And how many male broadcasters get the same volume of complaints about their voices I wonder.

I remember when I first started my career in the legal field the female attorneys in the office were getting called into the prosecuting attorney and department head meetings to discuss their “shrillness” when objecting in court. This was also listed on their performance reviews and considered to be a reason to knock…

looks like American democracy right there

Well, those aren’t women, silly, they’re boner fuel!

I don’t want to be That Asshole, but right now it’s pitting La Llorona against La Llorona, which maybe was the secret all along.

Ahem:

So....your counterpoint is that there is a person (man, presumably) who likes some women but not all women and therefore nothing is the result of misogyny?

The interesting thing is that you can look at a lot of these vocal patterns as adaptive—as reactions to people’s voices not being taken seriously. There’s the usage of “like,” there’s uptalk, and now there’s vocal fry. These are vocal patterns that initially became popular among young people of all genders (not just…

I’m an academic and something about this article just hit me right in the gut. I’m the only woman in my department and junior and my (feminist) contributions are never welcome. Saying “they hate the sound of my voice” explains my whole professional experience. It’s not just not being the default male voice, I think my…

Shame on Colbert and the Emmy’s for this. This douchebag shouldn’t get a redemption tour.

THIS! McCarthy specifically spoke out against it when Spicer joked about it during one of his press briefings. Explains her reaction during the Emmys. I bet Colbert wanted to do a bit with her and Spicer, but she declined for obvious reasons - so she was probably aware that Spicer would be making an appearance.

If white liberals ever wonder why minorities are so hard on their “allies” at times, this is the PERFECT example of why that is.

Unless your redemption tour involves calling Bobby Mueller and telling his team everything, then shouting those same things from the rooftops and via every news organization, you are not redeemed, you have not served your penance, and you do not get a cookie. Oh, you let people laugh at your expense, that’s nice. Come…

Why, why, WHY did they do this? Why normalize this person who was the mouthpiece for Hitler II, and let him in with the ‘cool kids?’ Why is the Emmys participating in this sort of national gaslighting? All that serves to do is lead people to believe that maybe we are wrong, and things aren’t really that bad. But…

Yes, congratulations to Sean Spicer for lobotomising the US public, enabling everyone to forget his disgusting commentary for 45.

I didn’t watch the Emmy’s last night but I saw this on Buzzfeed along with a lot of audience reactions and Melissa McCarthy’s face was definitely mine.

That was a horrible mistake to have him up there. He deserved to be scorned for he took part in. It wasn’t like he had an attack of conscience.

As Becky tries to explain why she isn’t racist, the driver tells her “if you’re not about that, you need to stay away from people like that”

This guy says some really important shit in the video that most people need to take in and digest. If you surround yourself with people that say racist vile shit and you don’t call them on it you may as well be saying it along with them. Your silence is acceptance of their ignorance and displays your own in the…