February 2012
“It seemed to travel with her, to sweep her aloft in the power of song, so that...”
– Madeleine L’Engle ~ A Wrinkle in Time via ginger-ninja (via frenchtwist)
They’re, Like, Way Ahead of the Linguistic... →
“If women do something like uptalk or vocal fry, it’s immediately interpreted as insecure, emotional or even stupid,” said Carmen Fought, a professor of linguistics at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. “The truth is this: Young women take linguistic features and use them as power tools for building relationships.”
The idea that young women serve as incubators of vocal trends for the culture...
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
– W.H. Auden
