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anais-ninja-bitch

if you’re too young or not american, what you need to know about Betty White is that she has been on american television for as long as american television has existed, and before that she was a radio star. she belongs to every living generation of americans, and she will be so so missed.

time to watch some “Golden Girls” and fucking weep.

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anais-ninja-bitch

she was nominated for an emmy 23 times (won 6), which is pretty impressive in any event, but she also had a successful career in entertainment years before the award even existed.

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prismatic-bell

She was on AT LEAST two groundbreaking TV shows that I know of (keep in mind I don’t pop culture, so for me to know two means there were undoubtedly more): The Golden Girls of course, where elderly women were allowed to have full and vibrant lives, but also The Mary Tyler Moore Show, which was one of the first sitcoms about 1) a female main character who 2) was not married and 3) was self-sufficient with no need for a father, brother, close male friend, etc. to ‘save her from herself’. It’s been cited as a key work in the second-wave feminist movement and much of it still holds up and is relevant today.

An actor is lucky if they get to be on one “show that changed the world” in their lifetime. Betty White managed AT LEAST TWO.

#yes to all of this#i remember watching golden girls for the first time when i was in 6th grade and being obsessed immediately#she changed my life#so many fond memories of watching golden girls with my grammy and/or my aunt <3333#reblog