Oh wow. I think Candice just needs a hug. 😂 What do you think about her views? There is so much more ic could say on this topic. Would you like a part two? Are there any more aspects you would like me to chat upon?
Yes, part two. We need more Gems in this world to speak up for us. Although she clearly does not do it, the simple fact that she can stand up and pull the wedgy out of her a$$, shows how lucky she is.
I just can't get over the irony of being a woman of colour who has benefited from past campaigns for inclusivity saying she thinks inclusivity has gone too far. Should we go back to the days when wealthy white men held all the power and everyone else had no say? Ableism is just as prevalent as racism and people get away with it because it goes unchallenged. Oppression is oppression.
I’m a paraplegic mom of preschooler twins. When the twins were about 2 ish, we were watching a Disney Parks holiday special and in one part, there was a band playing and one of the band members was a wheelchair user. One of my littles excitedly grabbed the other one and started shouting, “look look! He’s in a wheelchair just like momma!!” Listen, *I* felt like a rockstar that day. My kids lit up brighter than any holiday display. It was pure joy. Representation matters!
The fact that she believes disabled people aren't the best people to model adaptive clothing FOR disabled people shows representation matters. She honestly believes disabled people can't be models, proving representation truly matters, so people don't hold such ableist views!
Most of the people can not help being disabled and what do people expect them to do give up on there dreams. what the hell is wrong with people, I lost my faith in humanity
@@lenidoesstuff69 they seem to forget they could always lose their ability to walk and other things they take for granted so so easy, i wonder how shed feel if she got into a bad car accident tomorrow and it became her reality
No she's not stupid she doesn't believe anything she's saying she says it for money. She's a prostitute she sells her soul for cash. Definition of prostitution except she's not doing something she hates because she needs to feed her children. It's about power it's not about stupidity and by saying what she did how many gazillion dollars did she make on that one episode? Sells every ounce of Integrity in her body for cash.
I remember seeing someone using a walking stick and wheelchair in the product pictures for a tights brand. It made me feel seen as someone who uses a walking stick most days and a wheelchair sometimes. It showed me that if i'm using a walking stick i can still wear fashionable clothes, and look fabulous, in a way i hadn't been show previously. Similar situation with seeing plus size models, it's amazing the impact it can have on your self image and self esteem!
Here whole “educate me” thing was just a cop out in case someone called her on her bullshit. So she can go “oh I said you can educate me, I didn’t know” as proven by her response video where she doubled down. I don’t think she even bothered to realize the underwear is made specifically for disabled people. It’s not just regular underwear being modeled on a disabled model (which is an entirely different argument) it’s underwear FOR disabled people and she either wants it not to exist at all, not to be advertised in public (keep our gross bodies in secret), or she wants able bodied models to show our adaptive products. Her whole rant about not everything being for you is so hypocritical. THE UNDERWEAR FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IS NOT FOR YOU CANDACE
The irony of this woman claiming she hates inclusion when it’s a huge part of the reason she’s successful as a black woman in America today is not lost.
But by her own standards she would be fine with a pale white kid modelling concealers made for black people, I presume? Anyone up for testing her on that?
I kind of agree with this. There are specific reasons I actively avoid people like her. They don’t add anything positive to my life. Not happiness, not peace, not inspiration. She doesn’t know I exist, so I just as soon go back to pretending like she doesn’t exist either.
She’s offended by inclusivity but has no concept of how 50 years ago ppl like her ( non white ) we’re experiencing as much exclusion as disabled ppl still do today
Well, that doesn’t affect her life today, so she doesn’t care. I think she is truly, profoundly selfish and only cares about what affects her life today and in the future. From the way she talks, sounds like she doesn’t even care about other black people.
Exactly what I was thinking. It's as if people of colour don't have disabilities too. Does that mean if she closes her eyes disabilities don't exist, nor do people require clothing because we have skin? Silly cow is so ignorant it must be bliss to be her.
I was young 50 years ago, white female (confused one at that!) But I noticed the lack of black girls in any ads, in TV and movies. I thought then, how women were represented only as beauty sticks and nothing else, but then I thought about black women having No representation at all. Thankfully all is changing. I want to see the animosity gone and we all live in equality and peace.
I have to say the first time I took my mobility scooter on an airplane for work. I came to TH-cam and the videos here helped me understand the process. It's scary doing these things for the first time and not knowing how things are going to go. So it was super helpful to see that. Also like you said disability is different for everyone and it's nice to see a popular company like Skims making under garments for people in wheelchairs. This woman is one that can't accept when she is wrong and her own ableism. This is sad because her behavior will not change until she accepts how she is acting instead of doubling down on her ableism.
@@sandramatras8345 i would not shocked... Shes like that with a few classes of people... I think she feels shes the only minority that deserves to be treated fairly
If she wants to prove she's not abelist she should do a week in the life of a handicapped person ( with pain simulators, wheelchair use 24/7, laxatives given to her without warning at random times etc...) and then, and maybe not even then (some of my issues are more a long term "wears you down" type of thing), could she even think of having an opinion on such matters ! Thank you Gem for being you and doing what you do, your videos have helped me so much! edit: this probably wouldn't help her much with internalized abelism, that's something that can take a lot longer (and that even disabled people can struggle with).... but it would at least make her more aware of some issues!
The thing is, candace can only hear one voice and that's her own because she's right all the time and were wrong. The woman lives in an echo chamber. This is evidenced by how she thinks the world revolves around her. The skims add was for us disabled folk not her yet were the ones encroaching on her gifts and space. She is pure ableism and i pray fellow disabled people arent too badly hurt by this. #DisabledAndProud #RepresentationMatters
She doesn’t care about our actual thoughts, opinions and lived experience. She was just pissing and moaning about something that she thought would get a lot of clicks and views for herself.
I think Candice is toxic and needs to take accountability for her terrible actions! The fact that she has been on the receiving end of discrimination due to her race but then feels it is absolutely fine to make discriminatory and derogatory comments about disabled people makes me feel physically sick. I would not wish my disability on anyone as it has made my life unbearable at times, but if that woman could experience it for one day, and the discomfort of non-adaptive clothing, maybe she should begin to realise just how wrong she is. I am not a fan of the whole cancel culture, but if anyone deserves to be cancelled, she does. I don’t even think an apology could sway me as I’d find it impossible to believe her after the way she has behaved and spoken about people who, because they’re different to her, apparently aren’t worthy of being treated with dignity, equality and respect… I could go on but the anger this causes me has given me palpitations again 🥺😩
That fact the Candace Owens has a voice means that there are a lot of people that share her "views". She is short sighted, obdurate, and unconscionable. Yet, people tune in. That is the scary part.
“Whatever your issue is, whether you are disabled or fat or black…” she actually said that. She think that being black is an issue. That’s her problem and she is projecting it to others.
Positive representation is absolutely important! I have schizophrenia and can only think of 2 instances where Hollywood portrayed people like me in a positive light: John Nash the mathematician and more recently the mother of Jean Luc Picard in Picard s2. All other times we are portrayed as the villains. Its bad, when "coming out" to friends and family I was asked by a few if I wanted to kill them as the only time theyve seen depictions of schizophrenia was by characters that are violent and homicidal. Ive never commited any crimes or tried to hurt anyone( except myself). In reality, Im a sunday school teacher who loves gardening and the outdoors
It's ironic how Candice seems to be annoyed about advertising for that is not for, and does not "include", her. Not everything has to be for everybody, Candice.
Representation matters more than most things in most people's lives. It can mean the difference between life and death, no exaggeration. As another disabled parent it's wonderful to watch your videos, your generous sharing of your family time and activities. My daughter is 8 and has only ever known me be disabled. She has actively chosen dolls with wheelchairs in shops. Representation MATTERS. Her friends will have seen dolls with wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, hearing aids, skin conditions, cochlear implants etc. These all exist and are available through mainstream retailers. The conversation will be different when she is a teen, SO different than when I was a teen. I didn't become a wheelchair user until I was about 30. Candice's assumptions that we have no talent or do not work!! Not everyone can work, disabled or not that's true. But many of us do! I own my own Art and Design business after being retired from a clinical job in the NHS 15 years ago. I still work my ass off! Thank you for all you do! It means a great deal!!
I like watching "the last leg" TV show... I really helps to open the eyes of non-disabled people to the problems of people with disabilities, as well as showing how given the opportunities people with disabilities can succeed in all walks of life... These types of ad campaigns are good for everyone
I'm disabled but I'm also shit hot at Excel, that should be the main attribute noticed when managers work with me or interview me but it's not. It's representation of disabled people being seen doing normal things that will help to fix this.
I had a teacher colleague who asked me how I could control or discipline students from a wheelchair. I replied that one strategy was to tell my students that they had to remain seated because I have to remain seated. He looked dubious but students always laughed and felt that it was a reasonable requirement. Others were angry that I couldn't take more than 40 students in each class because then I couldn't move around the classroom in my chair. (Though national guidelines for science classes said classes should be 18-20 with absolutely no more than 25. How does anyone safely do labs with 44-48 students?!)
Omg, I've experienced this. I use crutches on a "good day", and a rollator or wheelchair on a bad day. This is a result of breaking my back and suffering spinal damage. I also have autoimmune conditions- psoriatic arthritis(which attacks the joints and spine), crohn's disease, plus fibromyalgia and a host of other health issues. The spine injury left me with no sensation in the saddle/genital area, no control of my bladder and bowel, so I new have to wear incontinence pads, and I can't tell when anything is passing, which has led to a lot of embarrassing situations. 😢 I've had several job interviews, but as soon as I meet with the interviewers, their first impression is no longer what's on my CV/résumé, nor how professionally I'm dressed. The first thing they see is my crutches. There's so many interviews that I can tell turn into simple "box ticking" exercises because the potential employers lose interest when asking questions etc. As it stands (or not so much physical standing), I can't work now. I fell down all the stairs in my house, in November, which caused more spinal damage, and I can't even sit on my bed without pain. Sorry for the long post.
Candace Owens is so annoying. She spouts off statements about things she has no understanding about, and she treats her opinions as fact. She says she "wants to be educated" but she really just wants to be relevant in any way possible
Candace really never cared about being rude or cruel. She wants views and money, and she is used to getting both from a certain audience. She never apologized because she never really cared about hurting disabled people. She is wrong, she has been proven wrong, but she just doesn't have an open mind. I think she actually needs to approach this with an open mind, learn how she was wrong and how it hurt people, and then make a genuine apology if she really wants to grow as a better person. If not, then she should at least stop making more videos on disability all together. And you have absolutely inspired people Gem. I decided to do a Disney trip with my kids and husband because of your disney videos. It meant so much to me to be able to take my kids on a core memory trip that I could fully participate in at a time I could only be in bed or a powerchair because of my chronic illness. It helped me and my family so much to be able to do a big family trip that was accessible for me. It helped me feel like a capable, loving mom. We are doing another one to universal because it went so well. Thank you for being the representation and inspiration we need.
