FeminismPoliticsQuickies

Quickies: What About the Men? Edition

Plus the role of the government in cultivating violent extremism

Melanie Mallon

Melanie is a freelance editor and writer living in a small town outside Minneapolis with her husband, two kids, dog, and two cats. When not making fun of bad charts or running the Uncensorship Project, she spends her time wrangling commas, making colon jokes, and putting out random dumpster fires. You can find her on Twitter as @MelMall, on Facebook, and on Instagram.

Related Articles

One Comment

  1. Well, tenors make more money than basses. A supply/demand demonstration if there ever was one.

    Few things sound stranger than someone pushing the pitch of their voice out of whack to achieve some ‘special’ presentation. Elizabeth Holmes’ fake voice has been called out recently. The ‘uptalk’ and girly-ism of a tranche of younger women is irritating as fuck. And lots of voice professionals hide their ‘real’ voice in public; Placido Domingo commented on that once, deliberately softening and ‘fuzzing’ his speech to cover the dense brightness that came naturally.

    Being a bass myself, I’ve caught myself many times ‘pitching up’ to sound more friendly and sociable.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Back to top button