Author Archives: Addie Tighe

An Authentic Wedding Day 

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bride with fair skin and hair smiles and holds a bouquet

Editor’s note: Addie Tighe provides a guest blog about her wedding day, sharing her challenge and eventual embrace of her eye condition, albinism. My wedding day was everything I dreamed it would be. It was a day full of friends, family, food, and fun. My husband and I could not have imagined a better day; […]

Bringing Goalball to College

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Editor’s note: Goalball, a sport for individuals who are blind or low vision, can be played recreationally and competitively. When I started college, one of the things I was most upset about leaving behind was my goalball team. I played goalball throughout high school, and it quickly became one of my favorite sports. I not […]

Albinism in the Media

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Person with albinism (fair skin, blonde hair, and glasses) sits on a chair and holds a paper.

Popular media like TV shows, books, and movies rely heavily on stereotypes when creating characters. Not all stereotypes are harmful, like the “dumb blonde” stereotype. While this stereotype was very popular a few years back, I don’t think the lives of blondes were affected. There are enough intelligent blondes in the world that there isn’t […]