Category Archives: gatekeeping

the power of words

Posted on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: English; Captions: none] It’s clear what is being said, or the general intent. Still I don’t completely like this. It makes the basic assumption (on the part of someone who can see) that you can’t enjoy a beautiful morning … Continue reading →

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from #wikileaks to #wikiwitness ?

Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm by

This article makes an extraordinarily good point, and one I’ve sort of thought about but not to its logical conclusion. In terms of demanding transparency, the rise of “citizen journalism” has been critical, and duly noted by many. But as … Continue reading →

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allah save the punk

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

[Audio: music; Subtitles: English] This is a good article Muslim Feminist Punk: Helping Destroy Stereotypes of Gender, Religion and Race, but remember what I said a while back about erasure? Reading this, you’d almost never realize that Sabina England is … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Irony

Posted on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

In 2019: This seems to have been updated: [Audio: English (interpreted); Language: ASL; Subtitles: English] by Amy Cohen Efron: In light of the video I posted yesterday, and one comment I got about the Baby Signs program, I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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Forbidden Signs

Posted on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Forbidden Signs by Douglas C. Baynton is a book that traces the history of sign language in the United States and how and why oralism attempted to obliterate signing and replace it with lip reading and speech. As the author … Continue reading →

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Who Is Gallaudet?

Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

Who is Gallaudet? by Elena Ruiz describes the current state of affairs at Gallaudet: Yes, you DID just walk by a throng of hearing students who either barely pick up their hands to communicate their words in a pathetic, half-assed … Continue reading →

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The Gallaudet Syndrome, Part II

Posted on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

The second in this series. I posted the first part yesterday. Note that the English article is not a transcript but more of a summary of the ASL video. [Audio: none; Captioning: none; Language: ASL] The Gallaudet Syndrome: On Profiting … Continue reading →

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The Gallaudet Syndrome, Part I

Posted on Friday, January 14, 2011 at 12:00 pm by

I am boosting the signal on this set of articles which I think serves as an excellent introduction into issues of concern to the Deaf and deaf communities. They are in both ASL and written English. (Note that I myself … Continue reading →

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why are you so angry?

Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm by

This is something activists of any stripe get hit with, I’m sure. You can watch the below story and apply it to being deaf, being a woman (that one’s even harder to recognize), being queer… the list goes on. [ASL] … Continue reading →

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