Who Am I To Stop It

Tag: Lavaun Benavidez-Heaster

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 44: Red

    Listen to this post (the podcast is at the bottom): I found an old, scrappy video I made of Lavaun a decade ago. She was developing a project to do stories about colors. As an artist with low vision, she never stopped wondering about the best ways to bring a color description to life so…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 8: Lavaun Benavidez-Heaster on not smiling

    Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the page.] Tatyana Fazlalizadeh created a campaign in 2012 called “Stop Telling Women to Smile” in response to street harassment. I love the campaign. It was relevant then and just as much today, unfortunately. Add to the conversation disability, and you get Sarabjit Parmar’s experience…