I heard about this thanks to Footless Jo on TH-cam, I'm a chronic illness sufferer who has mobility and IBD issues and I was so annoyed by her and everything she said....I watched both videos and grrrrrr!!!! I get excited when I see people in TV who are in adverts and in programmes who represent not just me, but also wheelchair users and disabled people. Etsy, M&S, Matalan (I think??) have started to use disabled models in their TV ads, it's exciting but women like her knock the wind, and dreams out of those who are disabled who aren't represented and would like to go into areas of modelling or acting!! If your disabled and able, and you have dreams to go into acting/modelling good luck to you!! Cbeebies has a host with downs syndrome, a few years ago a presenter with only one arm. It's great to see representation....we could do with more!! And Candace won't ever admit she's wrong, because she's an idiot who will never admit she is wrong!!!
Hey Just wanted to say as someone who has been using a chair more full time over the last year, it does get easier and the wheelchair means you can get out and enjoy the world and not be stuck at home. this is aways a great place to come as ask advice for I have learnt so much from Gem and others made me feel I am not alone
Hello Gem, never heard of Candice until recently. I think Candice needs to realise that no-one is immune from becoming disabled and that whilst disability changes your life and makes things harder it does not change who you are as a person.
WHAT. I’m not even physically disabled and I’m gobsmacked 😮. I’m with you Gem. This is the first I’m hearing about this Candice and I’m appalled. It also dives me nuts that not only clothing isn’t completely inclusive for wheelchairs but also many clothing for petite isn’t actually petite as it doesn’t fit those 5foot and under. E.g. I was looking at a clothing brand catalogue and I came across some dresses & they said comes in petite. So I took a look and they were only 8cm shorter than the regular dress. Also when I checked against myself the measurements it was way too long. The dresses should have been 20 cm shorter. For petite wheelchair users it must be even harder. I DEFINITELY think we need a LOT more inclusivity for different people.
Yes, this woman Candice is so fu .g narcissistic and discriminatory. People should be fired! For what!? Black, fat, disabled people don't need clothes? I also get the petite problem. At 5' even petite clothes are hard to find. If you are slightly overweight it's worse. Hence now own a sewing machine with features I need and an overlocker just to alter clothes. Not a WC user so was unaware of underwear issues. But can see the point of adaptive clothing for them. Also good for musculoskeletal issues of various sorts, not just HEDS.
The petite clothing yes! Listen designers, we're like T-Rexes but with short legs instead. The amount of times I walk into a store and I'm out in like 5 minutes because all the pants they had were too long. When I do find something, I hang on to that thing until it literally falls apart. Finding pants is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Also, women's clothing sizes needs to be the same across the board. You can go to 5 different stores and look at all their pants in one size. Even though they're supposed to be all the same size, they vary wildly. I wear anywhere from a 10 to a 14 because companies make their clothing so differently. Whereas men wear like one size through all clothing brands.
@@ellerj641 I have to get all my trousers from M&S. so far they are the only clothing brand Iv sound that make short trousers that actually fir me. I’m 4 foot 11. Iv bought the off trousers a couple of times from other places but never gone back to them. They weren’t consistent. But M&S seem to make short trousers that actually are short. Definitely recommend them to anyone petite looking for trousers. I too tear my trousers till they are worn out. As for other clothes I have only ever found 1 long skirt I like that actually fit me (& didn’t drag on the ground). As for long dresses I cannot find ANY. Even the petite ones are about 10cm too long. Clothing brands only seem to take 8-10cm off and call it petite. But when it comes to long dresses & skirts we need 20cm shorter if you are anyone 5 foot or shorter. Why do manufacturers not get this. Stop calling something petite if it cannot fit someone 5foot or shorter. They seem to think well 5foot 2 is petite so we’ll make it for them but that’s not good enough.
I can't quite think of a single word to describe how I feel just now. I'm wheelchair bound and go through the nightmare of clothes that fit perfect in standing position but tight as hell when seated. ( yes i can stand. Still have one leg, no prophetic. So have to go with baggy clothes that look great when sitting. I hate it. My undies arnt the lovely lacy type I used before. Comfort has to come first. And a bra that has straps to stay in place when pushing chair.. Sewn elastic across back. Works but depressing. Found some words.... how dare she... I wonder how she feels for the more voluptuous ladies that may have the same kind of problems. Not one size fits all. Continue the ranting please. Its doing me good.
Without inclusivity, where would a black woman in America be? It's sad, Candice, is the black Tucker Carlson. Taking pride in ignorance says so much about a person.
Trying on underwear is o hard because you can't just try them on in stores...even harder when you have no legs and you pray that the underwear actually stays on. 😅 Adaptive clothing is crucial for every BODY.
I don't normally advocate violence, but something that broke several bones, put her in hospital for six months and left her with a disability and led to weight gain might just do it.
The person behind the advertisement campaign should be given a round of applause for their ability to see all people and then show to the world. As you say disability can happen to anyone at anytime. This attitude makes me beyond furious. I am exhausted trying to find front fastening bras to the point I now seldom go out as only 1 bra that fits costs so much money to purchase and to get shipped to UK therefore I do not want to over use it. I already feel invisible been told my medical staff "well would you want us to actively treat you" I feel I have no value so watching this woman compounds those feelings as that is 1 person vocalising her thoughts how many other folk are thinking them when they see me that's if they see me.
Inclusive - I was booked onto a coach holiday, with a group who have Learning Disabilities. I teach them Arts and Crafts. I am a wheelchair user 24/7. In the next two weeks, I'm to train with a successor dog (Assistance Dog). Now, I'm not allowed on the coach with my Assistance Dog. Because last year a blind person took their Guide Dog with them and someone on the coach were allergic to dogs and it made them ill. Hence, I won't be going on holiday this year with my students who are my friends. I know the coach owners can't stop me taking my furbaby, but the hastle would just make me ill. Candice just doesn't know what she's talking about - I think all those people who follow her who think she's wrong - unsubscribe!!!!!! Show your support for the disabled! Please? xxxx
She hates everyone, not just disabled people, I come across critiques of her views in many areas. She communicated her birth story in a medically dangerous fashion and also refused to be educated.
And then there was a video on Daily Dose of Internet showing a man yelling at a disabled woman because she stood and put her wheelchair together and people in the comments were saying that because 'some people fake being disabled' this man did nothing wrong. Makes my blood boil! How can people be so blind to another human being's humanity? Edit: absolutely brilliant video, btw. Imagine getting upset about seeing a minority represented in an advertisement...
When I was in high school and college me (wheelchair user) and my wheelchair user friend went out a lot in her car. She stood up to put both of our wheelchairs in her car. I can’t stand up. I don’t ever remember being harassed for this, but if we had been, that would have been incredibly scary sitting in her car without my wheelchair. I don’t know what has triggered such a problem with the Ableds trying to prove us as fakes, but that situation has gotten a lot worse and scary. The ableds need to take several chill pills.
How bloody arrogant and selfish do you have to be to think you know all about someone's possibly complex medical issues without medical training, simply by looking at them?!
@@punky19761 I have been a paraplegic since the 90s. I have been bullied in school - kicked so hard I nearly tipped sideways. I have been harassed by cops for parking in accessible parking spots, and I absolutely mean harassed. In one instances, she ran at me, in uniform, shouting at me as I was pulling into the spot. She gave me no time to explain or even reach to get my chair or my placard. Whats more is it was pretty damn obvious that I am a wheelchair user. I had a toll permit visibly displayed on the windshield. My brightly colored wheelchair was sitting next to me in the passenger seat, and my placard was on my dash ready to be hung. I have also been accused by theme park workers, including one really upsetting experience at Disney World, of faking my disability. And the. There was the time that I was lectured by a toll permit worker for using my toll permit. She accused me of using someone else’s permit as I could clearly not be disabled. I explained that I was a paraplegic and pointed out that I was driving with bloody hand controls. She scoffed and told me she was reporting me. Then there’s the abled who don’t believe we’re capable of anything because we’re disabled. I can’t even count how many people feel the need to comment on my decision to have children as a disabled person. Not surprisingly many of these unwanted opinions have come from medical personnel. It’s super fun just like existing as a disabled person.
Wow I have just this video and to me it really shows how ignorant this woman is. Why is she so offended about people modelling in wheelchairs. I don't use a wheelchair, but I do have mobility issues which greatly affects my ability to walk properly and hence I use a walking stick and have a disability parking permit. Even when I was fully able bodied, I never understood why people were so unsympathetic towards disabled people, but since having my waking difficulties I have become much more aware of the disadvantages that disabled people face. When I go out I often notice the lack of accessible parking and/or lack of accessible toilets in cafes and restaurants. I can manage without an accessible toilet, but anyone in a wheelchair could not. To me this is so wrong and businesses should be making a lot more effort to have accessible toilets as a lot of them do not. And quite often even those businesses that do have accessible toilets, often use them to store things in which defeats the purpose of what they are supposed to be used for. I think as a society there is a lot more that needs to be done to make things more inclusive for disabled people. Even for someone like me I have to ask for some help sometimes. For example anytime I book accommodation I have to ask for a walk in shower as I cannot use a shower over the bath as it is too dangerous for me. Whilst most people understand the issue, I have had some people say they can't guarantee my request as it is up to the hotel to decide. Like this is a safety issue, not a request for a bottle of champagne. I also check that if the hotel has a swimming pool that it has a pool ladder or safety rail that I can use to get into the pool. A lot of hotels do not even have these basic safety features. As for people in wheelchairs there does not seem to many hotels that have ramps or hoists that people can use to get into pools which is not good. When on holidays recently I noticed that a lot of tours specifically said they were not wheelchair accessible. And even in my case some of the bus companies did not have the ability to lower the step so I could easily get on and off the bus and I had to ask a couple of people to help me down. In short we definitely live in a society which very much caters to fully able bodied people only.
What I find ironic here is that she also benefits from representation in the media ie. Diversity in skin colours shown on screen, in ads. And yet she is upset about another minority group's representation... make that make sense! There are most certainly white people making comments on black models and film stars saying exactly what she is saying about the disabled community and she would probably be upset and defend why representation matters. It's ludicrous!
I have so many complicated thoughts after watching this video. 1) Disabled people deserve comfortable underwear that is made for our individual needs. 2)Representation is VERY important, especially for an often overlooked minority! Growing representation effects not only how I see myself, but how others see and treat me. As it has grown, so has opportunities for life that I never dreamt I could have. 3)Candace seems like a very bitter but narcissistic woman who can't imagine anyone would need or want something she herself doesn't value.
It was the 'apology' video that was worse, it was 5 minutes of Candace crying 'poor me', and 30 seconds tacked on to the end where she admitted that she did not realize it was clothing designed for wheelchair users All while wearing designer clothing that probably costs $000's , but was likely given to her
Unfortunately, no. She has straight up said that she thinks society will be better if trans people are discriminated against more, promoted Islamaphobic and racist conspiracy theories, and much more. Never got arrested for them either. She's a vile person who is in a priveladged enough position that she can just continue to spew her vile nonsense with next to no repercussions.
