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The Artist’s Capitalism Trap Original

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By Chella Man
| TIME Verified
I sat on a leather couch in a glass room, staring up at three faces I had just disappointed. I had just turned down a major ad campaign, and my agents were not pleased. They called me into the agency headquarters straight after my freshman virtual reality programming class, as if I’d been caught cheating on a test, when all I had done was “no.” In the room, I tried to explain: the company had a history of disregarding the environment and had made racist remarks in the past.
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The Freedom I Felt When My Cochlear Implant Failed

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By Chella Man
| TIME Verified
I never thought one of the most uplifting experiences of my life would be watching my closest friends fall out of a plane. They joined me in impulsive solidarity after learning I needed a surgery that would prevent me from going too high or too low. My cochlear implant, the device that has connected me to sound since I was twelve, has malfunctioned for the third time. Last week, I underwent my fourth cochlear implant surgery to replace it. But before, there was a gift in the brokenness.
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Chella Man: I Am Choosing Deaf Trans Joy Without Conditions

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By Chella Man
| Yahoo Life Verified
Credit - Courtesy Chella Man I wake up from the anesthesia and a black tide washes over me. The world seeps slowly back. A hospital room. The face of a doctor and two nurses mouthing something I can't understand. This is not the first time I've woken up from surgery. The first ones I had gave me my cochlear implants. The last one I had gave me my chest scars.
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