A review by slightfawn
Hearing Maud by Jessica White

Did not finish book. Stopped at 77%.

i made the executive decision to finish this when the author compared deaf people assimilating into the hearing world to aboriginal ppl being colonised & forced to assimilate into white society, the connection being languages stolen. the only engagement the author had with the history of this country was as preamble to making this point. it really diminishes both sides of this experience. 

the absolute lack of self awareness of the author’s uninterrogated whiteness was really starkly startling.