#and how fucked up it is hearing people were stoked about a GORILLA using sign while ACTIVELY FORCING DEAF KIDS NOT TO SIGN

[timeisacephalopod]

For the last four days I have been staring at The Other Side of Silence, a book I have been wanting to read since I got it and my brain keeps going "no. Not today. Stars, can't do it" and like breh I just want to read about deaf education in America ok.

#winters ramblings #i gotta find myself some canadian centric stuff i read too much shit about America lmao. but also America is Very Loud #and canada is less so. also American history is FASCINATING im literally watching a video on Iran Contra as i type #but also ive watched or listened to a couple podcasts/ vids on koko the gorilla and the book talks about that #and how fucked up it is hearing people were stoked about a GORILLA using sign while ACTIVELY FORCING DEAF KIDS NOT TO SIGN #because yeah that IS fucked up tell me more