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Comment on Interpreter roles by Thoughts on the Feminist-Relational Approach to Interpreting — Moving Hands

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:21:15 +0000

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Comment on Relating to Deaf culture as a queer man by Why I’m not a separatist — Moving Hands

Why I’m not a separatist — Moving Hands — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:14:41 +0000

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Comment on Returning to my roots as an intellectual by maxporter

maxporter — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:00:07 +0000

That’s a very good point.

From a pure capitalist economic perspective, it makes sense – sports stars, for example, are paid so much because they generate so much work (eg, stadium construction)

But I don’t think that that’s a good example of the type of logic that creates a more just and equal society.

And, yeah, this definitely has an influence upon individuals – people are steered into vocational school to become mechanics because of economic desperation, for instance, even if they have the type of brain that would be well-suited to solving global problems at a leading university.

Comment on Deaf for a day by Why I’m not a separatist — Moving Hands

Why I’m not a separatist — Moving Hands — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:50:16 +0000

[...] Deaf culture? There’s so much. -~-~-~ This is yet another reason that I strongly dislike the deaf-for-a-day ASL class exercise, btw – it sets up a context that does allow Hearing people to lie to Deaf [...]

Comment on Returning to my roots as an intellectual by David Feuer

David Feuer — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:20:33 +0000

A point you almost make is that the fact that society values different kinds of work so differently can lead people into work that isn’t well-suited to their skills, as well as being unfair. It makes no sense to me that an executive in a company will make so much more money than an engineer at the same company, or that the bookkeeper will likely make much more than the janitor. And then of course there’s the well-known issue of teachers being paid way below what their educations and experiences would suggest.

Comment on How a narrow definition of literature can be problematic by Jillian

Jillian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:52:31 +0000

My goodness. Had this professor of yours ever read the work of Mark Twain? It’s considered “literature” and certainly plays with the English language as it was known in Twain’s day.

Your professorr sounds frightful. I’m pretty new to this literature theing and appreciate this article. The student’s story sounds admirable.

Comment on How a narrow definition of literature can be problematic by maxporter

maxporter — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:27:43 +0000

Thank you for commenting!

Yeah, unfortunately, this blog post is true. Also happened in that English class: there were four males, counting the teacher, and sixteen women. We discussed Tess of the D’Urbervilles, in which the protagonist gets raped about halfway through the book. When we were discussing that, all the guys were like “she was totally asking for it” and I went to school in such an oppressive, conservative state that the women were too afraid to speak up, despite the fact that they vastly outnumbered the males.

So, yeah, unfortunately, we just talked about how Heart of Darkness is about one of the “great”/”universal” themes – Man Versus Nature. I guess the “savages” were part of “nature” in this context. So it was really screwed up. My friend and I talked a lot about it among each other, but not in the class. Every time she tried to bring it up, the teacher would tell her that the racism/colonialism wasn’t important or that the book was simply a product of its time.

I really do have a genuine love for Faulkner and other dead white men – but it gets screwed up when people feel silenced in class because the authors are so untouchably ~great~ and that their ~greatness~ outshines all their personal flaws like racism. So yeah.

Thanks again for commenting!

Comment on How a narrow definition of literature can be problematic by Burnsbabe

Burnsbabe — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:13:02 +0000

I haven’t commented in several months but this really felt worth it. It’s really well written, engaging, and a point worth making. Also, I can’t believe even a high school english teacher would make the mistake of assigning Heart of Darkness and then not discuss its VERY obvious racist and colonialist aspects. Or for that matter Faulkner works in a very similar way. They’re legit literature from which you can learn and derive enjoyment. But I’m not sure you can really understand them without looking at them through that lens at least a little bit.

And you’re right, the canon that’s considered great literature, art, philosophy, etc. is littered with the ideas of (great) old, dead, white men. They have important things to say that we should hear. But so does everyone else. Bravo.

Comment on A Story in 21 Lessons by Codifying transphobia into media — Moving Hands

Codifying transphobia into media — Moving Hands — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:16:16 +0000

[...] experienced both audism and homo/transphobia from her. I went into depth about the deaf thing in an earlier post, but I didn’t talk about the queer aspect of [...]

Comment on The changing composition of Deaf schools by Can I, a Deaf teacher, teach Hearing students? — Moving Hands

Can I, a Deaf teacher, teach Hearing students? — Moving Hands — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:10:54 +0000

[...] nearest one is only about half an hour’s drive away. Despite some of my misgivings about the changing composition of Deaf schools, I definitely think I could contribute to a Deaf institution – for example, I’m very [...]