TYPE 3: Speech Analysis

The speech I chose was Ashley Judd's "Nasty Woman" at the
Women's March, the video is here.

Some things I picked up were:

She emphasized a lot of key words
Very aggressive with sharp movements and sharp articulate
Also emotional at times, can hear the sadness in her voice with provokes empathy
Pauses often for effect, but never too long or too much
Her voice fluctuates in volume to add depth within her speech
Drawn-out words to articulate and assert like CONflict, TRANSphobia, etc.
Seems frustrated like begging for people to hear her words, but also confirming what a lot of those people feel
Moves her body a lot and has no problem speaking and articulating with her hands and arms
Voice cracks a few times because of the force she is putting behind them
Yelling almost, in a very "as a matter of fact" way1
Never interrupts herself - she does it once because she accidently said a brand name of something and then corrected herself and went on to what she was talking about
She messed up only once, a little flustered after the brand name mix up but it wasn't quite noticeable (only when you've watched it a lot)

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