As a confidante of several deaf and hearing girlfriends, I have been exposed to issues that come up when dating deaf and hearing men. I decided to enlist the help of my girlfriends and find out what it is like to date a hearing man. One of the things I was surprised by during my research…
Day: November 11, 2010
25 ASL “It Gets Better” Videos
By Adam Stone
While the zeitgeist has long ago shifted to TSA pat-downs and now the interesting juxtaposition of renewed conflict on the Korean peninsula and the Wikileaks release of top-secret diplomatic cables, DeafEcho has managed to keep collecting It Gets Better videos in ASL. Now we have 25 videos–the latest by the Ontario Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf. When…
Thoughts on Social Media and “Common Sense”
Over the last few months, I’ve been paying attention a lot more to Facebook. Or rather, paying attention to the kind of information and comments that are published via Facebook. In many ways, Facebook is micro-blogging, and it provides easier access to a network much larger and more accessible than LiveJournal and Xanga (remember those?).…