Normally, I will not ask my readers to sign petitions – and I recognize that their effectiveness is somewhat disputable. But today I’m writing about this because the Iphone has been an excellent tool for me. With GPS Maps, I’ve been able to figure out where I am, and get lost far less frequently. My Iphone lets me change font… Read more →
So, as I’d indicated earlier this summer – my husband and I love to watch cooking TV shows. Massterchef is perhaps our least favorite, but this season I found a reason to watch in Christine Ha, the blind cook. From what I could assess from watching her use the cane, she’s not completely blind, but she certainly is legally so,… Read more →
I have done a couple of interviews about my work on a couple different shows, and it always comes down to the same question. Why do I enjoy the burlesque world? Why do I think it has a benefit for me as a disabled performer? The answer is in self selecting casting. In theater, I was always cast as either… Read more →
There have been a bunch of articles about street harassment popping up in the last couple days. A lot of people I know are tweeting about the boundaries of flirtation – and I’d like to bring up another form of street harassment – and online harassment – which I and other visually impaired people receive. T0 begin with, canes, wheelchairs… Read more →
I’m coming up on the one year anniversary of being groped three blocks from my home – and I’ve never really written about that experience publicly. Then I saw this article: And now I need to say something. For the record – I see her assault as much more violent than my own, but groping is still sexual assault, and… Read more →
I’ve just returned from Seattle, WA where I was a part of Whedonesque Burlesque produced by Jo Jo Stiletto Events It was an incredible feeling to work with so many fantastic and talented performers. Our audiences were filled with nerds and we got frequent standing ovations and a lot of love. What was super lovely was that the cast took… Read more →
And to piggyback on the previous post – This is one of those news stories that is real, and therefore more ridiculous than parody! A deaf three-year old in Nebraska is being told to change the way in which he signs his name because apparently, the hand signal looks too much like a gun and therefore violates their weapons policy…. Read more →
These days, many of us wake up to the fresh sensation of new horror. We hear of republican candidates threatening our rights to our bodies, making assumptions about the very nature of how a woman’s body can “stop” pregnancy for a legitimate rape. We live in a frightening climate. Freedom of speech is something I hold very dear, but I… Read more →
Not often do I find myself seething after only one cup of tea in the morning, but today seems to be that kind of day. Legitimate rape, Mr. Akin? I have a few questions about this. The first one, is how we define legitimate rape from the opposite, which can only be illegitimate rape. What makes them different? Oh wait…. Read more →
Right now we are in Staycation 2012 – the five days before my husband starts his new job. Yesterday we went to the Paris Theater in New York City (one of my very favorite movie theaters on the planet.) The movie is about the relationship between a parapalegic man and his caretaker. And it is BRILLIANT. It is one of… Read more →
