Personal and cultural histories of blindness
In the previous chapter, “Portrait of the (Working) Writer as Blind,” Dr. M. Leona Godin discusses discrimination in the publishing world and how it reflects the biases of our culture that would rather pity blind ...
*This is the companion text to Unseen Reheard by sound artist Andy Slater, who is featured in Chapter 14: The Secret Life of Art and Accessibility.* When a visually impaired person listens they are ...
IN the previous chapter, “Sanctified by Affliction, or Not,” Godin discusses the discrimination and biases felt by many blind people in their personal lives—from dating and marriage and children—to the lack of representations in the ...
In 1988, a socio-linguist at the university of Pennsylvania posted a note on the departmental bulletin board announcing she had moved her late husband’s personal library into an unused office. Anyone who wanted any of ...
I first encountered Alice Eakes in her Huff Post opinion piece: “Yes, Blind People Read Books. We Write Them, Too.” I immediately knew I wanted to meet her. But I’m shy, so I quoted her ...
In the previous chapter, “Helen Keller in Vaudeville and in Love,” Godin incites readers to think about how notions of the virginal blind oppressed Helen Keller and stifled her dreams of becoming a wife and ...
In “Sanctified by Affliction, or Not” (Chapter 12 of There Plant Eyes), we meet Darren Harbour, a blind actor, dancer, model, stand-up comedian, massage therapist, and wrestler. Yes, you heard right: Darren is a wrestler ...
