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"content": "<p>Following up on my last post: While "Dining in the Dark" uses blindfolds to simulate blindness—a deeply problematic practice—Netflix’s *Love Is Blind* raises a different but related issue: the casual use of "blindness" as a metaphor. </p><p>The title refers to the idea that love can transcend physical appearance, but it uses blindness to symbolize ignorance or a lack of perception. This isn’t new—our language is full of metaphors like "turning a blind eye" or "blind ambition" that associate blindness with negative traits like ignorance or inability. </p><p>As a blind person, I see how language shapes perceptions. These metaphors may seem harmless, but they perpetuate outdated, ableist notions of blindness as a deficiency. They turn our lived experiences into rhetorical devices, erasing the richness of blind culture and reducing us to symbols of "lack." </p><p>No, *Love Is Blind* isn’t offensive in the same way as "Dining in the Dark," which makes a spectacle of our lives. But the metaphorical use of blindness shows how ingrained ableism is in language and culture. Casual metaphors matter—they reinforce unconscious biases that we must challenge. </p><p>Blindness isn’t a symbol. It’s a lived reality, full of challenges, skills, and a vibrant community. Let’s think more critically about how we use disability in language and storytelling. </p><p>💬 What do you think? </p><p><a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Disability\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Ableism\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Blind\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/LanguageMatters\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>LanguageMatters</span></a> <a href=\"https://caneandable.social/tags/Inclusion\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Inclusion</span></a></p>",
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