Just because YOU don’t see the pervasive discrimination we experience, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist!
Just because WE can’t hear, doesn’t make us any less capable. You don’t get to decide what is in OUR best interest!
Just because many of us are disempowered into silence, doesn’t mean you can discriminate against us freely!
Systemic discrimination is any discrimination which occurs within a system as a result of the system's patterns of behaviours, policies, practices or individuals who are not kept in check appropriately by said system. Such systems which perpetuate disadvantage for...
It is time to stop being afraid. Time to forget the whole “Don’t rock the boat” philosophy of keeping your head down and not drawing attention.
… because if you weren’t deaf, it would actually be a compliment.
A question for everyone who can hear... Do you always carry a pen and paper on your person? This is the dilemma of a deaf person who is used to assimilation into hearing society. I find myself exercising hearing privilege for instance the privilege of not needing to...
“I don’t believe in kickin’,It aint apt to bring one peace;But the wheel what squeaks the loudestis the one what gets the grease.”- "Uncle Josh Weathersby’s ‘Punkin Centre’ Stories” by Cal Stewart, 1903- "Uncle Josh Weathersby’s ‘Punkin Centre’ Stories” by Cal...
This is a feminist deaf awareness and advocacy blog aimed at educating people about what it REALLY means to be deaf in society. I got the idea for this blog after being invited to submit some words on disability from the social model of disability. Reading the requirements for the submission made me realise just how big an impact society had on my own deafness.
So definitely, time to explore that and talk about it!
I invite anyone who is deaf or hearing impaired to contribute as guest bloggers. Just go ahead and contact me about this : )
To be honest, I don’t identify as being Deaf, as in with a capital “D”. I am not a part of the local Deaf culture / community, though I know some people within that community. There definitely is a divide in between deaf people and Deaf people in many cases and I think that is a shame. We all struggle with similar difficulties and frustrations.
I am a mother of five children ranging between two and sixteen. I am profoundly deaf which means I cannot hear a single thing! I have a hearing partner. I am a staunch radical feminist too. If I had to identify as something, it would be a radfem. We are also homeschoolers and have a lot of outside the box philosophies from not wearing shoes (much to my mother’s chagrin), rocking out the dreads, self sufficiency, autonomy, being educated and informed such that we can make our own decisions like good black sheep rather than sheeples.
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