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</style><![endif]--><!-- __merge_tags_in_links__ --><style></style></head><body class="a" style="margin:0px auto;padding:0px;word-wrap:normal;word-spacing:normal;background-color:#FFFFFF;"><div role="article" aria-roledescription="email" aria-label="email_name" lang="en" style="font-size:1rem"><div style="display:none;max-height:0px;overflow:hidden;"> What I've learned from people complaining about my "vocal fry."  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </div><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" class="gg"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table role="none" width="670" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="aa" style="width:670px;table-layout:fixed;"><tr><td class="bodyWrapper" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:10px 5px 10px 5px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-style: solid; 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The most common negative feedback I get these days is about my vocal fry, which is something I didn’t even know about until the YouTube comments began pouring in. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> As people get more of their news and information from videos, and journalists and writers are encouraged to pivot to meet the moment, I’ve seen a lot of women talking about the hidden labor and expectations to appear <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.FIK02fInvGXCNK3vQPbydX2TX2bVgL9wMkHYjIaKRxxC-Y_jmMD3OhBVRJYYkZ4mcr62QZtiQ5duhErugNGKMgCONIyJElBee6i0Zvmd3kJCkBVYZ7Ld2bEDFIF2aKPrN3u9Ta8ac7nPWbfBrY0Ru9ybr4kKqIp4Dt_ZMddeKRgdziD7aqzWrESzMI7PpwZZly2ph1YAJ6RHIx6CxQFpJqTPKUCisyhXbR3xLhqDamHBD4-eG7VUSk2zbAixGUBD2ZQboCP6xr7IJOj7saNHVo1GhDGx7vGjvqHqFm_DT9VQoYFhknXuyIj2UwjKMrfS9i6ayR1HRhS1zHeUPLXi4-gDOr22mCqTFKZgwLEL_jNHErEn3xBvoEIjMffgFu09jNns0ydV-6nvwox3610XI-R9CDe4pM6MzR2lwRn-CLqZF-GYlzlF23v90tYlQNebN4Ak_G0QyjnZWqAadwF6GGNp_HhFcvmwz-94ikL9dElvaE1C2GzDMK26bOBtz6pK6EBulPNx_KNr5W-WJ6a5nl24G7tT-xoL8BOLM9Qoj4MTqbnwQZG5HGOfVkYXcQADJFGPitYGSPs_wFu-R8NtyZN2Ra8921sHg0--5EFvhwH1Q22WqjzaYOG7vHG-xdpSCn7vYXucrtQfDBrbNe5-s82yxFiyDMakkK2qw8ieRISb8P9lYJVr3k5QNESGoA44PhJ5CDqY3nZSbSsqh64uT7yPThgcPX-FENVS3hWEhDrZAUw-qCcYVS6UVCyhQ60CGrenYKiRXQammpgFTG12vK1QZLgRTMFZ9WxueeO-OtY/4qa/B4cFi0yaTkunx-12NPi2oQ/h2/h001.V1EC8S-dx3MKabWT_4udaO36izZR9wsx7P2XAcsMqBs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>conventionally attractive</span></a> on camera. But something I haven’t seen as many people talk about is how our voices are unfairly scrutinized, too. Just yesterday, I appeared in an episode of <i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.xKky0oHbIR8GsvQMwFDbz6bgeoSS6YHyl1BTr3Y0_hQmou8-14zQ5z1KuAhffs-vg_0-2Mi19Ty0t6ktSwzXd1k4j0M-RDuU3MFvBLXtXjIydrYWYHxPtJClJNF3a4i_pQp3EZhhJu6umQr9pixoVAf_PCMTpS_f-qSmBnEB7l2vIspFPEpKi9usIroL5tlcH4gi_FtBTwEDhxdjO1OIhqZ73u93_0WGmlD8nGsQ7O9y5R5CboyOcltQwK-0tY_UnLv61kj-l-_i41kSJCN7b58Q3CJQz5jyzPTCyH7G218/4qa/B4cFi0yaTkunx-12NPi2oQ/h3/h001.0nBYmM9T0OlwZZ97ksY5n1tzZOBD6xhLIGvyOT__01Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>A Bit Fruity</span></a></i><i> </i>about Clavicular and got comments like “She’s bright and articulate, but the vocal fry is like nails on a chalkboard” and “I am trying so hard but can't focus on what she's saying, the way she talks is very distracting.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I used to think the backlash to my voice was just a matter of preferences. 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