What Girls Got Right: How We Talk (And Talk Back)  Bernard
Baruch's famous quote-turned-cliché, "Those who matter don't
mind, and those who mind don't matter," becomes quainter and
more obsolete by the day. Technology has made the public-
communicating elite more accessible, and as a consequence, more
vulnerable to critique. Feedback lurks in every corner – your
inbox, your @replies on Twitter, Facebook, comment sections. If
you choose to ignore the criticism, people will inform you of it
nonetheless ("Don't let ‘em get you down," they will say.) If
you are sensitive enough to be sourcing your emotions for
content, you are probably sensitive enough to be affected by
these words, especially when they are negative. You may even end
up exploring them, sorting them out or just plain responding to
them in your further work, which will then be up for public
dissection, which could get under your skin some more, causing
you to react again, etc. Modern discourse is full of noise,
thanks in no small part to these feedb