Admittedly I have not seen the original content, and I have no intention to, but yours is not the first reaction I've seen to it. I agree with you so much. I swear it's like non-disabled people would still just put us out of sight if they could. Thankfully more and more of us are claiming the autonomy we deserve. And yes, representation matters so much. As an ambulatory wheelchair user I would still be struggling my way through life without any mobility aids, just biting through the pain or crashing and being stuck in bed when I can't anymore, when I can now be active all day. And it's mostly people in person and on social media who have been that representation for me. I know of so little good representation in conventional media!
Yes, part two!!! You’ve done a fantastic job reporting this. I don’t understand people, how can she not see the cruelty of her words 💔 When we were in DisneyWorld, I believe it was in Epcot, they had a model in a wheelchair, in the front window!!! I cried I was so happy, my girls took a photo shoot of me and my new mannequin friend 😊yes I did buy the outfit she was wearing!!!💕💕💕
When I get mocked for some of my health issues I sarcastically say, that's right, make fun of the disabled person?, usually humbles people or at least make them more self aware.
If someone said ‘I don’t see why we need black/aisian/other people represented’ or ‘I don’t see why we need women represented’ that is generally considered a not ok. I mean personally when I use my chair I like to go around naked, shopping? Naked. Big event? NAKED!
I am glad I ran across this video. I heard C. Owens talk & didn't really think much about it but now listening to you it has made me think. I don't have anyone in my world who was physically disabled. I remember growing up & I had a quite confused unhappy teenage life as a girl. I remember there weren't any female doctors or dentists my good parents took me too. My teachers were all female then at University suddenly they are all male. (Paid so so much more than the younger graded students teachers) No female pilots, no female lawyers, and the REPRESENTATION in TV and movies showed me (as a female) as incapable of anything, emotional, unintelligent, weak. Now all that has changed! Young girls now have women everywhere REPRESENTED. So you have really opened my mind and whay a massive difference that makes! I can see How much anyone with any disability will be inspired by the achievements of others like themselves. Thank You so much for this video, also you were not at all "hateful" to C. Owens, this has enriched me.
I wonder if she realizes she's probably bought something from a business that is owned and operated by a disabled person? Do you think she realizes we had a President who was a wheelchair user? Franklin D. Roosevelt.
I've been in a wheelchair for 22 years now, it took me 20 years to come to terms with it, with people like her, can set me back 10 years, I started gardening when I moved, and posting my garden videos on here, now I'm confused shouldn't I garden because I'm disabled?
@@TriRacialAmericana Because if that what she think, who know what other people think, as you know when when we go into shops with friend or family when ask for advice, shop keeps always reply to our able body friends and family, maybe they think like her, I am just sick of people like her, and maybe if spent a few weeks in a wheelchair, they might understand but the likes of her, she hasn't got the brain power to understand anything, or is that wrong of me to say?
@Transformers are coming for your kids because it's tough. I'm disabled after a coma and it really effs with your head sometimes, which leaves you open to the negativity of othere
@@punky19761 litterally.... I'm in LGBT+ and I'm neurodivergent with a chronic illness, I ask for jus one ounce of representation n they lose their minds. 💀
First I am not physically disabled but having taken care of my late grandmother who used a wheelchair for the better part if a decade. So many in the public forget they are there. In the USA the handicap stalls are at the back of the bathroom with those stupid 90 turns so there is no need for a door. Ramps are made to steep, or people just move her wheelchair out of the way while she's in it. I hope more representation allows us to have this conversation because disability are something anyone can get. As for Candace she does this type of outrage all the time as she's entitled and has an agenda against those who push for a more inclusive world.
If she really did want to understand she would have already reached out to disabled people and be fully aware that YES a lot of us do actually like when we see people like us represented in the media. We're a part of the world too and the more we're seen by other people the more included we are in society. But she is self centered and doesn't care to be educated from people outside of her own bubble, so why would she understand?
My story on how representation helped me. As a kid, I was absolutely petrified by the thought of getting into some sort of accident that took away my ability to walk or draw. Losing a limb or being paralyzed with something TV always like to show as such a negative thing, and my anxiety took that and ran with it. That is until one day an individual with a prosthetic leg came in to my children's youth group and showed off her different limbs and talked about what it was like being a prosthetic leg user. That moment I realized that being disabled and needing to use ambulatory devices like a wheelchair, prosthetic, limb, or anything like that didn't mean, my life and art would end. Just that I would have new ways of getting around. As a teenager, my hyper mobile limbs experienced one of their first of many bad injuries. From that point onwards, I became a part-time to full-time Cane wielder and Knee brace wearer. I would do what I can to protect my knees well also trying not to miss you. The ambulatory devices that I had available to me. Some days this was harder than others due to discrimination and people thinking that I couldn't possibly be meeting assistive devices like store, wheelchairs, or even seeds to sit down in because "I was young, too young to be disabled." This would make me super nervous and using any form of assistance that I absolutely needed to be using. But seeing others online telling their stories of being disabled, whether it be blind, cane, wheelchair user, or prosthetic limb helps me feel better about myself and my needs. Now I am wheelchair user finally getting the treatment. I've been so desperately needing and I don't feel scared or upset about this fact. I feel excited that I now can go about my day without calculating how much pain something was going to leave me in afterwards. The pain is still there, but with the combination of the chair and my cane I can keep it at a level that allows me to get the closest I have in a while to comfortable sleep at night while still allowing me to be free to do all the things I haven't been able to.
I'm disabled but not in a wheelchair and seeing this makes me so mad! I don't know how this woman has so many followers! At least people are seeing her true colors.
I have tourettes, so I have had good and bad experiences with representation. The ONLY bad thing I have had with representation is people like Candace who are ignorant and those who fake/people who accuse of faking. I have a situation with my tics (and I know on other channels or sites people will say this is fake because they saw a tourettes video and now apparently know everything) but my tics cause my knees to buckles, my muscles in my hands and feet to clam up or my back to tilt backwards so much i fall. For a year I was putting myself in a dangerous situation because I had no mobility aid. I searched up online tics causing falls (and other ways of saying that) there was NOTHING online for quite a while for that. Now i can find 3 different blogs about it. But the internet did not mention that so my imposter syndrome got in the way. After getting told to get a wheelchair from my doctor (which i didn't straight away) i fell in the middle of the road and after then got a wheelchair. Funny thing is the first day I left the house in my wheelchair, a lady came up to me and asked where i got mine because her son got a wheelchair and the caster wheels were bad. She told me the reason her son was in a wheelchair was because he has tourettes. I felt so validated from the conversation because someone else had the same problem. Through a support group found out many people with tourettes (in that group chat) have used wheelchairs. THIS is why representation matters. (there is so much I could rant about how the lack of representation on tourettes specifically is reducing the support i can get but yes) hopefully those people can educate themselves because it matters.
Heck yes, and PLEASE try "normal" clothes sitting for a month and tell me they fits. Bugger me, but clothes made for someone that can stand up, rearrange a crease and then take a short stroll before sitting down again can really be uncomfy if you are sitting down your entire wakin time of the day!
Double leg amputee here. YES we need more disabled models. We need more disabled people in policy making in government. Seeing other leg amputees thrive and live normal life, inspired me to continue to improve my own life.
WOW!!! As you said anyone can join at anytime. I did 5yrs ago and would be completely lost and quite possibly not here now if there wasn't all this inclusivity and awareness. Sorry but totally failing to see exactly what her talent is and have no interest in finding out because you know what, she really does not matter, are you listening world? What a sad selfish, arrogant and ignorant individual.
I honestly think Candace takes this sort of stance to get ratings and followers. The people who agree with her are not well imho. Who knows what she actually believes, but her ego drives her to be hurtful to so many people in exchange for her fame. I wish she would just stop talking honestly, but I don’t see that happening. Thank you Gem for standing with the disabled community and for representation! You are so inspiring!! ❤
thank you for doing this video I was really hoping that you would! I have CP and I was so angry at this whole thing she has no freaking idea and she is just so ignorant I just can't with her! I never liked her but now she just makes me sick! Love you Gem! and would love a part two!!
Candice seems to always spew hate and intolerance. She seems sincere in her beliefs, but I think she makes money and gains fame by getting publicity while being mean to others.
I'm not in a wheelchair (anymore) but I am disabled but WOW!! I USED TO like C.O, but I'll not be watching any of her videos anymore. Just gonna go ahead and unsubscribe from her YT channel right now. I'm only one person and I know unsubscribing won't make a difference but there is no way in hell I'll support someone's channel or watch their videos if they say that kind of shit and are so damn adamant about it, in a very rude way as well. This is going to sound terrible and I do not mean to offend ANYONE but her, buuuut that really made her seem like a Disability Hitler. I hope that video of hers comes back to bite her in the ass. Ableist and blatantly rude. Thank you for sharing this video, much appreciated. ^_^
Sorry, Candy-Wandy Doo Dah, neither is going away. Disabled people need underwear, and cars, and groceries and whatever- and while I have an “invisible disability”- I like seeing people like me existing and being in public and buying what they need. And being represented.
Hi Gem! I'm very shocked by this and I thought that Candice was for ALL people but I guess not. I'm sadden that she wasn't educated in this matter. She should apologize with the remarks she made. I'm a wheelchair user too, I wear clothes that will fit me and make things easier for me to move around in and such. I mostly wear leggings and nice tops. Everyone is different. I watch your videos all the time and you're such a big inspiration to everyone who follows you. Keep up the amazing work you do!
I'd really like to ask Candace exactly what it is that makes someone in a wheelchair unqualified to be a model? And also what happens to someone's 'gift for being a model' if they're injured in an accident and become a wheelchair user? Does all their modelling experience up to that point just evaporate? I really don't think she knows what abelism is tbh.
thanks for the video Gem great job as always. just a shame it was about such a poor subject, I really can't believe what she has said. its just shocking really,
Everyone deserves to be represented. I am not a wheelchair user, but I can understand them wanting to see clothing model on people that uses a wheelchair or walking aid. As a plus size person it drive me nuts that clothing company sale larger size, but rarely use plus size models to advertise the clothing, how are we supposed to know what the dress, shirt, pants, bra or underwear look like on a plus size person when only show on models that are size zero through nine. The some goes for wheelchair users they need to see the clothing on model that use wheelchairs everyday to give them an idea on what the clothing will look like on them.
My husband is disabled, not in a wheelchair, but he is legally blind, and this infuriates me how inconsiderate and really vile Candace was being to the fact she was seeing a disabled model. If she's really spitting out about what God would think about disabled people, maybe she should go back to the part of the bible where it says to love. Cause clearly she missed that part! How absolutely volatile of her to be so clearly upset because an underrepresented group of people are getting the representation they need. Shame on her!
