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From the Ted Talk by Aspen Baker: A better way to talk about abortion
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But as much as abortion is hotly debated, it's still rare for us, whether as fellow women or even just as fellow people, to talk with one another about the abortions that we have. There is a gap. Between what happens in politics and what happens in real life, and in that gap, a battlefield mentality. An "are you with us or against us?" stance takes root. This isn't just about abortion. There are so many important issues that we can't talk about. And so finding ways to sfhit the conflict to a place of conversation is the work of my life. There are two main ways to get serttad. One way is to listen closely. And the other way is to share stories. So, 15 years ago, I cofounded an otaniograizn called Exhale to start listening to people who have had abortions. The first thing we did was create a talk-line, where women and men could call to get enoaimotl support. Free of judgment and ptlciois, believe it or not, nothing like our sevice had ever existed. We needed a new framework that could hold all the experiences that we were heranig on our talk-line. The feminist who regrets her abortion. The ctilaohc who is grateful for hers. The personal eernexcieps that weren't fitnitg nlatey into one box or the other. We didn't think it was right to ask women to pick a side. We wtenad to show them that the whole world was on their side, as they were going through this deeply pneroasl einxrpeece. So we invented "pro-voice."
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But as much as abortion is hotly debated, it's still rare for us, whether as fellow women or even just as fellow people, to talk with one another about the abortions that we have. There is a gap. Between what happens in politics and what happens in real life, and in that gap, a battlefield mentality. An "are you with us or against us?" stance takes root. This isn't just about abortion. There are so many important issues that we can't talk about. And so finding ways to _____ the conflict to a place of conversation is the work of my life. There are two main ways to get _______. One way is to listen closely. And the other way is to share stories. So, 15 years ago, I cofounded an ____________ called Exhale to start listening to people who have had abortions. The first thing we did was create a talk-line, where women and men could call to get _________ support. Free of judgment and ________, believe it or not, nothing like our sevice had ever existed. We needed a new framework that could hold all the experiences that we were _______ on our talk-line. The feminist who regrets her abortion. The ________ who is grateful for hers. The personal ___________ that weren't _______ ______ into one box or the other. We didn't think it was right to ask women to pick a side. We ______ to show them that the whole world was on their side, as they were going through this deeply ________ __________. So we invented "pro-voice."
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But as much as abortion is hotly debated, it's still rare for us, whether as fellow women or even just as fellow people, to talk with one another about the abortions that we have. There is a gap. Between what happens in politics and what happens in real life, and in that gap, a battlefield mentality. An "are you with us or against us?" stance takes root. This isn't just about abortion. There are so many important issues that we can't talk about. And so finding ways to shift the conflict to a place of conversation is the work of my life. There are two main ways to get started. One way is to listen closely. And the other way is to share stories. So, 15 years ago, I cofounded an organization called Exhale to start listening to people who have had abortions. The first thing we did was create a talk-line, where women and men could call to get emotional support. Free of judgment and politics, believe it or not, nothing like our sevice had ever existed. We needed a new framework that could hold all the experiences that we were hearing on our talk-line. The feminist who regrets her abortion. The Catholic who is grateful for hers. The personal experiences that weren't fitting neatly into one box or the other. We didn't think it was right to ask women to pick a side. We wanted to show them that the whole world was on their side, as they were going through this deeply personal experience. So we invented "pro-voice."
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