I wish I'd had this teacher! @femfreq http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/02/why-middle-school-girls-sometimes-talk-like-babies/283894/ … … "
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@ashtonlaura@femfreq How sweet are YOU?!??! Thank you! -
@jesslahey I think you are doing an amazing job! If only all teachers took 'the time to teach [girls] how to find their voices of authority' -
@ashtonlaura Thank you, Laura!
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@femfreq@jennygadget why is upspeak a problem, though? -
@tjathurman did you read the article? it's actually v good. and explains that@femfreq -
@jennygadget@femfreq no-- sorry, was strap-hanging but should have read before asking anyway! -
@tjathurman it's all good! I was skeptical before I read too, bc many articles on the topic can be very judgy of teen girls@femfreq
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@femfreq Thanks for reading it, tweeting it out, AND putting it on your Facebook page. A rare trifecta!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq I also find that it makes the men in the office stop treating her as an adult, which unfortunately translates to the rest of us.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq I have a coworker that does this to the point that she eventually nearly loses her voice. It is grating on the ear and unnatural.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq in which she also slut-shames the crap out of her female students with the humiliating dress code punishment that's only for girls?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq up speak? That's the entire new Zealand accent.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq really interesting article. Thanks.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq I've noticed the most popular female HK actresses all have a very baby-like voice or a baby-like demeanor to them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq Upspeak isn't something only the young have to unlearn; wish I'd been conscious of it before 30. Great article, thanks for posting.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq Maybe that’s how teachers can respond, but the rest of society should stop acting like upspeak says anything about one’s character.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@femfreq I have an acquaintance in her late 50s that talks this way and I confess I just want to shake her sometimes...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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