Top 87 Quotes by Stella Young

About Stella Young

These are some quotes by Australian author Stella Young Comedian, who lived between February 24, 1982 and December 6, 2014.

Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo.

Most disability charity hinges on that notion - that you need to send your money in quick before all these poor, pitiful people die. Peddling pity brings in the bucks, yo.

Stella Young

For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at everywhere I go.

For me, in some ways, my whole life is a bit performative and always has been - because I'm stared at and looked at everywhere I go.

Stella Young

Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.

Yooralla is a people pleaser with a very powerful PR machine.

Stella Young

We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs, crutches, grabber sticks, hearing aids, canes, guide dogs, modified vehicles, ramps, as well as other kinds of services and supports. Disability does not necessarily mean dependence on other people.

Stella Young

For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.

For me, disability is a physical experience, but it's also a cultural experience and a social experience, and for me, the word 'crip' is the one that best encapsulated all of that.

Stella Young

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

Stella Young

I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.

I tend not to think about living to some grand old age. Then again, I don't think about dying, either.

Stella Young

I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.

I do sometimes painful things to my body in an effort to conform to culturally imposed beauty ideals.

Stella Young

I once choked on a chip at a friend's birthday when I was seven and had to be sent home, as I'd broken my collarbone coughing.

I once choked on a chip at a friend's birthday when I was seven and had to be sent home, as I'd broken my collarbone coughing.

Stella Young

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Too often, we fall into the trap of thinking 'equal' means 'the same' and that we achieve equality by treating everyone identically.

Stella Young

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