Strangeways

[deafdyke]

Deaf Wannabes

Comments

[danbearnyc]

Oh yes, Ray was telling me about this the one time we met.

[deafdyke]

I just edited the entry.

I know that Deaf people have been fetishized, but I never really considered the whole "playing deaf" part.

[danbearnyc]

Oh there are soooo many people out there with, er, unusual interests. Amputees, for instance.

[deafdyke]

Yes, and this group also seems a parallel to those who have a desire to cut off their limbs.

[deafdyke]

Oddly enough, no. There are so many fetishes and compulsions out there that it's hard for me to be offended.

Losing your hearing as an adult *is* scary. Have you gone to an audiologist and pinpointed a reason?

[juniper_j]

I heard a panel on this at the SDS conference. It was really intersting as I had known about amputee devotees but not deaf ones. Allison Kafer spoke and then this other gal whose name I don't have written down. They were both good papers. She talked a lot about the folks who make themselves deaf, they aren't just "pretending" and then talked about ableism and talkd about a trans analolgy.

[sparkle_shortz]

Wow, that is dumb. And also indicates a lack of commitment to the fetish, no?

[deafdyke]

I'm contemplating joining the list so I can offer to trade my old, crappy, broken-down, $2,000-when-new analog hearing-aids for their spiffy new digital ones. Them's things expensive.

I'd like some pretty blue ones, please. Or, as I said to the audiologist: "This color is called caucasian, not 'flesh tone.'"

[sparkle_shortz]

Ooh, do it!

[womble_bat]

*snickers* Mine are a funny colour ... I can't imagine anyone whose flesh tone they would match. And my friend? She is a *very* light-skinned Jew and her BTE units are an odd chocolatey brown. *looks perplexed* Her ear moulds, however, are purple and glittery!

[womble_bat]

This is a strange concept for a group. I'll admit, I'd never considered it before, either. Hrmmmmm...............