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EP 397: Self Help, LLC: Bad Usage With Samara Bay

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Do You Have to Choose the Most Irritating Voices?

"We don't want a voice that's too loud or forceful because people will interpret that as aggressive, angry, or shrill depending on your visual presentation," she says. "It's hard to convince someone that their ums and likes, giggles, and even cross talk serve an important communication function." We're so accustomed to prioritizing white male comfort over our natural ways of speaking, that not doing so feels risky in many ways,. And in many ways, it is.," the writer adds.

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