It’s RIDICULOUS to see disabled models…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- Candice Owens made some strong statements about a model sitting in a wheelchair, modeling undergarments - calling it ridiculous, among other things. She then doubled down in a response to the feedback she received on her viewpoint. So let's talk about it.
Original Video In Full (clip is towards the end): • Would You Live In an A...
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"So-called “ugly laws” were mostly municipal statutes in the United States that outlawed the appearance in public of people who were, in the words of one of these laws, “diseased, maimed, mutilated, or in any way deformed, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object” (Chicago City Code 1881). Although the moniker “ugly laws” was coined to refer collectively to such ordinances only in 1975 (Burgdorf and Burgdorf 1975), it has become the primary way to refer to such laws, which targeted the overlapping categories of the poor, the homeless, vagrants, and those with visible disabilities."
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As a wheelchair user, I didn’t know I was supposed to go commando
"No, by all means wear undies, just make sure you aren't seen because that would be ridiculous. No-one wants to see that!" - Candace Owens
Maybe she has a fetish lol
😂❤
@@lord-lala So disabled people can wear them....but nobody is allowed to know about it...and nobody can know that some of us have s*x lives, because EW
I think it's a great idea! World has gone crazy anyway!
What's patronising is telling disabled people that their achievements are down to people pitying them rather than the work they put in for those achievements. 💀
Yep. Imagine someone telling Candace that her achievements are down to people pitying women and people of colour. I do not see her taking that comparison well.
Say it again for the people in the back!!!
I’ll be talking about this to my therapist 😅
@@mashleyden it's a concept worth exploring
It's so ironic, when oftentimes, disabled people have to work twice, thrice, maybe even four or five times as hard as a 'normal' person just to be recognised for basically anything, and still people detract from it, calling them a 'woke quota' when they actually achieve something
It’s rich for her to say it’s patronizing for a disabled person to be a model when it seems like everything that comes out of her mouth is actually patronizing.
She seems like she wants to be a shock jock in a sense
@@tranquility9325it's a money grift- more outlandish things she says, the more reactions she gets, the more visibility she gets, the more money she gets.
@@Tired-bamboo-sunshineright? But some things she says, youtube demonetized those particular videos.
It's projection.
It's always projection with people like her.
exactly, she's projecting how she treats disabled people onto others.
I was a model *because* I was disabled from a traumatic brain injury. I had been taking 24 credit hours per term in college, getting straight A's, & was involved in a ton of activities. Modeling allowed me to still earn money despite becoming disabled. And I worked very hard at it.
I have a traumatic brain injury too and I can only handle 3 credit hours. Curious how you do it? (That was completely unrelated to the video)
@slothgirl2107 I think they meant that was them before becoming disabled, hence them finding work in the modelling industry instead, though the way it's written would imply otherwise so I could be wrong 🤷♀️
@@slothgirl2107 I apologize that I didn't convey my situation more clearly. I took night classes at a community college in high school my junior & senior years up to 4 nights a week (12 credit hours per term). I also took some AP classes in high school that I transferred over to the JuCo I was actually attending which bolstered my credits.
When I graduated from high school, I was taking 24 credit hours *before* my traumatic brain injury - but couldn't even complete a class more than here or there afterwards. I'm autistic & suck at interpreting context as well, so I'm not sure how much you wanted to know. My college had to give me special permission to take more than 18 credit hours each term, but I did that & worked promotional modeling gigs. My professors were almost always cool with me needing to come to class late or leave early to go to a gig, or even missing a class here or there as long I turned in the work early. Sometimes I'd work 40-60 hour weeks & only get 3 hours of sleep for a couple days in a row during the really busy times.
I didn't really have a life other than school, studying, & working. (3 credit hours was a regular class, 4.5 credit hours was a 3 part class split into halves so they could be completed quicker, & I think classes that required a lab component added another 1 credit hour, but my math may be off a little on that.)
@@MCPanda-bl3nc you're totally right, I didn't convey my message correctly, thanks for the catch!
I think she’s forgetting that a) everyone sits down, disabled or not and b) anyone can become disabled at anytime 🤡
I think it also doesn't click in her head at all that disabled people can be viewed as sexual, beautiful, humans.
Broke My T-1 Vertebrae in 2017 . I definitely Appreciate your opinion!
Personally I Appreciate Every Day and Remind myself to go slow, think twice and pay attention!
and its grosss and you dont deserve prestige for being ruined
It’s not about disabled people it’s about Americans constantly whining like children saying it’s not fair and needing to see their face. It’s immature. I as a woman don’t need to see someone that represents me I wouldn’t even think about it
@@imomifysupport4543when a country centers its media and government around one specific group and refuses to acknowledge minority groups, people will become upset.