A lot of the time, the people who shouldn't have a large platform, tend to have the biggest and the people who need to have their voices heard, no asks for their opinion
I can’t stand Candace for many reasons but hearing this as a disabled person was really the last straw. I don’t wish her any harm but only if she were to become disabled do I think she might finally understand. I used to be somewhat like her, hard right-wing and didn’t understand the point of representation. I hope she can find the path I did and come to the realization that it’s so needed.
I lost all respect for her when she said those things… as a new wheelchair user my eyes opened really quick how some people look at a wheelchair user… I did not back Candace up for anything she said 😂😂😂😂
Candace Owens needs to go away, like seriously. She's really embarrassing herself further than she really should. Candace Owensis a different type of infuriating.
She is almost playing that dangerous game of tempting fate and karma being like that - U know like if U take a sick day lying saying U have gastro and then as tho Karna is setting U straight U really get gastro? Pride goes before lessons life might want to teach in my experience
I’d like to say that the comments about fashion are a pointless drain on society and that the people who comment on it… but being new to the wheelie world, I now realize how different clothing (and accessories) need to be to be useful for someone like me. And sadly sitting an able-bodied man in a wheelchair is t going to show it since they can get dressed with a different gravity interacting with them for instance. For example when I dress I can’t get a shirt to stay tucked in to save my life which is really frustrating. And I hate after a while feeling the fabric bunched behind me especially after cathing!
I’ve been thankful to model (in my wheelchair and iV port out) with my friends brand Double Solid designed to bring mental health awareness. She’s also has a man with cerebral palsy and his service dog model. We’ve “walked” the runway even. It’s a small business but it starts somewhere!
I ended up blocking Candice from any of her videos showing up after she made homophobic commentary. Hate that she just hates everyone that doesn’t fit the “norm”.
I'm not American, but that Candice lady seems to fail to understand that THE WORLD DOES NOT BELONG TO HER. Like seriously, how can someone be this egocentric??? The world IS FOR EVERYONE! Like seriously, what's wrong with her.
I’ve been disabled my entire life & have never needed an advertisement or photo to pick my underwear 😂 the times I’ve acted or modeled I was already on set working alongside able bodied crews in Hollywood. Good for the models who show up & get the jobs alongside everyone else.
I’ve seen quite a lot of Candice Owens work and mainly been reasonably impressed by her, I’ve been meaning to subscribe to her channel but now? Umm, I’m going to have to think about that but first when I get a moment I’m going to seek out that particular recording, read the comments and act according to my reaction to those things. Atm I’m less than impressed and that’s an understatement! 🤬
OMG and she is representing a bully! I really think an apology wouldn't be enough since she doubled down on her ideas that inclusiveness is "stupid". I honestly feel that she shouldn't be in a position where other's are able to look up to her. Nothing she said was further from the truth. When I was injured I had no idea about adaptive clothing and I was only injured in 2016. I am from a rural area where I didn't even know anyone in a wheelchair and I am still trying to value my life. Seeing disabled asjust another person living life would have gone a long way to help so many. Mentally it would help. I think she needs to be stopped and educated that the disabled can do things
@@Wheelsnoheels The same people who love Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson, are also Candice Owen fans. It's a shame so many Americans really love them. They are some of the most hateful, gun toting people here in the US. Owen's doesn't see that she is black and that if the far right-winged white men had their way, she'd still be a slave.
I find it ironic how a woman of colour hasn’t made the connection about not being seen and represented as its only a generation or two ago that being a woman and a person of colour might have seen her have to fight for equality, to have a voice, to have the right to have her humanity regarded and respected. These are the very things that we as disabled people, I am paralysed from the waist down, have been fighting for just as long if not longer to achieve. I wish I could say that seeing this kind of thing in 2023 is shocking, but in my experience this is still going on. I am shocked that she used the internet to express her self in this matter. You would think that in the world that we live in now that she would have been a little more internet savvy. If there is any justice she will crawl back in to the cave from which she appeared soon enough. Let’s hope she never has to go through anything like the challenges that disabled people have to endure. On a positive note I have to say fair play to Ms Applegate. As ever thank you for your video. I look forward to the next one.
I don’t look good in that underwear sitting down. I probably did to someone when I was walking. But she needs to be forced to disrobe and redress herself from a seated position in a wheelchair with the idea that she has the same function as a quad paw does, to truly see how hard it is. I remember when I destroyed my left shoulder and arm. I had the most difficult time putting a bra on all I had was 1 arm for 2 years. I wore backless shirts and tank tops basically they tied behind the back and I left them untied. Sadly, people like Mrs. Owens will never understand what it’s like to be disabled, or do not feel included in something as simple as clothing, heaven help her if she ever had to deal with life as a wheelchair user and had to learn how to drive with hand controls. When shoe is on the other foot she’ll be singing a different tune. What goes around comes around.
I hid my disability for years and such. I hope people do get to be in society. That is not my experience but a naive dream, I think. Truly, I prefer to be invisible than to have to explain everything over and over again. No, I do not have magical powers, and I'm not Einstein either. The dumber I am doesn't make people smart either. Another problem is it deals with heavy abuse and dehumanization, which will, although it happens more than you would think, lead to some champion of agony that sucks them back into more suffering. Then I get hit with the middle class/spoiled girl attack. We had a lot of problems at one point. We have my inspiring anteaters, never forget them. Being told these things is annoying. I'm trying to leave some things to karma. They simply will not understand. I used to lie a lot about my past, but naughty, naughty. Never tell a lie, even though "Lying Is the Best part." Panic at the Disco. Purity of thought is even more fun. You've got to love all of us falling onto disability and making it so that we can't comprehend as well while wandering in the ghetto and other places. No more using us to bypass laws either.
I did know of Candice, and often agreed with many of her viewpoints. However, she most certainly made me angry with this. I am in a wheelchair, and have been for the last 5 years, from a progressive, neurological illness. I’m a bit older than you are at age 60. Like you, I agree we need representation. We need to be seen. The part that really fried me was when she said “we don’t need that in our face”. What is “that” that she doesn’t need in her face? Disabled people? So, what if she bumps into me shopping, running errands, going out to eat, going to the theater? What will she do seeing me at work? Or at the beach, or on vacation? Will seeing “that” just ruin her day? There was nothing wrong with that woman’s modeling abilities. She did a fine job. Why then, was this mocked as a “participation trophy”? Is Candice truly unable to grasp that people in wheelchairs have plenty of talent, intelligence, and gifts? Does she figure that once disabled we lose all talent, all gifts, and all ability to think? We should just all sit at home and wait to die. Don’t let “that” be in anyone’s face
If you've never around people who have disabilities you have no awareness of their lives and some have no compassion an mocking is a classic sign SHAME Candace
Hey, im fairly new to your channel, hopefully its not wierd that im enjoying your videos but im not a wheelchair user myself, although i suffer badly with my back with pain and weakness due to sciatica im waiting for a physio appointment and im struggling alot with standing for a long time or walking alot, im considering crutches as a support as im off on a holiday in 2 weeks and know il struggle with the amount of walking/standing il be doing, but it really upset me when i bought my crutches and they arrived, i was unboxing them to get a comment from my husband saying oh are you serious !! Thats really upset me and knocked my confidence to the point i now do not want to use them 😢😢 Im considered able bodied and always been ok until the last 6 months so im guessing i would get alot of judgment if i used the crutches but still !! But anyway regardless of your disability i just love your personality and you guys as a family, your positivity is lovely :) xx
Now what can i say about this. That has a disabled person we have to be grateful for what we get. We are not to be included in society. Now watching that so called apologise (loosely meant) it means that she still does not understand what the whole idea of being included means. Yes Skims have done underwear for a disabled person in a wheelchair and for other disabled people so why cant a disabled person model them. It is no good an able bodied person who stands up models them, it might not work on a disabled person. She would be shouting from the rooftops if the boot was on the other foot. Does she not understand that disabled people work. I am an amputee and work full time for the NHS. Does she not see disabled actors contributing to society as well. For example R J Mitte who is american and suffers from Cereberal Palsy who was in Breaking Bad and that is one example. Stephen Hawking who was a brilliant physicist (sadly passed away) did he not contribute to society. I could carry on but i will leave it at that. Even a company like Snag who i buy my tights from and other items always included models who are disabled both in wheelchairs, prosthetic leg, walking sticks. I even sent them a picture of me wearing my capri tights with my prosthetic leg on and they used it.
Oh wow. I think Candice just needs a hug. 😂
What do you think about her views?
There is so much more ic could say on this topic. Would you like a part two? Are there any more aspects you would like me to chat upon?
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I would love a part 2!!
Yes, part two. We need more Gems in this world to speak up for us. Although she clearly does not do it, the simple fact that she can stand up and pull the wedgy out of her a$$, shows how lucky she is.
She is a terrible person I don't say this often but she's beyond repair. No hug will help this lady!
I just can't get over the irony of being a woman of colour who has benefited from past campaigns for inclusivity saying she thinks inclusivity has gone too far. Should we go back to the days when wealthy white men held all the power and everyone else had no say? Ableism is just as prevalent as racism and people get away with it because it goes unchallenged. Oppression is oppression.
I’m a paraplegic mom of preschooler twins. When the twins were about 2 ish, we were watching a Disney Parks holiday special and in one part, there was a band playing and one of the band members was a wheelchair user. One of my littles excitedly grabbed the other one and started shouting, “look look! He’s in a wheelchair just like momma!!” Listen, *I* felt like a rockstar that day. My kids lit up brighter than any holiday display. It was pure joy. Representation matters!
That's so sweet!
Aww!!
The fact that she believes disabled people aren't the best people to model adaptive clothing FOR disabled people shows representation matters. She honestly believes disabled people can't be models, proving representation truly matters, so people don't hold such ableist views!
Most of the people can not help being disabled and what do people expect them to do give up on there dreams. what the hell is wrong with people, I lost my faith in humanity
@@lenidoesstuff69 they seem to forget they could always lose their ability to walk and other things they take for granted so so easy, i wonder how shed feel if she got into a bad car accident tomorrow and it became her reality
@@nope19568 I know it can become anyone's reality
@@lenidoesstuff69 i was agreeing with you, i was referring to people like candace
No she's not stupid she doesn't believe anything she's saying she says it for money. She's a prostitute she sells her soul for cash. Definition of prostitution except she's not doing something she hates because she needs to feed her children. It's about power it's not about stupidity and by saying what she did how many gazillion dollars did she make on that one episode? Sells every ounce of Integrity in her body for cash.
Well. Poor her, getting tired of it. How privileged can she get? I was going to rant on, but you did a beautiful job.
Ditto! Gem did a healthy rant.
They don't want to have to think about their privileges. Just keep those icky people with disabilities away from her 😂
I remember seeing someone using a walking stick and wheelchair in the product pictures for a tights brand. It made me feel seen as someone who uses a walking stick most days and a wheelchair sometimes. It showed me that if i'm using a walking stick i can still wear fashionable clothes, and look fabulous, in a way i hadn't been show previously. Similar situation with seeing plus size models, it's amazing the impact it can have on your self image and self esteem!
