A Quote by Stella Young

I identify very proudly as a disabled woman. I identify with the crip community. I didn't invent the word 'crip'. It's a political ideology I came to in my late teens and early 20s.

Stella Young

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Stella Young
Australian - Comedian
February 24, 1982 - December 6, 2014

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Halle Berry

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Halle Berry

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Nadiya Hussain

There was a time in my late teens and early 20s where I was motivated by this wanting to get out, to prove to the world that I had something to offer - that kind of youthful spirit, where maybe I had my eye on fame and fortune. I mellowed out in my late 20s and now that I'm in my early 30s, I'm coming to peace with it.

Lissie

People get all up in arms when I describe myself as a crip because what they hear is the word 'cripple,' and they hear a word you're not allowed to say anymore.

Stella Young

The word queer first started being used in the late 1980s by members of the community who wanted to reclaim something negative and turn it into a positive. It's still a painful word for some, and lots of people don't identify with it. But for me it's a helpful and empowering term that unifies an ever-growing community.

Olly Alexander

We don't care who you is - Blood, Crip, Mexican, Chinese. You feel me? If you about doing something positive with yourself and your community, let's join forces together.

Jay Rock

I went through a normal kind of late teens, early 20s drinking, but it was a choice I made, because I didn’t think it was very good for my life.

Christina Ricci

I identify as a woman first, but I am also proudly trans.

Andreja Pejic

In my late teens and early 20s, I started selling mix CDs on the street.

Flo Rida

I had a mystical experience when I was in my late teens, early 20s, and I spent years trying to recapture that.

John Lurie

I identify with a different political ideology and therefore that shades the way people view me.

Daniel Cameron

Success can never identify who you are. You must always identify it. You cannot allow the failures to identify who you are.

Greg Plitt

I identify with my body, but I don't identify it as male or female; I just identify it as a vehicle to help me bring my awareness around the world.

Rain Dove

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

In my late teens and early 20s, I worked hard on my roles, but, to be honest, I didn't feel any special commitment to acting.