Im sure you wouldnt feel the same way if you were a women in the 1920s where women played no roles in politics and the women in media were portrayed completely different from real women, because the media was written and designed by men
As someone who is NOT disabled, the level of ableism is appalling. Who looks at an ad featuring someone different than them and things 'hm I need less of this in the world' like wtf. Not every model is going to look like you Candice! Your experience isn't the only one in the world.
I suppose you’ve dated quite a few disabled men over the years who made less money than you?
That’s the fascists for you… if it’s different scapegoat it and deflect on stuff like this so no one notices you are talking out your ass half the time…
I mean...it wasn't that long ago that NONE of the models looked like Candice, for very much the same reasons and attitudes.
@@sonipitts good thing she chose to develop skills and craft a great marketable Internet presents rather than relying on looks to keep her employed. After experiencing the confidence that skills bring to to your life and the glow to your face, I’ve seen all sorts of people admiring different features over the last few years. Perhaps it was precisely because she knew and appreciated how unlikely it would be to be chosen from the pack that she wanted to provide the next generation with an opportunity that would guarantee success- especially given what happens to out of work models who fall out of favor or fashion.
@@Sonicstillpoint83 , what on Earth are you talking about??
It hasn't been *that* long since society would have said the same thing about seeing a black woman modeling underwear. She, as a member of this historically minimized group, is participating in the "othering" of another minority. As a wheelchair-using woman myself, I also find this maddening! *sigh*
She is also married to a white man. 60 years ago, that alone wouldn't have just meant that she had no platform, but could have gotten her or her husband killed. Somehow I don't think that she would agree with that sentiment when it comes to interracial marriage or black women. Just keep all of the people in wheelchairs away from her. She doesn't want to see wheelchairs. God, she is gross!
It's funny because Candace was a victim of racially motivated bullying in high school, sue the school district for it and won.
The period of ugly laws was not long ago. My uncle, who has bipolar (like me), was considered "undesireable" in society, and was put in an institution as a kid in the 60s and 70s, and my mom (his sister) had to fight like hell to get him released before they were able to finalize paperwork to remove him permanently from society. He's never been a threat to anyone but himself, and his big manic episodes are easily resolvable with meds, family support, and physical checkups to look at any medical issue that might be contributing. I hate to imagine what his life would have been like if he indeed got locked up over 50 years ago. He's 68 now, and lives by himself with close family support.
The last case using an ugly law was in 1974.
Recently I read the news about neighbors, who blocked the installation of a ramp for a paralized woman because "it is not convenient for us", but "we like her, we are not ableists, but truly she just doesn't even need a ramp - she never goes out alone". Of course! She can't go alone - there is no ramp! I hate such people - who want to see themselves as good and kind, and at the same time want people, who are not like them, to be out of their sight.
One devil is the architects who think that a ramp or elevator makes the design look ugly and thus simply decide they're not needed. Or they hide it somewhere behind the building, way further to go, and especially if you get snow in the winter, the path there is absolutely never gonna be cleaned because everyone forgets it even exists. Or it's always gonna be blocked with trash etc. This especially happens with older and protected buildings.
It baffless my mind that some people have the power to decide that the appearance of a building is more important than that everyone's able to use it.
@@Kotifilosofi Modern architects should think of a ramp as a necessary part of their design.
@@Catlily5 yeah they should. And here they're also forced to do so, when it comes to new building. The law was made around early 2000s, so all buildings built after that _must_ be accessible for a wheelchair (there's also measurements such as maximum tilting of the ramp to ensure it's actually functional and not just some killer drop ramp made to follow the law).
However, the old buildings can still be whatever, and I can't understand if they hire an actual architect (who also has to know the accessibility laws as a part of their profession), they'd still like to exclude the ramps and elevators whenever they're give the chance. Like they're only doing it as a necessary evil and not because it's a good thing to make it accessible for everyone. Sure enough it would cost more. But I think it's worth it to choose some a bit cheaper materials etc, to get it still done. And it wouldn't cost anything to place it in front of the building, into an accessible place.
@@Kotifilosofi They probably are more concerned about their pretty historical building.
What a bunch of shit bags for neighbors. They claim to like her yet they want to continue having her life be both difficult and isolating?! I don’t understand why her house having a ramp affects them it shouldn’t even be something that they’re able to decide on do they pay the bills at her home?
