The Fundie Baby Voice

[limbicnuminousity]

https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/the-fundie-baby-voice

I was about to head to bed after the State of the Union last night, when I heard a voice coming from my television that stopped me in my tracks. I didn’t know who was speaking, but it really didn’t matter—I recognized the voice. It was so many voices from my childhood. It was so many Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings. It was potlucks, and baby showers, and graduations, and birthday parties.

It was Senator Katie Britt using her well-practiced fundie baby voice.

I threw so many folks for a loop last year when I discussed the voice in a video. I used my “training” as a former Evangelical, a Southern Baptist, to describe the breathy cadence and the soft, child-like high pitch. Folks outside of Fundamentalist culture had never heard the term—they just knew the voice made them uncomfortable.

I know that voice well…in fact I can’t shake it myself. It was engrained in every woman I knew from church and every time I speak about it, folks will point out that I sound that way myself. Yes, friends. That’s the point.

Be sweet. Obey. Prove it by speaking in muted tones.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Isn't this the voice women use to talk to babies and toddlers?

[Blue Owl]

2. Dumb it down another 20%, Britt...

A little more... a little more... wait for the drooling to start...

[Deuxcents]

3. Speak up or shut up.

Baby talk is for communicating with babies and our furry babies. Act like an adult otherwise you’re annoying. I’m pretty sure I would not fare well with these people nor do I want to. I’ve got a brain and I try to show my appreciation for it. The older I get, the less tolerant I am of submissive behavior.

[IcyPeas]

4. I remember this from the documentary Keep Sweet Pray and Obey, the story

Of FLDS Warren Jeff's.

The title of the series is derived from the motto "Keep Sweet, Pray, and Obey," coined by the preceding president Rulon Jeffs, and used to convey how women should behave in relation to their husband.[4] According to a woman going by the name "Charlene", who was interviewed in the series, the mantra was frequently sung aloud, and meant "to be in control of your emotions and you didn't display things like anger or resentment or frustration."

[bedazzled]

5. I have a soft voice and i'm not a fundie

People even tell me they like it...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Every former fundamentalist instantly recognizes the fundie baby voice...

Link to tweet

[AwakeAtLast]

7. If you haven't heard of Tia Levings

Find her on Social Media. She breaks down the entire Dugger-ridden lot, specifically the leader, Bill Gothard, and the Institute for Basic Life Principles (IBLP).

Her TikTok is very revealing. She also appears in "Shiny Happy People" on Prime.

[Bucky]

8. This year she whispered "We see you. We hear you."

Next year it'll be "We watch you. We track your periods so you can't have an abortion, you slatterns"