Was that snag tights by any chance ? They are fab
@@alexishazlehurst4580literally snag made me cry when they did this 😂❤
Here whole “educate me” thing was just a cop out in case someone called her on her bullshit. So she can go “oh I said you can educate me, I didn’t know” as proven by her response video where she doubled down.
I don’t think she even bothered to realize the underwear is made specifically for disabled people. It’s not just regular underwear being modeled on a disabled model (which is an entirely different argument) it’s underwear FOR disabled people and she either wants it not to exist at all, not to be advertised in public (keep our gross bodies in secret), or she wants able bodied models to show our adaptive products.
Her whole rant about not everything being for you is so hypocritical. THE UNDERWEAR FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IS NOT FOR YOU CANDACE
The irony of this woman claiming she hates inclusion when it’s a huge part of the reason she’s successful as a black woman in America today is not lost.
Exactly what tried to say( you did it better) ❤
100%, and the irony is completely lost on her!
But by her own standards she would be fine with a pale white kid modelling concealers made for black people, I presume? Anyone up for testing her on that?
No, I don't want a part two. I never want to see or hear Candice Owens again!
I kind of agree with this. There are specific reasons I actively avoid people like her. They don’t add anything positive to my life. Not happiness, not peace, not inspiration. She doesn’t know I exist, so I just as soon go back to pretending like she doesn’t exist either.
She’s offended by inclusivity but has no concept of how 50 years ago ppl like her ( non white ) we’re experiencing as much exclusion as disabled ppl still do today
Well, that doesn’t affect her life today, so she doesn’t care. I think she is truly, profoundly selfish and only cares about what affects her life today and in the future. From the way she talks, sounds like she doesn’t even care about other black people.
@@punky19761 she doesn’t. She is a Republican.
Exactly what I was thinking. It's as if people of colour don't have disabilities too. Does that mean if she closes her eyes disabilities don't exist, nor do people require clothing because we have skin? Silly cow is so ignorant it must be bliss to be her.
And women. She's either ignorant or ignoring that others before her fought to be included and represented. Daily Wire is mainly a sausage party
I was young 50 years ago, white female (confused one at that!) But I noticed the lack of black girls in any ads, in TV and movies. I thought then, how women were represented only as beauty sticks and nothing else, but then I thought about black women having No representation at all. Thankfully all is changing. I want to see the animosity gone and we all live in equality and peace.
I have to say the first time I took my mobility scooter on an airplane for work. I came to TH-cam and the videos here helped me understand the process. It's scary doing these things for the first time and not knowing how things are going to go. So it was super helpful to see that. Also like you said disability is different for everyone and it's nice to see a popular company like Skims making under garments for people in wheelchairs. This woman is one that can't accept when she is wrong and her own ableism. This is sad because her behavior will not change until she accepts how she is acting instead of doubling down on her ableism.
I got SO angry when I heard Candace saying that! Like really? We don't deserve people and businesses being inclusive of us?!
Totally. Sooo angry and so sad. Like this is my lifes work!
I think Ms. Owens just set the ADA back to the 1920s :(
I suspect she doesn't think we deserve to live.
@@sandramatras8345 i would not shocked... Shes like that with a few classes of people... I think she feels shes the only minority that deserves to be treated fairly
If she wants to prove she's not abelist she should do a week in the life of a handicapped person ( with pain simulators, wheelchair use 24/7, laxatives given to her without warning at random times etc...) and then, and maybe not even then (some of my issues are more a long term "wears you down" type of thing), could she even think of having an opinion on such matters !
Thank you Gem for being you and doing what you do, your videos have helped me so much!
edit: this probably wouldn't help her much with internalized abelism, that's something that can take a lot longer (and that even disabled people can struggle with).... but it would at least make her more aware of some issues!
Judith, I second you on everything! :)
As someone who struggles with bowel issues, YES, give the outspoken idiots randomly timed laxatives!
@ferret LOL I will gladly join you! :D
Unwarned and randomly given laxatives… that’s one of the cruelest things I have ever heard….I love it!!!!
My first instinct would be to ask the opinions of those who use a wheelchair, before I would make a comment. She failed in this simple step.
Totally.
The thing is, candace can only hear one voice and that's her own because she's right all the time and were wrong. The woman lives in an echo chamber. This is evidenced by how she thinks the world revolves around her. The skims add was for us disabled folk not her yet were the ones encroaching on her gifts and space. She is pure ableism and i pray fellow disabled people arent too badly hurt by this. #DisabledAndProud #RepresentationMatters
She doesn’t care about our actual thoughts, opinions and lived experience. She was just pissing and moaning about something that she thought would get a lot of clicks and views for herself.
I think Candice is toxic and needs to take accountability for her terrible actions! The fact that she has been on the receiving end of discrimination due to her race but then feels it is absolutely fine to make discriminatory and derogatory comments about disabled people makes me feel physically sick. I would not wish my disability on anyone as it has made my life unbearable at times, but if that woman could experience it for one day, and the discomfort of non-adaptive clothing, maybe she should begin to realise just how wrong she is. I am not a fan of the whole cancel culture, but if anyone deserves to be cancelled, she does. I don’t even think an apology could sway me as I’d find it impossible to believe her after the way she has behaved and spoken about people who, because they’re different to her, apparently aren’t worthy of being treated with dignity, equality and respect… I could go on but the anger this causes me has given me palpitations again 🥺😩
Yes, she puts down black and fat people as well!
That fact the Candace Owens has a voice means that there are a lot of people that share her "views". She is short sighted, obdurate, and unconscionable. Yet, people tune in. That is the scary part.
“Whatever your issue is, whether you are disabled or fat or black…” she actually said that. She think that being black is an issue. That’s her problem and she is projecting it to others.
😢 she has self hate issues.
Positive representation is absolutely important! I have schizophrenia and can only think of 2 instances where Hollywood portrayed people like me in a positive light: John Nash the mathematician and more recently the mother of Jean Luc Picard in Picard s2. All other times we are portrayed as the villains. Its bad, when "coming out" to friends and family I was asked by a few if I wanted to kill them as the only time theyve seen depictions of schizophrenia was by characters that are violent and homicidal. Ive never commited any crimes or tried to hurt anyone( except myself). In reality, Im a sunday school teacher who loves gardening and the outdoors
It's ironic how Candice seems to be annoyed about advertising for that is not for, and does not "include", her. Not everything has to be for everybody, Candice.
You win the internet comment of the week. Take your own advice, Candice.
❤ it
Representation matters more than most things in most people's lives. It can mean the difference between life and death, no exaggeration.
As another disabled parent it's wonderful to watch your videos, your generous sharing of your family time and activities. My daughter is 8 and has only ever known me be disabled. She has actively chosen dolls with wheelchairs in shops. Representation MATTERS. Her friends will have seen dolls with wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs, hearing aids, skin conditions, cochlear implants etc. These all exist and are available through mainstream retailers. The conversation will be different when she is a teen, SO different than when I was a teen. I didn't become a wheelchair user until I was about 30. Candice's assumptions that we have no talent or do not work!! Not everyone can work, disabled or not that's true. But many of us do! I own my own Art and Design business after being retired from a clinical job in the NHS 15 years ago. I still work my ass off! Thank you for all you do! It means a great deal!!
Absolutely. Next she'll want people with a visible disability put back in institutions so they don't upset her if she sees one.
I like watching "the last leg" TV show... I really helps to open the eyes of non-disabled people to the problems of people with disabilities, as well as showing how given the opportunities people with disabilities can succeed in all walks of life...
These types of ad campaigns are good for everyone
I'm disabled but I'm also shit hot at Excel, that should be the main attribute noticed when managers work with me or interview me but it's not. It's representation of disabled people being seen doing normal things that will help to fix this.
Well said. If I need an excel expert I know who to contact. 😜
I had a teacher colleague who asked me how I could control or discipline students from a wheelchair. I replied that one strategy was to tell my students that they had to remain seated because I have to remain seated. He looked dubious but students always laughed and felt that it was a reasonable requirement. Others were angry that I couldn't take more than 40 students in each class because then I couldn't move around the classroom in my chair. (Though national guidelines for science classes said classes should be 18-20 with absolutely no more than 25. How does anyone safely do labs with 44-48 students?!)
Omg, I've experienced this. I use crutches on a "good day", and a rollator or wheelchair on a bad day. This is a result of breaking my back and suffering spinal damage. I also have autoimmune conditions- psoriatic arthritis(which attacks the joints and spine), crohn's disease, plus fibromyalgia and a host of other health issues. The spine injury left me with no sensation in the saddle/genital area, no control of my bladder and bowel, so I new have to wear incontinence pads, and I can't tell when anything is passing, which has led to a lot of embarrassing situations. 😢
I've had several job interviews, but as soon as I meet with the interviewers, their first impression is no longer what's on my CV/résumé, nor how professionally I'm dressed. The first thing they see is my crutches. There's so many interviews that I can tell turn into simple "box ticking" exercises because the potential employers lose interest when asking questions etc.
As it stands (or not so much physical standing), I can't work now. I fell down all the stairs in my house, in November, which caused more spinal damage, and I can't even sit on my bed without pain.
Sorry for the long post.
Candace Owens is so annoying. She spouts off statements about things she has no understanding about, and she treats her opinions as fact. She says she "wants to be educated" but she really just wants to be relevant in any way possible
Totally. There is so much poison in her words :(
Absolutely.
She doesn’t want to be educated
She wants to impose upon others
Every time Candace speaks, I cringe
Candace really never cared about being rude or cruel. She wants views and money, and she is used to getting both from a certain audience. She never apologized because she never really cared about hurting disabled people. She is wrong, she has been proven wrong, but she just doesn't have an open mind. I think she actually needs to approach this with an open mind, learn how she was wrong and how it hurt people, and then make a genuine apology if she really wants to grow as a better person. If not, then she should at least stop making more videos on disability all together.
And you have absolutely inspired people Gem. I decided to do a Disney trip with my kids and husband because of your disney videos. It meant so much to me to be able to take my kids on a core memory trip that I could fully participate in at a time I could only be in bed or a powerchair because of my chronic illness. It helped me and my family so much to be able to do a big family trip that was accessible for me. It helped me feel like a capable, loving mom. We are doing another one to universal because it went so well. Thank you for being the representation and inspiration we need.
I heard about this thanks to Footless Jo on TH-cam, I'm a chronic illness sufferer who has mobility and IBD issues and I was so annoyed by her and everything she said....I watched both videos and grrrrrr!!!! I get excited when I see people in TV who are in adverts and in programmes who represent not just me, but also wheelchair users and disabled people. Etsy, M&S, Matalan (I think??) have started to use disabled models in their TV ads, it's exciting but women like her knock the wind, and dreams out of those who are disabled who aren't represented and would like to go into areas of modelling or acting!! If your disabled and able, and you have dreams to go into acting/modelling good luck to you!! Cbeebies has a host with downs syndrome, a few years ago a presenter with only one arm. It's great to see representation....we could do with more!! And Candace won't ever admit she's wrong, because she's an idiot who will never admit she is wrong!!!
