By MAMAMIA TEAM
Welcome to our final episode in the Tea with Mamamia series, where our editor Jamila Rizvi has a cup (or four) of Dilmah tea while getting to know some of Australia’s best and brightest celebrities.
Today Jamila sits down with Stella Young. Stella is a comedian, disability advocate and Editor of ABC’s Ramp Up website, the online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia.
The two of them talk about what it means to be a ‘Professional Stroppy Person’, chasing boys as teenagers (even when stairs get in the way) and how humour, social media and advocacy work together.
As expected there are some very funny moments – you may even learn some new uses for the pressure cooker. So make yourself a cuppa, sit back and take 5 minutes to enjoy the conversation between these two lovely ladies.
P.S How bangin’ is Stella’s orange lipstick? LOVE.
Here’s a transcript of Jamila and Stella’s chat:
Jam: Stella, thanks for having tea.
Stella: Thank you for offering me tea. I love tea. Tea is excellent.
Jam: Now you’re a disability advocate, a phrase we hear thrown around, what does it actually mean?
Stella: Being a disability advocate, I suppose, just means being stroppy about stuff that is not fair, and raising and discussing issues that affect people with disabilities I guess.