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My voice has become the source of intense frustration and despair. My body—whatever, bodies are things. But my voice is my soul.
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I know people will say: "Don't do things to please other people, just do what makes you happy!" But often what makes us happy is inextricably tied up with what other people think.
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I guess what I need to do is try out different voices, record myself, listen to myself, tweak, alter, rehearse, repeat. For months. Until I have a voice I'm so confident that any criticism can be brushed off.
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I know how to create a voice. I've done it before. My "natural male speaking voice" is something I invented in my early twenties, when I decided Americans sound dumb. So I practiced suppressing any regional American inflections/vowel sounds.
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This time around I will not capitulate to prejudice. American's aren't dumber than anyone else. Women aren't dumber than anyone else. Whatever people think, I want to sound like an American woman, because that's what I am.
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If I were confident in my voice, none of this would matter. But my intense insecurity about it makes the criticisms really stick. I just don't want to speak at all at this point. But I can't do that, speaking is my job.
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I really can't say much more, since I'm a cis dude. But thank you for allowing us the opportunity to share in your journey.
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I don't even know how you can do that. Hearing my voice in a recording just trigger my dysphoria in the worst way...
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Fwiw the invariably excellent content of your videos is still great, and I actually quite like the cadence of your voice
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Honestly people are just being nitpicky. Have you ever told a cis woman she sounds like a stereotypical white valley girl? Please...
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you could also get the feed from a microphone and listen to your voice live. I do that instinctively when recording vocals
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