The Movie Blindness and A Protest

You all may or may not know my strong support of the physically challanged and here is the reason for boycotting the movie Blindness - in Second Life we have a strong belief in accepting everyone - shape, size, color, gender and that is my goal here is to share with you WHY you should NOT see this movie:

Blindness falsely depicts blind people as incapable of almost everything. Even accepting that most of the characters are newly blind and thus have not learned certain skills needed to function effectively as a blind person,their complete and utter incompetence is simply not credible to anyone who has had even casual contact with actual blind people. The blind people in the film are unable to dress or bathe themselves; they usually go about naked or nearly naked and relieve themselves on the floor or in their own beds. The doctor's wife is shown helping him dress by holding his pants so that he can step into them, and he comments at one point that she even has to clean him after he has defecated. In reality, even newly blinded individuals do not experience this level of incapacity; they do not forget how to dress, wash, or use the toilet. The blind people in the movie are portrayed as perpetually disoriented and having no sense of direction or ability to remember the route from one place to another; in fact, blind people regularly travel independently using white canes or guide dogs. The blind people who are not completely helpless in the novel and movie are depraved monsters, withholding food from the others in exchange for money,jewelry, and sex. One of the worst of these criminals is a man who was born blind and has adapted to his blindness, yet he sides with the criminal gang of ward three, participating in brutal rapes and attempting to kill inmates from the other wards. Thus, all of the blind people in the film are portrayed either as helpless invalids or degenerate criminals. The movie suggests that blindness completely alters the human personality, resulting either in total incapacity or villainous evil. The movie also makes it clear that blindness is cause for complete and irreversible despair; one blind man comments, "I'd rather die than stay like this." Blind people, in fact, do live happy lives once they have learned to accept their blindness and adjust to it. The movie also suggests that the blind must always defer to the sighted; when the doctor's wife leaves him outside a supermarket so she can attempt to find food, he says, "I know my place." The dignity,worth, and individuality of blind people is constantly denigrated in this way throughout the movie. The National Federation of the Blind objects to this portrayal of the blind because it simply isn't accurate. Blind people are simply a cross-section of society who happen to share the physical characteristic of being unable to see. The blind are employed in almost every profession imaginable, have homes and families, raise children, do volunteer work in their communities, and generally lead normal, productive lives. To the extent this is not the case, it is not due to blindness but rather to the misconceptions and stereotypes that society holds about blindness and blind people. This film will further those myths and misconceptions and deepen public prejudice against the blind. Most membersof the public do not know a blind person and may therefore assume that this portrayal of what blindness is like is accurate and true. It is not, andthe falsehoods in this film will damage the prospects for equal opportunity, productivity, dignity, and happiness for blind people throughout the world.

The stereotyping of blind people is just as inappropriate as the stereotyping of African-Americans, women, Muslims, or any other group of individuals who share common characteristics.

Property Of A Lady

There is a book by this name and I loved the title for this dress - brown silk taffeta with lace shirt, wrists and neckpiece along with the hat and shoes - yummy late Victorian design at my History Barn :) HERE.

It's All Lace & A New Lucky Chair

It's All Lace is out in the boutique at the barns along with a new lucky chair with shoes, dresses and this outfit at the barns. There is a great view and it is a nice place to hang out :) You can find it here at THE BARNS.

Also the Vanity Glamour Expo starts today and I have some original 1L items and new designs created specially for the Expo so check it out at 9:00 AM SL time today! HERE IS MY LM!

Morticia Addams

We all love her style you have to admit and when Erinelle Sweetwater submitted her idea for Morticia I knew I had to create it my way for you. I also created a 1L Morticia skin and there is a free poster for you. All at the Costume Barn - Halloween is coming - are you ready?

Crazy, Southern - Lots of New Things & A Gift

I have several new designs out today at the main store and all over the sim and the Group gift is called - CAMILLE :) - I also have Red Ringmaster, Ringmaster, Midnight - :) Take the Teleporters and explore lots of things to see and get your 1L group gift today!

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden . . .

Maybe I didn't but I have one for you anyway. Looking for that unique red dress well here it is - the Rose Garden with a rose and ivy flexi skirt and a flirty hat and corsage. You can find it at my barn boutiques along with a lot of other goodies in case you haven't been to this part of the sim! Find it HERE.

Dangerous

Sometimes we all want to feel chic and dangerous and I have a black outfit with a cloak that is both chic and glamourus. You can find it on the 2nd floor of the Seasons building along with all seasonal designs and don't forget I have a new lucky chair at the main building and will be putting a second one out at the barns soon! Check out Dangerous HERE.