The Eloquent Woman's weekly speaker toolkit

Savvy speakers keep up with my wide-ranging reading list on women and public speaking by following The Eloquent Woman on Facebook, where these links and articles appear first. I always collect them here for you on Mondays as well. It's a great way to expand your public speaking knowledge:

• Stress from the neck down: Calming the rush of panic in your body shares many tactics I use with speakers backstage.
• The bitch, examined: Aggression and slut-shaming are two common ways to silence women. The evolution of bitchiness looks at why women often do these things to other women.
• Did you miss? This week, the blog asked How are you referred to in speeches--your own, and those of others? and Famous Speech Friday shared 12 famous protest speeches by women, in honor of last week's Women's March on Washington.
• About the quote: The great and funny advice columnist Ann Landers, on the case against fast talking.

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