a result, the dropout rate for those classes fell to 6%, and has generally retained that average to this day.

Shortly after the success of The Buddy Program, Parton learned in dealing with teachers from the school district that problems in education often begin during first grade when kids are at different developmental levels. That year The Dollywood Foundation paid the salaries for additional teachers assistants in every first grade class for the next 2 years, under the agreement that if the program worked, the school system would effectively adopt and fund the program after the trial period.

During the same period, Parton founded the Imagination Library in 1995: The idea being that children from her rural hometown and low-income families often start school at a disadvantage and as a result, will be unfairly compared to their peers for the rest of their lives, effectively encouraging them not to pursue higher education. The objective of the Imagination library was that every child in Sevier County would receive one book, every month, mailed and addressed to the child, from the day they were born until the day they started kindergarten, 100% free of charge. What began as a hometown initiative now serves children in all 50 states, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, mailing thousands of free books to children around the world monthly.

On March 1, 2018 Parton donated her 100 millionth book at the Library of Congress: a copy of "Coat of Many Colors" dedicated to her father, who never learned to read or write.

[womenzoberranzan]

[superstarzolar]

moritz and logainne group therapy session whose coming out crying first one of them or the therapist

[daphne1110]

fanart of blooms enchantix i painted a while ago

[iysure]

something from twitter i never posted here!

[lyovpple]

Eva<3

[pmamtraveller]

The charm of a sunny day, by Damijan Fric

[illmadekn1ght]

every day it gets harder to have a relaxed jaw and decent posture

[tomb-mold]

i could never be normal about anything. i dont have it in me

[greenvelvetchaise]

not just mutuals but someone i’d eat a sandwich in the park with

[offarawaysnfuturedays-inmydreams]

tagged by @horseproductions! and thank you for the distraction on this boring workday 🙂‍↕️💕

reading: knife of dreams by good old robby jordy. also the winter's tale by will shakes. average and normal person reading list.

last song: woe is me from the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee. logainne my beloved.

last film: genuinely think it was project hail mary a while back now? i haven't been in much of a film mood recently and i have also been running around to theatre stuff A Lot.

last series: most recently finished was house of the dragon season 3. currently watching midnight mass.

coffee or tea: coffee in the morning but i do like a good cup of tea when it rains.

working on: allegedly waitress, spelling bee, and the winter's tale fics. also i have some gifsets i want to make for belgian next to normal.

tagging @crowfiddle, @littlebluestars, @dykecinema, and @defenestratedcow if you feel so inclined! also anyone who sees this and wants to, knock yourself out lol.

[bodhrancomedy]

Look, it’s a weird hill to die on, especially when I don’t really explain, but children deserve to experience fear, disgust, and discomfort in safe scenarios where they can process those sensations.

Media for children used to be scary and that’s important.

[ruhaniya]

"you should be at the club" i should be by the sea. i should be in the mountains. i should be at the moon. i should be awestruck and rendered speechless by the majesty of the natural world. if you even care.

[backjustforberena]

EVE BEST, on the opening night of "Old Times"

[plainlo-inthemorning]

Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe in Cymbeline (Daniel Sullivan’s production for Shakespeare in the Park, August 2015)