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Columnist @voguemagazine. Author of The Sunday Times best-seller RAVEN SMITH’S TRIVIAL PURSUITS
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Don’t worry, Dolly Parton isn’t going anywhere

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By Raven Smith Verified
| Vogue India Verified
Bit of a shock, isn’t it, Dolly Parton dying. I know she’s been around forever, and been around the block, but I always thought she’d just… carry on? Carry on brimming with vitality in every performance and interview. Carry on with her trademark wit and humility. Carry on being camp and careful and carefree. Here she would come again (and again), looking better than a body has a right to, spending a lot of money to look that cheap. Dolly was a woman for whom death felt impossible—a bit rude, even.
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Dolly Parton Isn’t Going Anywhere

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By Raven Smith Verified
| Vogue Verified
Bit of a shock, isn’t it, Dolly Parton dying. I know she’s been around forever, and been around the block, but I always thought she’d just… carry on? Carry on brimming with vitality in every performance and interview. Carry on with her trademark wit and humility. Carry on being camp and careful and carefree. Here she would come again (and again), looking better than a body has a right to, spending a lot of money to look that cheap. Dolly was a woman for whom death felt impossible—a bit rude, even.
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The Tragedy of Jason Arday

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By Raven Smith Verified
| Vogue Verified
Jason Arday was a neurodivergent British academic. Jason Arday, born to Ghanaian immigrants, was the youngest Black professor in Cambridge University’s history. Jason Arday quit his post on August 5, after accusations of plagiarism circulated. Last Friday, Jason Arday was found dead in his home in London amid a media tempest dissecting his backstory. Jason Arday was Black—we all know he was Black; he was never allowed to forget he was Black.
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