“Tributes pour in for writer, editor, entertainer and social advocate who promised to grab life with ‘both hands’.”
Stella Young
“Writer, presenter, educator, comedienne and activist Stella Young has died at the age of 32, leaving behind an adoring fan base and an impressive CV in media and the arts.
“Ms Young, who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta – or what she called “really dodgy bones”, used her quick wit and tempestuous debating strategy to advocate passionately for the issues she cared about.
“Born in Stawell, Victoria, in 1982 to a butcher and hairdresser, Ms Young was fiercely independent early in life.
“Ms Young said her perspective on her disability changed at the age of 17, when she had a revelation about her own existence.
“‘I stopped unconsciously apologising for taking up space,’ Ms Young said.”
Click here to read this article, too … it contains a video clip of Stella on Ted.com.
