What Am I Doing?
Well I have blogging up chosen texts out of my notebooks from last few years. I am caught up to 2011 now. It has been interesting to read what I wrote, and then editing it to choose what to blog up....
View ArticleWhat Is Hard Of Hearing?
It means he has problems being deaf. So he pretends to hear and tries real HARD of hearing, to fit into dominant culture. The proper term is ‘hard of deaf’. The problem is hearing culture expects...
View ArticleExperiencing Deafhood
A few thoughts after watching this video on Deafhood: I, like other mainstreamed deaf kids, was not given the opportunity to associate with my peers. I was told try to be hearing, which insidiously...
View ArticleI Choose Deaf!
Hard of Hearing is improper definition of category. It is too ambiguous. I choose Deaf because I will never be hearing. But what is H.O.H? Obviously, by implication, it is failure to hear thereby...
View ArticleBeing Deaf Is My Goal
What is the goal? Freedom. How do I get it? besides recognizing I already have it? reframe. How do I know I’m free? decide. Being Deaf is my goal. Thats what freedom always meant. Money is part of it,...
View ArticleCochlear Implant Weaponry
In researching tinnitus, I came across some ideas that made me question if there is a connection between Cochlear Implant industry and Weaponry. The Hum is a persistent and invasive low-frequency...
View ArticleGallaudet Deaf Mecca
Gallaudet is the mecca, the shrine, the religious temple for Deaf in America, no? I owe it to myself. But I’m willing to do something else better if the Universe opens door. I’m grateful for everything...
View ArticleLet Thy deaf Be Deaf
I penetrated into hearing society twice today, neither of which, for me, were idealized versions of desired unfoldment. Outcome was fine, but not without fraughtful bespokeness. Indeed confusion....
View ArticleConspiracy Against Deaf
It is not a hearing loss, or hearing impairment, or hard-of-hearing, it is a Variation of Deafness. By reframing the semantics and epistemological approach to the discourse, we can change the hegemony...
View ArticleQuestionnaire of My Deafness and How I Define Myself Within Deaf Culture
I was interviewed by Virginia Parker and here is the transcript: Hi, My name is Ginny and I am hard of hearing. I grew up in Spokane and was mainstreamed in the public schools. My education was...
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