What they should do with these neighbors is one of two things.
A. The neighbors should go over there and help the woman in the wheelchair help her with every single thing that she both needs and wants to do inside the house have them help her get out of the house without a ramp in and out of a car take her grocery shopping and the whole 9 yards for a week straight and then we could see if they really feel like whether she actually needs it or not. or they can do options B. Where they get in a wheelchair for an entire week and someone follows them around and they have to live their life like she does sometimes with help and sometimes without help again without the ramp somebody should follow them to make sure that they don’t cheat and use body parts that are paralyzed. I think these two scenarios will hopefully make a person with a brain understand that they’re being unreasonable ass clowns ! I hope that this makes sense I had to use talk to text as my phone screen is broken. My apologies if it doesn’t make sense.
The fact that she’s pissed that a DISABLED person is modeling adaptive clothing made for people who are DISABLED is insane by itself. She just had to add the rest of the ablest BS to it. Because she didn’t already seem like a awful human. She just needed to prove it even more.
It's like if you have a line of nude underware thought for people of color and someone says that only white people should be modeling it. How are you supposed to show to the intended customers that your product actually works if you can use the right models for that?
Right! If it’s clothing that’s easy to put on without use of your legs, get a person with partial paralysis. If it’s hats that don’t interfere with your hearing aids, get a deaf person. Candace Owens is a black woman. Does she find it appalling to see shapewear in darker skintones to blend in?
@@Jellybeansatdusk she's probably one of those women who is just like "they make black bras, it's fine" lol
@@Jellybeansatdusk yes because that’s what she is paid to be. She makes me ashamed to be a black woman.
@@Inamichan as a white man, I’m always surprised to hear discriminatory comments from women of color. I don’t see how they don’t realize that they’re perpetuating the mentality that led to their own oppression.
Sometimes I think these platforms hire women/POC to say things that would be easily identified as discriminatory if a white man said them.
On a separate note, as a person from a minority group seeing people like myself represented in the media helped greatly to improve my confidence and normalize my identity to me. Isolation is one of the scariest things a person can be subjected to. Being seen and recognized not only helps us escape isolation but normalizes our existence for the majority. Representation of my people helped my mom accept my identity and community.
Saying that representation is meaningless is not only incredibly cruel, it’s entitled, ignorant, and exposes the person holding this opinion as void of empathy and compassion for a fellow human
"it's the minority that you can join at any time" made me laugh so hard I cried! People don't understand how fragile their majority status is when it comes to being disabled. Something like a mild brain injury can absolutely rock your world, but nobody thinks to consider the impacts a disabled does have on people.
That part-chemo tore me the hell up and I was completely unable to fully function as a responsible adult. ANYONE who blocks accessibility as the standard is a shameless pest!
The reason she thinks it's ridiculous ( definition: worthy of ridicule) is because people automatically assume a woman in her underwear is sexy, and she is apparently weirded out by the idea of a physically disabled person being sexually appealing or active.
Full on stupidity.
Excellent point! Funny how marginalized groups are always deemed to be on one end of the spectrum or the other. Utterly sexless, almost inhumanly so, or extreme and dangerous perverts.
@@CorwinFound exactly
@@CorwinFound I wonder what people with that perspective would think of someone who fits two or more different types of marginalized groups. Ex. Someone trans who also uses a wheelchair or cane. Are they perverting the children or do they have no sex appeal at all?
While I’m sure this is completely true, I don’t think she would have had any less of a reaction to a wheelchair user modeling fully clothed or playing sports or doing anything less sexy than modeling underwear. She thinks inclusivity is ridiculous, representation doesn’t matter and she just doesn’t want to have to look at disabled people in her every day life no matter the context.
@@EclecticallyEccentric lol, their minds would implode from the resulting vacuum. 🤣😆
“I’m not an ableist” *proceeds to say that disabled people can’t work hard in the modeling industry*
She’s not the only one. EVERYONE’S missing the point. We never ever EVER get acknowledged for working our asses off as disabled people. We’re still just… there. 😑
@@FrankieBonsignoreMusic that's the problem everyone wants acknowledgment
@@FrankieBonsignoreMusic since modeling is based on getting as close to aesthetic perfection as possible, how would you quantify work?
