[nfb-talk] Wanting to See

Karen Rose rosekm at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 8 00:22:01 UTC 2017


I have always felt that I am a whole blind person and not a person missing site. I am also a whole woman and not a woman missing male genitalia. I'm very curious about site – and I am also very curious about what it feels like to be mail. For me they are equivalent. Karen

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> On Jan 7, 2017, at 1:18 PM, Jen via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Devon,
> 
> I agree with you. I also think my view of myself is undergoing some changes.
> Let me explain. When I was younger (I'm thirty now), I was adamant, I never,
> ever wanted to see. Now, I'm starting to wonder more and more about it; it's
> like I'm discovering another part of myself. I also realize I haven't given
> my blindness its due as part of my identity and over-concentrated on the
> "normal person" part of my identity. Even if my blindness is not all of me,
> it's bigger part of my identity than I ever thought it was.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Devin
> Prater via nfb-talk
> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2017 8:08 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; kaye zimpher
> <kaye.j.zimpher at gmail.com>
> Cc: Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Wanting to See
> 
> I think it's mostly about how you view yourself. I'm fat at around 235
> pounds and have been blind since birth. I accept both my big belly and blind
> eyes, so I don't worry about either, which leads to much less stress on that
> front.
> 
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> On January 6, 2017 6:52:28 PM John Heim via nfb-talk <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hey, I didn't insert the word "defective" into this debate. My point has
>> been that you can even say I am defective and it means nothing to me.
>> Defective, disabled, handicapped -- I don't care.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 01/06/2017 06:43 PM, kaye zimpher via nfb-talk wrote:
>>> First I want to say, that having read the original post, I am wondering





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