Comments on: Think of me what you will http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Vikki http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84873 Vikki Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:19:42 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84873 I love this post! A different and refreshing take on the day of a typical deafie... I love this post! A different and refreshing take on the day of a typical deafie…

]]> By: Katie http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84871 Katie Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:04:04 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84871 Insightful. Provoking. Bravo for a talented piece!! Insightful. Provoking. Bravo for a talented piece!!

]]> By: Peyote Pete http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84826 Peyote Pete Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:31:53 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84826 During lunch recently, I saw a guy with a T-shirt that proclaimed: "Fuck Everybody" I guess that shirt sums up Allison's point pretty well. During lunch recently, I saw a guy with a T-shirt that proclaimed:

“**** Everybody”

I guess that shirt sums up Allison’s point pretty well.

]]> By: Belle http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84825 Belle Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:49:25 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84825 This has got me thinking. Human beings have to make a million decisions a day, so categories, classifications, stereotypes, etc., seem to, at least, give us a starting point from which to make some of those decisions - especially when they have to be made in a split-second. Still, alienation sucks. No one will ever truly know who we are - and by 'we' I mean everyone, not just deaf people. Heck, I have trouble knowing who I am sometimes! Time (aka experience) helps ... This has got me thinking. Human beings have to make a million decisions a day, so categories, classifications, stereotypes, etc., seem to, at least, give us a starting point from which to make some of those decisions - especially when they have to be made in a split-second.

Still, alienation sucks. No one will ever truly know who we are - and by ‘we’ I mean everyone, not just deaf people. Heck, I have trouble knowing who I am sometimes! Time (aka experience) helps …

]]> By: Michele Ketcham http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84810 Michele Ketcham Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:27:46 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84810 Then stop being submissive, honey. Do what I do: I tell people I don't lip read (even though I can catch a word or a phrase here and there), and I speak with my hands (after all, why should hearing people have monopoly on that word "speaking"? We speak too!). And guess what? Hearing people almost always say, "Oh. Okay." Then they proceed to write or work harder to communicate with me. :-) Then stop being submissive, honey. Do what I do: I tell people I don’t lip read (even though I can catch a word or a phrase here and there), and I speak with my hands (after all, why should hearing people have monopoly on that word “speaking”? We speak too!).

And guess what? Hearing people almost always say, “Oh. Okay.” Then they proceed to write or work harder to communicate with me. :-)

]]> By: Elizabeth Skye http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84806 Elizabeth Skye Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:36:53 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84806 That's the Allison I know and love! Woo-hoo! LOVED this post....wanna see more! That’s the Allison I know and love! Woo-hoo! LOVED this post….wanna see more!

]]> By: Karen http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84799 Karen Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:26:28 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84799 I enjoyed this! I enjoyed this!

]]> By: punkybrewster http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84796 punkybrewster Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:34:43 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84796 someone's cheese slid right off her cracker..... someone’s cheese slid right off her cracker…..

]]> By: Yvonne http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84795 Yvonne Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:29:30 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84795 I resonate with that - my middle name is "weird"... I resonate with that - my middle name is “weird”…

]]> By: A Deaf Pundit http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84792 A Deaf Pundit Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:06:25 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2007-06-23/think-of-me-what-you-will/#comment-84792 That pink looks like Pepto Bismol pink! Ick! That pink looks like Pepto Bismol pink! Ick!

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