The Unguarded Quarter Publications
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were prancing about happily, when Adam tripped on a root and banged his head on a tree trunk. He was quite alright, but became noticeably deaf. Meanwhile Eve has met a chatty serpent who is talking to her about delicious-looking peach hanging from a forbidden fruit tree. […]
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When I was part of a social group of deaf people during the 1970s, a popular outing would be to a pizza restaurant. “Restaurant” is a word I use loosely – these places were large fast-food feedlots. There would be about 15 to 20 of us, seated at benches in a cavernous dining hall. The […]
Mojo Mathers: New Zealand Greens MP The New Zealand Parliament had not seen anything like it. Early in 2012, as a newly elected MP for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Mojo Mathers gave her maiden speech in the House of Representatives. Her words were conveyed by a New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) interpreter […]
Artwork: John Veeken www.johnveeken.com The famous London consulting detective Mr Sherlock Holmes was playing with his revolver in his rooms at 221b Baker street, when it went off with a loud report. Holmes was quite all right, but the experience has left him noticeably deaf. Meanwhile, he is about to meet a new client, the […]
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By Mattie Uniacke Harry Potter, the boy wizard, became a bit deaf early in his career following an accident involving a cup of tea, four paper clips, a rubber band and a particle accelerator. However he has just made it into Hogwarts. NOW READ ON . . . Harry had to rub his eyes as […]
Booze, dope, maybe sex, can happen at a party. All quite normal things, but being deaf adds a certain frisson. A PARTY is like a vegetarian barbecue – a contradiction in terms. Do hearing people go to parties to relax? As a Deaf person you work harder than ever. Do hearing people go to […]
Films often show scenes of women gathered in their powder room during interval at the cinema, or at a social event at the local town hall. We see them … Read On...