Thank you
You have helped me boost my confidence as a newly wheelchair user ❤
Love you’re videos!
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Thank you for your support. Im so glad my videos have helped. xx
Omg thank you so much for replying!
I seriously love your videos ❤😊
Hey Just wanted to say as someone who has been using a chair more full time over the last year, it does get easier and the wheelchair means you can get out and enjoy the world and not be stuck at home. this is aways a great place to come as ask advice for I have learnt so much from Gem and others made me feel I am not alone
@@christomasjames6620 Thank you Chris for your advice
I will remember!
Hello Gem, never heard of Candice until recently. I think Candice needs to realise that no-one is immune from becoming disabled and that whilst disability changes your life and makes things harder it does not change who you are as a person.
I hadn't heard of this, I'm outraged!! Brilliant video Gem, tonight I feel more empowered as a woman, and as a disabled person
Oh goodness. Yes it’s pretty uncomfortable to watch. But I’m glad you leave empowered 🤩
Same. Gem, you're amazing!
WHAT. I’m not even physically disabled and I’m gobsmacked 😮. I’m with you Gem. This is the first I’m hearing about this Candice and I’m appalled. It also dives me nuts that not only clothing isn’t completely inclusive for wheelchairs but also many clothing for petite isn’t actually petite as it doesn’t fit those 5foot and under. E.g. I was looking at a clothing brand catalogue and I came across some dresses & they said comes in petite. So I took a look and they were only 8cm shorter than the regular dress. Also when I checked against myself the measurements it was way too long. The dresses should have been 20 cm shorter. For petite wheelchair users it must be even harder. I DEFINITELY think we need a LOT more inclusivity for different people.
Yes, this woman Candice is so fu
.g narcissistic and discriminatory. People should be fired! For what!? Black, fat, disabled people don't need clothes? I also get the petite problem. At 5' even petite clothes are hard to find. If you are slightly overweight it's worse. Hence now own a sewing machine with features I need and an overlocker just to alter clothes. Not a WC user so was unaware of underwear issues. But can see the point of adaptive clothing for them. Also good for musculoskeletal issues of various sorts, not just HEDS.
The petite clothing yes! Listen designers, we're like T-Rexes but with short legs instead. The amount of times I walk into a store and I'm out in like 5 minutes because all the pants they had were too long. When I do find something, I hang on to that thing until it literally falls apart. Finding pants is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
Also, women's clothing sizes needs to be the same across the board. You can go to 5 different stores and look at all their pants in one size. Even though they're supposed to be all the same size, they vary wildly. I wear anywhere from a 10 to a 14 because companies make their clothing so differently. Whereas men wear like one size through all clothing brands.
@@ellerj641 I have to get all my trousers from M&S. so far they are the only clothing brand Iv sound that make short trousers that actually fir me. I’m 4 foot 11. Iv bought the off trousers a couple of times from other places but never gone back to them. They weren’t consistent. But M&S seem to make short trousers that actually are short. Definitely recommend them to anyone petite looking for trousers. I too tear my trousers till they are worn out. As for other clothes I have only ever found 1 long skirt I like that actually fit me (& didn’t drag on the ground). As for long dresses I cannot find ANY. Even the petite ones are about 10cm too long. Clothing brands only seem to take 8-10cm off and call it petite. But when it comes to long dresses & skirts we need 20cm shorter if you are anyone 5 foot or shorter. Why do manufacturers not get this. Stop calling something petite if it cannot fit someone 5foot or shorter. They seem to think well 5foot 2 is petite so we’ll make it for them but that’s not good enough.
Delighted to hear Candice called out. Of course the disabled should model.
I can't quite think of a single word to describe how I feel just now. I'm wheelchair bound and go through the nightmare of clothes that fit perfect in standing position but tight as hell when seated. ( yes i can stand. Still have one leg, no prophetic. So have to go with baggy clothes that look great when sitting. I hate it. My undies arnt the lovely lacy type I used before. Comfort has to come first. And a bra that has straps to stay in place when pushing chair.. Sewn elastic across back. Works but depressing.
Found some words.... how dare she... I wonder how she feels for the more voluptuous ladies that may have the same kind of problems. Not one size fits all.
Continue the ranting please. Its doing me good.
I hear you, my style changed completely after my injury and its taken me a while to find my style that's comfy and feels like me.
Without inclusivity, where would a black woman in America be?
It's sad, Candice, is the black Tucker Carlson. Taking pride in ignorance says so much about a person.
Trying on underwear is o hard because you can't just try them on in stores...even harder when you have no legs and you pray that the underwear actually stays on. 😅
Adaptive clothing is crucial for every BODY.
Wow I am so triggered with this. That woman needs a huge wakeup call
Totally. I’m sorry for triggering you. But I will continue to work hard to change these ridiculous views
@@Wheelsnoheels Oh it wasnt you it was that woman. I worded that wrong. Love you and your videos. :)
I don't normally advocate violence, but something that broke several bones, put her in hospital for six months and left her with a disability and led to weight gain might just do it.
@@TheMazinoz that's awful
The person behind the advertisement campaign should be given a round of applause for their ability to see all people and then show to the world.
As you say disability can happen to anyone at anytime.
This attitude makes me beyond furious.
I am exhausted trying to find front fastening bras to the point I now seldom go out as only 1 bra that fits costs so much money to purchase and to get shipped to UK therefore I do not want to over use it.
I already feel invisible been told my medical staff "well would you want us to actively treat you"
I feel I have no value so watching this woman compounds those feelings as that is 1 person vocalising her thoughts how many other folk are thinking them when they see me that's if they see me.
That woman miffed me right off I sent her an angry message
Good. She made me so angry too.
Inclusive - I was booked onto a coach holiday, with a group who have Learning Disabilities. I teach them Arts and Crafts.
I am a wheelchair user 24/7. In the next two weeks, I'm to train with a successor dog (Assistance Dog). Now, I'm not allowed on the coach with my Assistance Dog. Because last year a blind person took their Guide Dog with them and someone on the coach were allergic to dogs and it made them ill.
Hence, I won't be going on holiday this year with my students who are my friends.
I know the coach owners can't stop me taking my furbaby, but the hastle would just make me ill.
Candice just doesn't know what she's talking about - I think all those people who follow her who think she's wrong - unsubscribe!!!!!! Show your support for the disabled! Please? xxxx
I really believe her brain stopped working, it's the only "good" explanation for this barberic and free hate towards us, ppl with disabilities.
She has neither intelligence, class, common sense or manners.
She hates everyone, not just disabled people, I come across critiques of her views in many areas. She communicated her birth story in a medically dangerous fashion and also refused to be educated.
And then there was a video on Daily Dose of Internet showing a man yelling at a disabled woman because she stood and put her wheelchair together and people in the comments were saying that because 'some people fake being disabled' this man did nothing wrong. Makes my blood boil! How can people be so blind to another human being's humanity? Edit: absolutely brilliant video, btw. Imagine getting upset about seeing a minority represented in an advertisement...
When I was in high school and college me (wheelchair user) and my wheelchair user friend went out a lot in her car. She stood up to put both of our wheelchairs in her car. I can’t stand up. I don’t ever remember being harassed for this, but if we had been, that would have been incredibly scary sitting in her car without my wheelchair. I don’t know what has triggered such a problem with the Ableds trying to prove us as fakes, but that situation has gotten a lot worse and scary. The ableds need to take several chill pills.
How bloody arrogant and selfish do you have to be to think you know all about someone's possibly complex medical issues without medical training, simply by looking at them?!
@@punky19761 I have been a paraplegic since the 90s. I have been bullied in school - kicked so hard I nearly tipped sideways.
I have been harassed by cops for parking in accessible parking spots, and I absolutely mean harassed. In one instances, she ran at me, in uniform, shouting at me as I was pulling into the spot. She gave me no time to explain or even reach to get my chair or my placard. Whats more is it was pretty damn obvious that I am a wheelchair user. I had a toll permit visibly displayed on the windshield. My brightly colored wheelchair was sitting next to me in the passenger seat, and my placard was on my dash ready to be hung. I have also been accused by theme park workers, including one really upsetting experience at Disney World, of faking my disability. And the. There was the time that I was lectured by a toll permit worker for using my toll permit. She accused me of using someone else’s permit as I could clearly not be disabled. I explained that I was a paraplegic and pointed out that I was driving with bloody hand controls. She scoffed and told me she was reporting me.
Then there’s the abled who don’t believe we’re capable of anything because we’re disabled. I can’t even count how many people feel the need to comment on my decision to have children as a disabled person. Not surprisingly many of these unwanted opinions have come from medical personnel.
It’s super fun just like existing as a disabled person.
Wow I have just this video and to me it really shows how ignorant this woman is. Why is she so offended about people modelling in wheelchairs. I don't use a wheelchair, but I do have mobility issues which greatly affects my ability to walk properly and hence I use a walking stick and have a disability parking permit. Even when I was fully able bodied, I never understood why people were so unsympathetic towards disabled people, but since having my waking difficulties I have become much more aware of the disadvantages that disabled people face. When I go out I often notice the lack of accessible parking and/or lack of accessible toilets in cafes and restaurants. I can manage without an accessible toilet, but anyone in a wheelchair could not. To me this is so wrong and businesses should be making a lot more effort to have accessible toilets as a lot of them do not. And quite often even those businesses that do have accessible toilets, often use them to store things in which defeats the purpose of what they are supposed to be used for. I think as a society there is a lot more that needs to be done to make things more inclusive for disabled people. Even for someone like me I have to ask for some help sometimes. For example anytime I book accommodation I have to ask for a walk in shower as I cannot use a shower over the bath as it is too dangerous for me. Whilst most people understand the issue, I have had some people say they can't guarantee my request as it is up to the hotel to decide. Like this is a safety issue, not a request for a bottle of champagne. I also check that if the hotel has a swimming pool that it has a pool ladder or safety rail that I can use to get into the pool. A lot of hotels do not even have these basic safety features. As for people in wheelchairs there does not seem to many hotels that have ramps or hoists that people can use to get into pools which is not good. When on holidays recently I noticed that a lot of tours specifically said they were not wheelchair accessible. And even in my case some of the bus companies did not have the ability to lower the step so I could easily get on and off the bus and I had to ask a couple of people to help me down. In short we definitely live in a society which very much caters to fully able bodied people only.
@@sabreniamorgan9939That is so awful!! I'm so sorry you have been treated this way.
What I find ironic here is that she also benefits from representation in the media ie. Diversity in skin colours shown on screen, in ads. And yet she is upset about another minority group's representation... make that make sense! There are most certainly white people making comments on black models and film stars saying exactly what she is saying about the disabled community and she would probably be upset and defend why representation matters. It's ludicrous!
I have so many complicated thoughts after watching this video.
1) Disabled people deserve comfortable underwear that is made for our individual needs.
