127: Life Unseen: Disability and Ability Spectrum, Sighted. Eurydice Eve with Selina Mills

Eurydice Eve speaks with Selina Mills, author of Life Unseen : The Story of Blindness, about the wide spectrum of individual ability and functionality. The book takes the reader on a journey through the history of blindness in Western Culture to discover that blindness is not so dark after all.The two women writers discuss writing and life and women’s issues and the disability spectrum. Selina Mills is an award-winning writer and broadcaster who is legally blind. Educated in the USA and the UK, Selina has worked as a senior reporter and broadcaster for Reuters, The Daily Telegraph, and the BBC. In 2019, she was awarded the Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Prize for first time non-fiction writers. Her historical memoir, Life Unseen: A Story of Blindness, uses historical research over the ages to explain how we interpret blindness in the 21st century. It is a book where blind people can own their history.In 2022 Selina Mills was listed as one of the top 100 disabled people in Britain, organized by the Shaw Power 100 disabled list. For more on Selina, visit https://selinamills.com or @millsatwork. For more on this podcast, visit https://SpeakwithEve.com or https://Eurydice.substack.com. For more on Eurydice, go to https://Eurydice.net or @EurydiceEve or https://youtube.com/@EveEurydice. Support this podcast at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/speaksex/support or donate at https://www.paypal.me/Eurydice. We are 100% listener supported.Enjoy.