Young
Young
character character-assassination deals
I've been forced to deal with my character assassination.
thinking sane
I don't particularly think marriage is a sane thing.
atheist heaven heard
I've been an atheist ever since I heard there was only a stairway to heaven
joy political doe
I dance as a political statement, because disabled bodies are inherently political, but I mostly dance for all the same reasons anyone else does: because it heals my spirit and fills me with joy.
use disability environment
My disability exists not because I use a wheelchair, but because the broader environment isn't accessible.
flight ramp stairs
No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp,
morning lying names
We’ve been sold this lie that disability makes you exceptional and it honestly doesn’t. … I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning.
sweet strong way-in-life
In case I get hit by a bus tomorrow, I want to make something clear - I am not a snowflake. I am not a sweet, infantilising symbol of fragility and life. I am a strong, fierce, flawed adult woman. I plan to remain that way, in life and in death.
thinking doe disability
Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.
party self laughing
You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that same story at another dinner party you feel they're all laughing at you?
running games people
Top Chef is a very smooth-running machine. All the people working there are incredibly professional and absolutely at the top of their game.
owners masters describe-myself
I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.
thinking class play
In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.
humorous writing thinking
I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some proper reporting, but keep it on sort of a humorous level. I've always had a very happy experience writing for them.