2)Representation is VERY important, especially for an often overlooked minority! Growing representation effects not only how I see myself, but how others see and treat me. As it has grown, so has opportunities for life that I never dreamt I could have.
3)Candace seems like a very bitter but narcissistic woman who can't imagine anyone would need or want something she herself doesn't value.
Candice needs to volunteer for a disability organization. Hopefully she will change then from her ableist ways.
It will never happen unless it is court orders. She is too selfish and narcissistic.
@@TheMazinoz I completely agree with you. I just hope she does.
It was the 'apology' video that was worse, it was 5 minutes of Candace crying 'poor me', and 30 seconds tacked on to the end where she admitted that she did not realize it was clothing designed for wheelchair users
All while wearing designer clothing that probably costs $000's , but was likely given to her
Swap the phrase People in Wheelchairs for any other minority and she would be arrested...
Unfortunately, no. She has straight up said that she thinks society will be better if trans people are discriminated against more, promoted Islamaphobic and racist conspiracy theories, and much more. Never got arrested for them either.
She's a vile person who is in a priveladged enough position that she can just continue to spew her vile nonsense with next to no repercussions.
Yes, ADA?
Admittedly I have not seen the original content, and I have no intention to, but yours is not the first reaction I've seen to it. I agree with you so much. I swear it's like non-disabled people would still just put us out of sight if they could. Thankfully more and more of us are claiming the autonomy we deserve. And yes, representation matters so much. As an ambulatory wheelchair user I would still be struggling my way through life without any mobility aids, just biting through the pain or crashing and being stuck in bed when I can't anymore, when I can now be active all day. And it's mostly people in person and on social media who have been that representation for me. I know of so little good representation in conventional media!
Thank you for sharing. I felt so cringe at her response... damn...
Yes, part two!!! You’ve done a fantastic job reporting this. I don’t understand people, how can she not see the cruelty of her words 💔
When we were in DisneyWorld, I believe it was in Epcot, they had a model in a wheelchair, in the front window!!! I cried I was so happy, my girls took a photo shoot of me and my new mannequin friend 😊yes I did buy the outfit she was wearing!!!💕💕💕
When I get mocked for some of my health issues I sarcastically say, that's right, make fun of the disabled person?, usually humbles people or at least make them more self aware.
If someone said ‘I don’t see why we need black/aisian/other people represented’ or ‘I don’t see why we need women represented’ that is generally considered a not ok.
I mean personally when I use my chair I like to go around naked, shopping? Naked. Big event? NAKED!
I am glad I ran across this video. I heard C. Owens talk & didn't really think much about it but now listening to you it has made me think. I don't have anyone in my world who was physically disabled. I remember growing up & I had a quite confused unhappy teenage life as a girl. I remember there weren't any female doctors or dentists my good parents took me too. My teachers were all female then at University suddenly they are all male. (Paid so so much more than the younger graded students teachers) No female pilots, no female lawyers, and the REPRESENTATION in TV and movies showed me (as a female) as incapable of anything, emotional, unintelligent, weak. Now all that has changed! Young girls now have women everywhere REPRESENTED. So you have really opened my mind and whay a massive difference that makes! I can see How much anyone with any disability will be inspired by the achievements of others like themselves. Thank You so much for this video, also you were not at all "hateful" to C. Owens, this has enriched me.
I wonder if she realizes she's probably bought something from a business that is owned and operated by a disabled person?
Do you think she realizes we had a President who was a wheelchair user? Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Also JFK had serious health issues and Ronald Reagan too
I've been in a wheelchair for 22 years now, it took me 20 years to come to terms with it, with people like her, can set me back 10 years, I started gardening when I moved, and posting my garden videos on here, now I'm confused shouldn't I garden because I'm disabled?
Why would her opinion about you be so important that it can set you back 10 years? Why do you need her or anyone else’s validation?
@@TriRacialAmericana Because if that what she think, who know what other people think, as you know when when we go into shops with friend or family when ask for advice, shop keeps always reply to our able body friends and family, maybe they think like her, I am just sick of people like her, and maybe if spent a few weeks in a wheelchair, they might understand but the likes of her, she hasn't got the brain power to understand anything, or is that wrong of me to say?
@Transformers are coming for your kids because it's tough. I'm disabled after a coma and it really effs with your head sometimes, which leaves you open to the negativity of othere
That is the type of person that makes the world so difficult to live in. How dare anyone who is different from her even exist!
" God matters "
Me: even if it's not yours?
- sincerely a pagan who supports atheists.
An invisible being matters, but representation of disabled people does not. Awesome. 👍🏽🙄
@@punky19761 litterally....
I'm in LGBT+ and I'm neurodivergent with a chronic illness, I ask for jus one ounce of representation n they lose their minds. 💀
First I am not physically disabled but having taken care of my late grandmother who used a wheelchair for the better part if a decade. So many in the public forget they are there. In the USA the handicap stalls are at the back of the bathroom with those stupid 90 turns so there is no need for a door. Ramps are made to steep, or people just move her wheelchair out of the way while she's in it. I hope more representation allows us to have this conversation because disability are something anyone can get. As for Candace she does this type of outrage all the time as she's entitled and has an agenda against those who push for a more inclusive world.
If she really did want to understand she would have already reached out to disabled people and be fully aware that YES a lot of us do actually like when we see people like us represented in the media. We're a part of the world too and the more we're seen by other people the more included we are in society. But she is self centered and doesn't care to be educated from people outside of her own bubble, so why would she understand?
My story on how representation helped me. As a kid, I was absolutely petrified by the thought of getting into some sort of accident that took away my ability to walk or draw. Losing a limb or being paralyzed with something TV always like to show as such a negative thing, and my anxiety took that and ran with it. That is until one day an individual with a prosthetic leg came in to my children's youth group and showed off her different limbs and talked about what it was like being a prosthetic leg user. That moment I realized that being disabled and needing to use ambulatory devices like a wheelchair, prosthetic, limb, or anything like that didn't mean, my life and art would end. Just that I would have new ways of getting around.
As a teenager, my hyper mobile limbs experienced one of their first of many bad injuries. From that point onwards, I became a part-time to full-time Cane wielder and Knee brace wearer. I would do what I can to protect my knees well also trying not to miss you. The ambulatory devices that I had available to me. Some days this was harder than others due to discrimination and people thinking that I couldn't possibly be meeting assistive devices like store, wheelchairs, or even seeds to sit down in because "I was young, too young to be disabled." This would make me super nervous and using any form of assistance that I absolutely needed to be using. But seeing others online telling their stories of being disabled, whether it be blind, cane, wheelchair user, or prosthetic limb helps me feel better about myself and my needs.
Now I am wheelchair user finally getting the treatment. I've been so desperately needing and I don't feel scared or upset about this fact. I feel excited that I now can go about my day without calculating how much pain something was going to leave me in afterwards. The pain is still there, but with the combination of the chair and my cane I can keep it at a level that allows me to get the closest I have in a while to comfortable sleep at night while still allowing me to be free to do all the things I haven't been able to.
My eyes and ears hurt. I felt numb as I watched what she said … let alone the race issues she’s commented on… my heart literally sunk.
I'm disabled but not in a wheelchair and seeing this makes me so mad! I don't know how this woman has so many followers! At least people are seeing her true colors.
People like her for her true colors though. It's really unfortunate
Sadly, her views are what a lot of the most Conservative's aspire to believe. She's embarassing.
I have tourettes, so I have had good and bad experiences with representation. The ONLY bad thing I have had with representation is people like Candace who are ignorant and those who fake/people who accuse of faking. I have a situation with my tics (and I know on other channels or sites people will say this is fake because they saw a tourettes video and now apparently know everything) but my tics cause my knees to buckles, my muscles in my hands and feet to clam up or my back to tilt backwards so much i fall. For a year I was putting myself in a dangerous situation because I had no mobility aid. I searched up online tics causing falls (and other ways of saying that) there was NOTHING online for quite a while for that. Now i can find 3 different blogs about it. But the internet did not mention that so my imposter syndrome got in the way. After getting told to get a wheelchair from my doctor (which i didn't straight away) i fell in the middle of the road and after then got a wheelchair.
Funny thing is the first day I left the house in my wheelchair, a lady came up to me and asked where i got mine because her son got a wheelchair and the caster wheels were bad. She told me the reason her son was in a wheelchair was because he has tourettes. I felt so validated from the conversation because someone else had the same problem. Through a support group found out many people with tourettes (in that group chat) have used wheelchairs. THIS is why representation matters. (there is so much I could rant about how the lack of representation on tourettes specifically is reducing the support i can get but yes) hopefully those people can educate themselves because it matters.
Heck yes, and PLEASE try "normal" clothes sitting for a month and tell me they fits. Bugger me, but clothes made for someone that can stand up, rearrange a crease and then take a short stroll before sitting down again can really be uncomfy if you are sitting down your entire wakin time of the day!
Double leg amputee here. YES we need more disabled models. We need more disabled people in policy making in government. Seeing other leg amputees thrive and live normal life, inspired me to continue to improve my own life.
WOW!!! As you said anyone can join at anytime. I did 5yrs ago and would be completely lost and quite possibly not here now if there wasn't all this inclusivity and awareness. Sorry but totally failing to see exactly what her talent is and have no interest in finding out because you know what, she really does not matter, are you listening world? What a sad selfish, arrogant and ignorant individual.
LITERALLY EVERYONE SITS DOWN!!! Candace is literally sat down when filming, show this representation! It benefits everyone!
I honestly think Candace takes this sort of stance to get ratings and followers. The people who agree with her are not well imho. Who knows what she actually believes, but her ego drives her to be hurtful to so many people in exchange for her fame. I wish she would just stop talking honestly, but I don’t see that happening. Thank you Gem for standing with the disabled community and for representation! You are so inspiring!! ❤
She felt rejected by the left, so she turned into a right wing grifter instead
thank you for doing this video I was really hoping that you would! I have CP and I was so angry at this whole thing she has no freaking idea and she is just so ignorant I just can't with her! I never liked her but now she just makes me sick! Love you Gem! and would love a part two!!
Candice seems to always spew hate and intolerance. She seems sincere in her beliefs, but I think she makes money and gains fame by getting publicity while being mean to others.
I'm not in a wheelchair (anymore) but I am disabled but WOW!! I USED TO like C.O, but I'll not be watching any of her videos anymore. Just gonna go ahead and unsubscribe from her YT channel right now. I'm only one person and I know unsubscribing won't make a difference but there is no way in hell I'll support someone's channel or watch their videos if they say that kind of shit and are so damn adamant about it, in a very rude way as well. This is going to sound terrible and I do not mean to offend ANYONE but her, buuuut that really made her seem like a Disability Hitler. I hope that video of hers comes back to bite her in the ass. Ableist and blatantly rude. Thank you for sharing this video, much appreciated. ^_^
Shopping for a wedding dress was fun in my chair 🥲
Sorry, Candy-Wandy Doo Dah, neither is going away. Disabled people need underwear, and cars, and groceries and whatever- and while I have an “invisible disability”- I like seeing people like me existing and being in public and buying what they need. And being represented.
