[stylist] Representing blindness

Tue Feb 12 21:17:21 UTC 2013

And that's fine.  I don't think you will say to someone who 
chooses to wear those things that you don't dress down.
It sounds like she's putting people down because she is a bit 
conceited.  Actually, she believes that wearing tight clothes to 
show off her body (which is quite unprofessional if you ask me), 
particularly since she is a manager says that she's insecure.
The wives of her driver don't like it because it sends the wrong 
message.
But I think everyone should be able to dress how they please as 
long as it is appropriate.  I wouldn't deliberately leave my 
house in my night clothes because I choose not to.

Anita

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com
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>Date sent: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:05:40 -0500
>Subject: Re: [stylist] Representing blindness

>I usually leave my house dressed in slacks, a nice shirt or 
sweater, and
>jice boots or shoes.  I don't where flip flops or sandles.  It is 
just my
>style.  It is just what I do.

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Anita
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>Bridgit I thought I" theonly one who felt like that.  It's as if
>I can feel people watching me whenever I am in sweats or simple
>clothes.  Don't let it be aquick trip to the store or somewhere
>we're only going to be a moment doing (like dropping something
>off at the post office, etc.) and I have on an old pair of pants
>and a T-shirt.
>My daughter-in-law has this crazy idea that whenever I have on
>jeans and sneakers.  She says "Idon't dress down like that." Her
>thought is that she should wear 6-inch heels just to walk around
>at the flee market.  That crazy woman works at a place where
>mostly men driving 18-wheelers and they come in dirty and smelly.
>She will wear heels and walk out to check on trucks and trailers
>where there's mud and ash.  I mean I know that she has dress
>professional as a manager but she's working where there's dirt
>and stuff.  She could dress in comfortable jeans and a nice
>casual shirt with comfortable shoes.
>But that's not my business.  It just gets to me that sighted
>people focus so much on the wrong things that doesn't make sense.
>Anite

>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
>>To: <stylist at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:16:07 -0600
>>Subject: [stylist] Representing blindness

>>Donna,

>>I agree with you.  Our personal sense of fashion and preference
>shouldn't
>>always be a reflection on our blindness.  Yes I love fashion and
>make-up,
>>but I don't walk around looking like a fashion-ista every day.
>You
>>parents can appreciate this.  Most days I'm in my yoga clothes
>since
>>Declan and I hang out at home a lot.  People might think, "Oh,
>that blind
>>lady doesn't know about fashion or care," but I'm just trying to
>be
>>comfortable for my particular situation.  When I leave the house,
>I will
>>dress a little differently.  When my sighted parent friends dress
>this
>>way, people just think, "Oh, they have little children."
>Annoying.

>>Bridgit
>>Message: 22
>>Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:55:47 -0500
>>From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net
>>To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org
>>Subject: Re: [stylist] To ponder- exercise and representing
>blindness
>>Message-ID: <EED51D86EFC047148078ADB915BA754B at OwnerHP
>>Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"

>>Bridgit,
>>I think that one reason we get this business about representing
>blind
>>people
>>is because of how very few of us there really are.  Lynda pointed
>out
>>that
>>she's the only blind person most of the people in her life have
>ever
>>known.
>>I think that's true for many of us.  I don't like having that
>>responsibility
>>thrust upon my shoulders either.  It makes me feel like I must be
>from
>>another planet.

>>I think, though, that whether we see ourselves in that role or
>not, we
>>are
>>representing blindness to an ignorant and pathetic world.  We
>can't get
>>away
>>from it; it's just the way things are.  Nevertheless, your
>attitude is
>>the
>>right one.  Just do whatever you want to do for you.

>>For me, one of the things that gauls me -- and it falls under the
>>heading of
>>the mantel of responsibility of representing ourselves to the
>sighted
>>world
>>-- is the dress code thing.  I would be embarrassed to come to a
>national
>>NFB
>>convention without a serious shopping trip.  I'm not into
>fashion; unlike
>>you, I don't like or want to wear make-up.  I'm usually in jeans
>with
>>flannel shirts for the cold weather and short-sleeved cotton
>shirts in
>>the
>>summer.  If I have to go somewhere special -- and we don't seek
>out
>>places
>>where people dress up, because they also wear perfume which we're
>>allergic
>>too -- then I do have a few "nice" things in my closet.  I don't
>feel all
>>that comfortable in them though.
>>Donna

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