You realize that there is no rational basis for your dislike of intonation patterns, right? Every language and dialect has its own set of intonation ma that serve various functions and disliking them is essentially the same as disliking people for, say, having curly hair, or an accent, or whatever.

Nope, sorry. Your opinion was unnecessary and distracting, so I responded to it as such.

I have a seriously hard time believing that you can’t understand what Ira Glass is saying.

You’re missing the fucking point. Whether or not you personally think upspeak is annoying is unimportant. (And there is actually reason to think that women are more inclined to use upspeak than men precisely because they are viewed as aggressive, hostile, unattractive, etc. when they use a more declarative tone, and…

What a coincidence! It just so happens that there’s virtually always something objectionable about the voices of women who speak up in public. I’m sure it has nothing to do with internalized sexism. Just like how women are criticized for every vocal trait imaginable—saying “like” too much, upspeak, vocal fry—while men…

La quemadura!

There are definitely some cases where being a good teacher is more important than having a detailed knowledge of the subject matter. That’s what Teacher’s Edition textbooks are for.

Flawleth? I don’t think tho! ;)

“What we can do is work towards a world where abortion does not have to be a choice and that’s where I’m trying to find common ground. Let’s work towards a place where women don’t have to make that decision.”

For the millionth time, anti-choice people: If you don’t agree with abortion, don’t have one. Period. And stop condescending to women, telling us that none of us would have abortions if we just had enough support and money to raise a child. If I got pregnant right now, I would abort. If I got pregnant after winning…

Yeah no. Abortion on demand, for any reason. That's the only way women will have true parity with men. Fuck these guys.