Hi Gem! I'm very shocked by this and I thought that Candice was for ALL people but I guess not. I'm sadden that she wasn't educated in this matter. She should apologize with the remarks she made. I'm a wheelchair user too, I wear clothes that will fit me and make things easier for me to move around in and such. I mostly wear leggings and nice tops. Everyone is different. I watch your videos all the time and you're such a big inspiration to everyone who follows you. Keep up the amazing work you do!
I'd really like to ask Candace exactly what it is that makes someone in a wheelchair unqualified to be a model? And also what happens to someone's 'gift for being a model' if they're injured in an accident and become a wheelchair user? Does all their modelling experience up to that point just evaporate?
I really don't think she knows what abelism is tbh.
thanks for the video Gem great job as always. just a shame it was about such a poor subject, I really can't believe what she has said. its just shocking really,
Everyone deserves to be represented. I am not a wheelchair user, but I can understand them wanting to see clothing model on people that uses a wheelchair or walking aid. As a plus size person it drive me nuts that clothing company sale larger size, but rarely use plus size models to advertise the clothing, how are we supposed to know what the dress, shirt, pants, bra or underwear look like on a plus size person when only show on models that are size zero through nine. The some goes for wheelchair users they need to see the clothing on model that use wheelchairs everyday to give them an idea on what the clothing will look like on them.
My husband is disabled, not in a wheelchair, but he is legally blind, and this infuriates me how inconsiderate and really vile Candace was being to the fact she was seeing a disabled model. If she's really spitting out about what God would think about disabled people, maybe she should go back to the part of the bible where it says to love. Cause clearly she missed that part! How absolutely volatile of her to be so clearly upset because an underrepresented group of people are getting the representation they need. Shame on her!
I was hoping you'd speak on this! Thank you for another amazing video
A lot of the time, the people who shouldn't have a large platform, tend to have the biggest and the people who need to have their voices heard, no asks for their opinion
I can’t stand Candace for many reasons but hearing this as a disabled person was really the last straw. I don’t wish her any harm but only if she were to become disabled do I think she might finally understand. I used to be somewhat like her, hard right-wing and didn’t understand the point of representation. I hope she can find the path I did and come to the realization that it’s so needed.
I live in a small town
Not tepresented. 27/7 alone. I have constant chronic pain and disabilities. Its a very lonely life
I lost all respect for her when she said those things… as a new wheelchair user my eyes opened really quick how some people look at a wheelchair user… I did not back Candace up for anything she said 😂😂😂😂
Candace Owens needs to go away, like seriously. She's really embarrassing herself further than she really should. Candace Owensis a different type of infuriating.
She is almost playing that dangerous game of tempting fate and karma being like that - U know like if U take a sick day lying saying U have gastro and then as tho Karna is setting U straight U really get gastro? Pride goes before lessons life might want to teach in my experience
I’d like to say that the comments about fashion are a pointless drain on society and that the people who comment on it… but being new to the wheelie world, I now realize how different clothing (and accessories) need to be to be useful for someone like me. And sadly sitting an able-bodied man in a wheelchair is t going to show it since they can get dressed with a different gravity interacting with them for instance. For example when I dress I can’t get a shirt to stay tucked in to save my life which is really frustrating. And I hate after a while feeling the fabric bunched behind me especially after cathing!
I’ve been thankful to model (in my wheelchair and iV port out) with my friends brand Double Solid designed to bring mental health awareness. She’s also has a man with cerebral palsy and his service dog model. We’ve “walked” the runway even.
It’s a small business but it starts somewhere!
Her business, despite her podcast, is failing and she’s trying to get attention even it’s negative.
What is her business? Make sure NOT to use it.
I ended up blocking Candice from any of her videos showing up after she made homophobic commentary. Hate that she just hates everyone that doesn’t fit the “norm”.
I'm not American, but that Candice lady seems to fail to understand that THE WORLD DOES NOT BELONG TO HER. Like seriously, how can someone be this egocentric??? The world IS FOR EVERYONE! Like seriously, what's wrong with her.
I’ve been disabled my entire life & have never needed an advertisement or photo to pick my underwear 😂 the times I’ve acted or modeled I was already on set working alongside able bodied crews in Hollywood. Good for the models who show up & get the jobs alongside everyone else.
I’ve seen quite a lot of Candice Owens work and mainly been reasonably impressed by her, I’ve been meaning to subscribe to her channel but now? Umm, I’m going to have to think about that but first when I get a moment I’m going to seek out that particular recording, read the comments and act according to my reaction to those things. Atm I’m less than impressed and that’s an understatement! 🤬
OMG and she is representing a bully! I really think an apology wouldn't be enough since she doubled down on her ideas that inclusiveness is "stupid". I honestly feel that she shouldn't be in a position where other's are able to look up to her. Nothing she said was further from the truth. When I was injured I had no idea about adaptive clothing and I was only injured in 2016. I am from a rural area where I didn't even know anyone in a wheelchair and I am still trying to value my life. Seeing disabled asjust another person living life would have gone a long way to help so many. Mentally it would help. I think she needs to be stopped and educated that the disabled can do things
Oh I know Candace Owens, unfortunately... she's very popular in the conservative commentary sphere. I can't say I'm a fan of her... at all...
I cant belive she has so many fans and followers. I'd never heard of her till now. But I hear she has made quite name for herself in the US>
@@Wheelsnoheels The same people who love Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson, are also Candice Owen fans. It's a shame so many Americans really love them. They are some of the most hateful, gun toting people here in the US. Owen's doesn't see that she is black and that if the far right-winged white men had their way, she'd still be a slave.
I find it ironic how a woman of colour hasn’t made the connection about not being seen and represented as its only a generation or two ago that being a woman and a person of colour might have seen her have to fight for equality, to have a voice, to have the right to have her humanity regarded and respected. These are the very things that we as disabled people, I am paralysed from the waist down, have been fighting for just as long if not longer to achieve. I wish I could say that seeing this kind of thing in 2023 is shocking, but in my experience this is still going on. I am shocked that she used the internet to express her self in this matter. You would think that in the world that we live in now that she would have been a little more internet savvy. If there is any justice she will crawl back in to the cave from which she appeared soon enough. Let’s hope she never has to go through anything like the challenges that disabled people have to endure. On a positive note I have to say fair play to Ms Applegate. As ever thank you for your video. I look forward to the next one.
I don’t look good in that underwear sitting down. I probably did to someone when I was walking. But she needs to be forced to disrobe and redress herself from a seated position in a wheelchair with the idea that she has the same function as a quad paw does, to truly see how hard it is. I remember when I destroyed my left shoulder and arm. I had the most difficult time putting a bra on all I had was 1 arm for 2 years. I wore backless shirts and tank tops basically they tied behind the back and I left them untied.
Sadly, people like Mrs. Owens will never understand what it’s like to be disabled, or do not feel included in something as simple as clothing, heaven help her if she ever had to deal with life as a wheelchair user and had to learn how to drive with hand controls.
When shoe is on the other foot she’ll be singing a different tune. What goes around comes around.
There are people with disabilities. Regular people. Why not now a model? I’m so sick of bigots. Inclusively matters
She’s so ashamed of herself she’s projecting.
I hid my disability for years and such. I hope people do get to be in society. That is not my experience but a naive dream, I think. Truly, I prefer to be invisible than to have to explain everything over and over again. No, I do not have magical powers, and I'm not Einstein either. The dumber I am doesn't make people smart either. Another problem is it deals with heavy abuse and dehumanization, which will, although it happens more than you would think, lead to some champion of agony that sucks them back into more suffering. Then I get hit with the middle class/spoiled girl attack. We had a lot of problems at one point. We have my inspiring anteaters, never forget them. Being told these things is annoying. I'm trying to leave some things to karma. They simply will not understand. I used to lie a lot about my past, but naughty, naughty. Never tell a lie, even though "Lying Is the Best part." Panic at the Disco. Purity of thought is even more fun. You've got to love all of us falling onto disability and making it so that we can't comprehend as well while wandering in the ghetto and other places. No more using us to bypass laws either.
I did know of Candice, and often agreed with many of her viewpoints. However, she most certainly made me angry with this. I am in a wheelchair, and have been for the last 5 years, from a progressive, neurological illness. I’m a bit older than you are at age 60. Like you, I agree we need representation. We need to be seen.
The part that really fried me was when she said “we don’t need that in our face”. What is “that” that she doesn’t need in her face? Disabled people? So, what if she bumps into me shopping, running errands, going out to eat, going to the theater? What will she do seeing me at work? Or at the beach, or on vacation? Will seeing “that” just ruin her day?
There was nothing wrong with that woman’s modeling abilities. She did a fine job. Why then, was this mocked as a “participation trophy”? Is Candice truly unable to grasp that people in wheelchairs have plenty of talent, intelligence, and gifts? Does she figure that once disabled we lose all talent, all gifts, and all ability to think? We should just all sit at home and wait to die. Don’t let “that” be in anyone’s face
If you've never around people who have disabilities you have no awareness of their lives and some have no compassion an mocking is a classic sign SHAME Candace
Hey, im fairly new to your channel, hopefully its not wierd that im enjoying your videos but im not a wheelchair user myself, although i suffer badly with my back with pain and weakness due to sciatica im waiting for a physio appointment and im struggling alot with standing for a long time or walking alot, im considering crutches as a support as im off on a holiday in 2 weeks and know il struggle with the amount of walking/standing il be doing, but it really upset me when i bought my crutches and they arrived, i was unboxing them to get a comment from my husband saying oh are you serious !! Thats really upset me and knocked my confidence to the point i now do not want to use them 😢😢
Im considered able bodied and always been ok until the last 6 months so im guessing i would get alot of judgment if i used the crutches but still !!
But anyway regardless of your disability i just love your personality and you guys as a family, your positivity is lovely :) xx
Now what can i say about this. That has a disabled person we have to be grateful for what we get. We are not to be included in society. Now watching that so called apologise (loosely meant) it means that she still does not understand what the whole idea of being included means. Yes Skims have done underwear for a disabled person in a wheelchair and for other disabled people so why cant a disabled person model them. It is no good an able bodied person who stands up models them, it might not work on a disabled person. She would be shouting from the rooftops if the boot was on the other foot. Does she not understand that disabled people work. I am an amputee and work full time for the NHS. Does she not see disabled actors contributing to society as well. For example R J Mitte who is american and suffers from Cereberal Palsy who was in Breaking Bad and that is one example. Stephen Hawking who was a brilliant physicist (sadly passed away) did he not contribute to society. I could carry on but i will leave it at that. Even a company like Snag who i buy my tights from and other items always included models who are disabled both in wheelchairs, prosthetic leg, walking sticks. I even sent them a picture of me wearing my capri tights with my prosthetic leg on and they used it.