@@Sonicstillpoint83 no, that's not what modeling is. modeling is about creating intrigue through visuals to sell a product or create art, and the perfection part comes from post production editing lol. the work can be quantified through taking direction well, knowing how your face and body look from different angles, and the ability to control and understand which facial expressions suit the creative direction of the photoshoot. who can and who can't be a model has changed drastically over the years and hopefully it will continue to do so to include more diversity
@@mxsimone1097 exactly. One day it will…
"Inclusivity is weird," Says the black woman...who is currently benefiting from it. And at one point in time didn't have it.
I think what she knows but refuses to accept is that she is only famous because she is a black woman in a group with little respect for black women. They use her as a prop, “look we’re not sexist! We’re not racist! This black woman agrees with us!” She is their token minority.
Yeah it's not even a new thing, Thomas Sowell has been saying the same thing most of his career, which started right after the civil rights movement opened the door with diversity hiring laws.
Absolutely spot on!
This 1000%. The bullies continue the cycle I guess.
Honestly every living person benefits from inclusivity, which is why I’m so confused as to why so many oppose it. Everyone wants to see themselves in media, and the people that have been portrayed the most (white, cishet, able bodied people) clearly enjoy it, or at least they never complain when it’s them who are being included in things. So it confuses me why they don’t want other people to experience the same thing? They act as if a tiny sprinkle of inclusivity for groups they aren’t a part of takes away from the centuries of representation they had prior.
Newsflash for CO, if representation doesn’t matter, she wouldn’t have the platform she does.
Yeah she was definitely hired as a token black host by the daily wire to cover up their racism
IKR? I'm old enough to remember when models who looked like Candace were "exotic" and rare. And lots of racist people got all butthurt about it when that changed, because they didn't think Black women were attractive enough to be models.
Candace has a platform but not because right-wing media wants to be more inclusive. She’s a tool for parroting Conservative talking points, the ultimate “I’m not *insert racist, sexist, etc* because a black woman agrees with me” card
The fact she got mad at an ad with someone in a wheelchair that was specifically targeted to people in wheelchairs. It's like getting mad that old people are in commercials for memory care.
It must have been a slow news day for assholes.
There’s shampoos made for black people’s hair. Should they have white people in the commercials?
Wait! What?!? Women in wheelchairs wear underwear and bras? Good lord! Next you'll be telling me they eat the same food as I do or have, like, friends and do other stuff that I do.
How will I ever get over the fact that all the friends I've known over the years that were in wheelchairs were wearing underwear and bras? 🤯
fyi ... I got over it already
I know a girl in a wheelchair, and she actually loves music! Not only that, but she loves the same music that I love! Could you imagine? Oh, and she has political opinions! She can even joke! It’s almost as if she and I live in the same world!
😁
If my wheelchair-using acquaintance was wearing bras the whole time I'd be surprised.
Not that I'd have a problem with him.
Wait until the world learns we can have jobs too!
And the sheer number of us who actually *started businesses* JUST BECAUSE employers discriminate to the point that we couldn’t get or keep a job that we were perfectly capable of doing.
(I certainly don’t think people’s value comes from working, but the fact of the matter is that 90% of disability claims in the US are denied, so most of us do in fact HAVE to work. Even if it kills us.)
As someone who is disabled but an invisible disability I see a LOT of people wanting to be able to see models in things such as wheelchairs because it shows them how the item will look in the chair. It isn't about being palettable or about pushing an agenda and neither is black models, asian models etc. It's about "will this product suit me" as clothing and items we buy are to fit us not for us to fit them. So seeing how an underwear set looks whilst in a wheelchair, what gets cut off, how high the rise is when sat in that way and on a black model how it looks on that skin tone is all so we can see if something meets our expectations and whether we would want to buy it. And if its too woke or inclusive for you to the point you have to make a video complaining about it you're either doing it for clicks and attention and to stir up controversy or are undoubtedly a pathetic little crybaby.
dont let wheelchair decide what ya wear do etc.. its not a piece of clothing per-say. but i get ya point.
@@patsyp.1307 Yeah but if you don't think you'd feel comfortable or confident in an underwear set whilst in your wheelchair then maybe you wouldn't want to buy it. So wanting to have a general idea of how things sit and look definitely helps to influence someone to buy it and to have more confidence in their purchases.
@@patsyp.1307 except that function is a real issue for lots of people with disabilities. We genuinely need to know if various products work with our bodies---including undergarments.
I’m sure for Candance as for Tucker et al it IS all about 💲🤑💰
And these mfs call *US* the snowflakes it's projection all day, every day
“I’m not ableist” says the most ridiculously ableist things possible
I was born disabled. I am now over 50 yrs old. I would like to see people like me in advertisements. I think it's about time that the disabled community is finally being represented. I could write a book on all the discrimination that I faced simply because I was born different.
