Perspective: Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality
By Monica Hesse Monica Hesse Style reporter Email Bio Follow Columnist March 21 at 6:00 AM Decent people, as a rule, do not comment upon traits that are beyond other people’s control. Height, nose, gait — all off limits.
“Elizabeth Holmes’s Fake Voice Is Actually Just ‘Stupid Man’ Voice,” postulated a writer from Jezebel, who pointed out that Holmes sounded like a Saturday Night Live cast member doing a skit about a moron. “Inside Edition” ran a segment on her voice. The Cut published a deep analysis into whether this could possibly be how Holmes actually talked and determined it couldn’t.
Elizabeth Holmes is an alleged fraud and scam artist who, if she’s found guilty of even half the charges against her, deserves a lot of prison time. But faking a voice? Let’s talk about that. Of course, there was a reason young women used uptalk, as linguists would later point out. It’s not only a more inclusive, inviting speaking style, it’s also a reaction and counter-response to another frequent charge levied against women: She’s yelling at me.
It’s entirely possible for women to have melodic, pleasing voices, of course. They just have to be reincarnated as Patricia Clarkson.Here’s another way of putting it: The 2020 field of presidential candidates has given us a wealth of female voices.
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