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big girl pantiesPut Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It – Dolly Mama artwork featuring a sassy woman holding signs

Put Your Big Girl Panties On and Deal With It

It started with one long-sleeve shirt. For me. Sixteen shirts later, Joey's bringing back a Dolly Mama classic — and reminding us why we've always been tougher than we think. 💪❤️

big mouthFunny Dolly Mama illustration of a stylish woman with the saying 'I tried to keep my mouth shut. Worst three minutes of my life.

The Day Oprah Winfrey Shut Me Up (It Didn't Last)

I've been told my entire life that I talk too much. I disagree. But there was one moment — live on The Oprah Winfrey Show — when I had absolutely nothing to say. Here's that story, and why I've sto...

beachDolly Mama illustration of a stylish woman in a sun hat holding a cocktail with speech bubbles reading "I can HEAR the ocean. It's telling me to find a sandBAR."

Can I Please Finish Summer First?

I just got back from my first beach trip of the summer — and I'm already being ambushed by pumpkins. It's August. Can we please finish summer before we start feeling guilty about Halloween?

The Dolly Mama Diaries

A weekly dose of Dolly Mama humor about getting older, friendship, readers, chin hairs, and all the ridiculous things life throws at us. Because laughing is cheaper than therapy.

Funny Dolly Mama illustration of a stylish woman with the saying 'I tried to keep my mouth shut. Worst three minutes of my life.

The Day Oprah Winfrey Shut Me Up (It Didn't Last)

I've been told my entire life that I talk too much. I disagree. But there was one moment — live on The Oprah Winfrey Show — when I had absolutely nothing to say. Here's that story, and why I've sto...

Dolly Mama illustration — "If we get caught… you're deaf and I don't speak English."

The Funny Side of Getting Older: A Dolly Mama Story

My filter isn't broken — it's clogged. A story about inherited humor, a stolen parking spot at Bloomingdale's, and why saying exactly what you think might just be the best perk of getting older.

Empowering women illustration – embracing getting older wrinkles and all – Dolly Mama

Turns Out My Dolly Mama Was Right

I drew this Dolly Mama over twenty years ago. Back then I thought she was funny because… well… I was forty-one. Forty-one-year-old me didn't actually have wrinkles. Turns out she wasn't making a jo...

Funny Dolly Mama blog post – I'm Not Talking to Myself, I'm in a Meeting

I'm Not Talking to Myself... I'm in a Meeting.

Somewhere between paying bills, raising kids, and remembering passwords, I started having full conversations with myself. Turns out I'm not crazy — I'm just over forty. And honestly? The meetings a...

Funny relatable women illustration – my ego thinks I'm amazing my anxiety would like a word – Dolly Mama

My Ego Thinks I'm Amazing. My Anxiety Would Like a Word.

I can convince myself I should be running the country — and five minutes later, I apologize to a self-checkout machine. Nobody has it all together. They're just better at hiding the junk drawer.