I would love to see that book in stores and read your story. I think it would be eye opening for a lot of people who only know recent times.
Fuckin right!
Your biggest mistake in life was putting yourself in a community as if your disability is an identity.
Helping someone wheelchair bound go grocery shopping once did a lot to inform me of my own ignorance. I hate what folks outside of what is considered the norm have to deal with.
@@heartdragon2386 shouldn't be about the wheelchair.. or physical challenged parts.. should be about you.(I do not catch replies, i do not see them). Does the wheelchair or.. make you?
"How far are we going to take this inclusivity thing?" Until everyone is seen as a person worthy of existing and living in dignity? That's a good metric I guess.
YES!! 🎉🎉🎉
Inclusivity?? That just shows disabled people? Insane!!
Owens really out here proving how disabled people are dehumanized and simply existing is rebellion.
Yup! We can’t stop before we’ve achieved at least that!
Edit: spelling.
Best comment.
We already have that. Haven't you ever heard of basic morals? They've been getting eroded as christianity has fallen out of favour, but they still exist. Western morals up until the past 10-20 years have been Christian morals and if you look at what the bible says instead of the kinda corrupt church you'll see that it says to accept and love everyone.
That doesn't mean we can't have models that actually work their whole lives making themselves into the peak of human beauty. We should give jobs to the people that are the best at them. Sometimes that is someone with a disability, but it's already overrepresented when compared to the amount of physically disabled outside of media. I'm not saying we need less, I'm just saying we don't need to push for more.
"I didn't know disabled people wore undergarments, and I don't like when disabled people are similar to me, therefore it's gross." - Candance Owens probably
The first time I saw a model with cellulite on her thighs in a bathing suit in an ad, I felt like the rubber band that holds these impossible standards of beauty together popped. It felt so freeing! Then I started seeing models online with disabilities - models with prosthetics, wheelchair bound, etc. - at my favorite department store and I LOVE IT. I didn't realize what challenges can be presented by clothing that isn't adaptive for disabilities and I feel like my whole world has opened up wider. I wish I had thought of this before!
Yes it's so freeing to see the bar for beauty lowered to my level. Instead of me having to throw out the cupcakes to reach higher.
What's even sadder is that her message is basically that people with disabilities cannot be beautiful.
Most resilient and wise people that I know have major disabilities. These are also the most direct and loving people i know. The only ones i consider to be human.
thats your assumption, not what Candace said.
@PAtsy P. That is absolutely what she implied. Did you watch the full video?
She literally said if somebody in a wheelchair tried to be a model, then that means they're DEMANDING to be let into that space and that it would inherently be patronizing (instead of being equally about hard work like it is with people not in a wheelchair).
I was wondering how you missed this until I saw your pfp. There really is no hate like Christian love.
@@davidaugustine3686 I'm Christian and I wouldn't begin to defend someone like this woman lol
@@patsyp.1307 implying that women in wheelchairs are models purely because of "representation" and NOT because they EARNED their place by being qualified to be models IS implying that people with disabilities cannot be beautiful (Beauty is a qualification of modelling).
As a disabled person myself, even though I’m not a wheelchair user, I just have to say that seeing people like that modelling clothes is super important because if you are someone who uses a wheelchair, you sit all day and clothes can get super uncomfortable and painful. Plus too, seeing how clothes sits on a person can make all the difference to them to see if that is a style they like and if they can imagine themselves in that position makes it a bit more of a real idea to getting the clothes especially if it’s online. I personally struggled for a while to find clothes that actually worked for what I needed.
PS. By being able to see someone in a position you are in while they model the clothes, it gives you a chance to see if you like it and can feel sexy/confident in them.
I never thought of this before! I am not disabled physically so I can only imagine how annoying and hard it would be to find clothes that work for your body and your assistance devices. That’s a great point to bring up! Thanks for sharing.
Wouldn’t it be better to develop confidence through your own experiences, when it comes to something as personal as clothing choice or preference?
I couldn’t care less how close look or fit on someone else, if I’m buying them for myself, then I want to try them on for myself because having a disability or even being a family member doesn’t mean that you will have a body type even close to anyone else.
@@Sonicstillpoint83 some people get confidence from seeing other people like them! Which is perfectly fine, so even if they're not the same body type, they can still relate to other aspects.
I see where your coming from though, but people may experience things a little different than you.
