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More than one person said the SOTU response wasn't meant for all Americans but just Trump's evangelical base. The first thing I noticed when I traveled to South America is how rich the women's voices are there--they don't constrict them like a lot of American women do.

Apparently the "baby girl voice" that Katie Britt used in the SOTU response, so memorably parodied by ScarJo, is an actual, real-live thing. Even still, Sen. Britt laid it on super thick:

https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-fundie-baby-voice?r=cxnub&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true&fbclid=IwAR3-e22EOvHsld4ihl94UAM-Cezn8NJ6oJAru_YLWMXhyq6Y9EI-4ksK66U

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I did look up a campaign ad of hers and while it is not nearly as breathy as the SOTU response, the register and cadence are real. This is what is done to a lot of girls in the South.

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