Archive for June, 2008

Just Call Me Deaf ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 30th, 2008

At a class reunion a few years ago, an old friend of mine admitted that she had been uncomfortable around me after I became Deaf because she didn’t know if we could still communicate, and if we did, she was afraid that she might offend me by saying the wrong thing. I asked her what [...]

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Fairlady interviews LaRonda Part 1 ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 25th, 2008

Closed Captioned
Join Fairlady as she begins a series of interviews with
LaRonda Zupp from Ear of My Heart.

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A Complex Mixture of Deaf Identities ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 21st, 2008

Transcript below
Join LaRonda as she reflects on how each person is greater and more complex in their personal identities and make-up than the sum of their subdivided (D/deaf/HH/Late-Deaf/CI user) parts.

(5:08 Mins.) Hosted by: Videoserver.us

Transcript:
Hello. It’s nice out tonight. Yes, it is night time. It’s 7pm, but it’s still daylight. The sun hasn’t [...]

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Make Me A Bird ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 21st, 2008

Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far.
Far far away from here.
~ Forrest Gump
Photo by: *Zara
…Keep rising above it all like the sun on wings of morning…
~ Conway Twitty
Photo by:robokow
…like a dandelion seed floating in the wind…
Where will I go, where will I land?
~ P. J. Olsson
Photo by: Pensiero
Let your spirit fly,
where [...]

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Unity, How? Mutual Respect ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 18th, 2008

Unity doesn’t mean trying to be the same.
Unity means showing mutual “respect.” Live and let live.

(2:46 Mins.) Hosted by: Videoserver.us

Transcript:
Hi. A friend of mine told me, “Go take a walk. Clear your head. Breathe.” So, I did.
As I was walking along, I was mulling things over, pondering on what’s been happening on DeafRead, DeafVIDEO.TV [...]

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Assimilation vs. Defending a Way of Life ~

Posted by LaRonda on June 7th, 2008

At The Rim writes:
The ‘non-Deaf’ are inheriting the deaf world, and will change it probably to suit them.
The old ways can’t go on…
…deaf schools have been decimated, inclusion is here, and despite frantic and heated repulsion of these changes, they continue unabated…
I cannot see deaf culture surviving against the odds, and against other deaf [...]

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Deafies, Careful Where You Point Your Pagers!

Posted by LaRonda on June 7th, 2008

Photo by: davynin
If you’re a pager or cellphone user, you have to see these videoclips! (Scroll down below) Cellphone Popcorn Popping using electromagnetic frequency transmissions! AMAZING! Deafies: Be careful where you point your pagers!
You know, my favorite TV show is LOST. I love the mystery of the Island’s natural geoelectromagnetic effects and it has always [...]

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