Laura Millar ConsultingWriting on sexuality, sex education, dating, intimacy, pleasure, and relationships.
Netflix’s Love Is Blind asks whether love can survive the reveal. As a blind sexologist, my question starts earlier: how do I know someone is interested if I cannot see them looking at me from across the room? Let’s talk about flirting, sexual ableism, consent, and what “blind” is really doing in that title.
What if emotional attachment to AI says less about technology and more about the ways people have learned that vulnerability is unsafe? This essay explores shame, human connection, and why curiosity may be a better response than ridicule.
Reflecting on disability justice, reproductive autonomy, and the work to combat sexual ableism in our society.
This article was written for Dr. Adam Graves’s class at San Francisco State University’s Program in Visual Impairments, in preparation for a panel discussion on how to incorporate sexual health education, bodily autonomy, and consent into the Expanded Core Curriculum. Introduction: The Conversation We’re Not Having When I was first diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa and […]
A blog about blindness, sexuality, and living fully in a body and mind worth celebrating. This blog is my corner of the internet—a space where I get to show up whole. I write from the academic to the personal, from lived experience to professional insight, always with the goal of unpacking shame, challenging stigma, and […]
Image description: Progress Pride Flag with a white cane crossing diagonally and the words “Blind & Proud” in rainbow letters on a black background. A Message to Our Community Happy Pride to every blind person navigating a world that wasn’t built for us, but still choosing to live their joy, truth, and power. Whether you’re […]