Stella Young
Stella Young
Stella Jane Youngwas an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth24 February 1982
CountryAustralia
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bombarded bottles bucket head ice requests seems
From pink water bottles for breast cancer to dumping a bucket of ice water on your head for neuromuscular conditions, it seems we're bombarded by requests to be 'aware' of one thing or another.
accessible baffling considered depends facilities livable regular suppose
It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world. I suppose it all depends on what makes a city 'livable' for you.
allowed body disgusting female freely inch life puberty public truth unruly within
It is a truth universally acknowledged that from puberty onwards, the female body is disgusting and unruly and must be tamed, trimmed and tinted to within an inch of its life before it can be allowed to roam freely in the public eye.
full good passionate people rights
Yooralla, like most disability service organisations, is full of good people who are passionate about the rights of people with disabilities.
celebrated sports
Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.
access activists fought issues
Physical access is one of the very first issues disability rights activists of the 1960s and '70s fought for.
became clear coverage disability explored faced giving interested issues maintained media morning pat people quo readers status warm
It became very clear to me that Yooralla was not as interested in media coverage that explored issues faced by people with disability as it was in giving a pat on the back to journalists who maintained the status quo by giving readers the warm and fuzzies over their morning paper.
parents pretended quite worked
My parents didn't know what to do with me, so they just pretended I was normal, and that worked out quite well for me.
certainly work
Let me make this clear: my impairment is such that without a wheelchair, I can't do very much for myself. I can't get out of bed. I can't get myself to the toilet. I certainly can't get myself to work.
disabled expect people
We think we know what it's all about; we think that disability is a really simple thing, and we don't expect to see disabled people in our daily lives.
abuse capture certainly complexity disabled faced fails nuance simulation understanding
Disability simulation fails to capture the nuance and complexity of living in a disabled body. And it certainly fails to give a deep understanding of systemic discrimination and abuse faced by disabled people.
considered cousin games gets main rarely
The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It's always run after the main games and rarely gets anything like the media coverage.
age grand tend
I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.
equality fall means trap treating
Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.