An Algorithmic Investigation of the Highfalutin ‘Poet Voice’ – Atlas Obscura
‘It’s easy to make fun of Poet Voice. But its proliferation across the space of academic poetry may have more serious implications as well. In a 2014 essay, “Poet Voice and Flock Mentality,” the poet Lisa Marie Basile connects it to an overall lack of diversity in the field, and a fear of breaking the mold. The consistent use of it, she writes, “delivers two messages: I am educated, I am taught, I am part-of a group … I am afraid to tell my own story in my own voice.”’
(tags: poet-voice talking speech voices intonation droning poetry)
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great thread on EV futures. Range anxiety is rapidly dwindling and they are the way of the future for sure
I Am the One Woman Who Has It All | The New Yorker
I have two kids and the unspoken pressure to act like they don’t exist when I’m on a conference call. I have no problem lying about “being in a meeting” when I’m with my kids and no problem lying to my kids about “needing to work” when I’m on Facebook.
(tags: parenting funny new-yorker women life work work-life-balance kids)