It's not so much about confidence in that sense. It's the same reason able bodied models exist because people want to see what clothes will sit like on the person's body. How they'll flow,mix they'll bunch up or our awkwardly. Disabled people can't tell from seeing a standing/walking able-bodied model, and even just seing them sit down might jot even givenus the info we need, It's the same reason we need models of all sized, too, because an outfit can sit very differently depending on your height, body type, disability etc.
When you sit in a wheelchair all day you want to know how that skirt or dress might look, is there enough material that you don't have to worry about it revealing something you don't want to etc. Wearing clothes when sitting down changes how the clothing sits on your body, where it pulls and the like.
Think about when you sit down wearing trousers, you have to do that little tug up on the thigh so that they don't pull down funny, and you unbutton your suit jacket because it'd bunch funny and wrinkle etc.
And then there are things like whether sleeves will catch on the wheels or if you use crutches whether things will get annoyingly bunched or tangled up. We can often take a good guess, but sometimes we can't tell by seeing it on an able bodied model.
It's all little things like that. Next time you wear a different outfit, whether jeans or a nice suit, focus on how it changes in the way it sits, pulls, bunches, twists, depending on whether you're standing or sitting, etc.
And yes we can just try clothes on for ourselves, but it often takes four or five times longer (maybe more depending on our disability and if there is even an accessible changing room) and we might even need assistance to change, which makes buying new clothes difficult. Some disabled people have catheters and other medical equipment to consider too.
So to be able to see what an outfit will look like on a person sitting down/in a wheelchair can save us a lot of time and energy, we'll know whether it's not worth trying or if there is a good chance it'll work so we know to spend our time & energy trying it out.
So it's not about confidence in the way you think, it's about confidence in the product being appropriate.
I hope that helps to explain things a little better.
@@hawkeyescoffee6399 great explanation! Thank you ❤
I am for the inclusion of disabled models as long as they are disabled. Truly giving a disabled person the opportunity to get into advertising just like large size men and woman. The world is full of people of all kinds and we all need to get dressed. I'm tall and plus sized. I love to see advertising for my size so I get a feel if it will look good on me. There is nothing wrong with this advertising.
I just love it when abled people insist they aren’t ableist despite a lot of disabled people calling them out on their ableism. Also, representation is huge. I grew up as a child with a brain injury and not only was I not able to have good representation, I was more likely to hear jokes at my expense. Even in children’s shows.
Not only is the disabled community the LARGEST minority, but it’s also the only one that any person can join at any time. Representation, disability education, universal design. These things benefit EVERYONE.
Edit: heyyyy she put it in the video! Well put, Jo.
I have to wonder how many followers she will lose after so many stupid comments. Unless everyone who follows her are just as stupid as she is. I sure had a hard time listening to her!
And yet the fully able bodied still get to choose weather we are “disabled enough” for support .
Also, almost everyone will become disabled before they die.
Agreed. Everyone who lives long enough will become disabled.
@@Ginger_Sweet what?
If someone told Candace that because she’s black, she cannot be on camera because it doesn’t suit the aesthetic, I wonder what her response would be.
For the record, I am half black and live with a lot of people that agree with her opinions
She's the perfect token for the right 😢
@@BebbaDubbs she is a perfect token for the sane…. There fixed it for you
@@donkeyholmes4581 Do you even know what token means? You seem to thing you did something cool by calling a bigot "the sane", but token is not a positive thing at all and indicates that the people who are supporting her are disrespectful, hypocritical, and exploitative- which I would certainly agree with.
@@carolinehabel in the mind of the delusional I’m sure you believe you are correct. People like you surround yourselves with people that have the same beliefs and agendas, probably why you are so shocked when you realise not everyone agrees with you, then of course come the lies and insults.
The fact that Candace has a problem with a disabled model in an ad for an adaptive clothing line make no sense at all! Companies market to the groups who will buy their products, and disabled people (and older people, and people who may have a temporary injury, etc) are more likely to buy adaptive clothing. People of all races and sizes and ages and abilities wear clothes - it makes sense to see a variety of people in ad campaigns for clothing in general, and for adaptive clothing it makes sense to use disabled models. It wouldn’t make as much sense to have a young, non-disabled model who is less likely to buy adaptive undergarments in the ad for adaptive clothing (although they could be - I think front-closure bras are great), just as I as a white woman with straight hair wouldn’t be the best choice for an ad for a hair care product designed for black women with curly hair.
As someone with scoliosis unable to find comfortable bra for a long time, adaptive clothing and disabled models are definitely needed.
Dude i got so mad when that lady said ‘representation does not matter.’ I have social anxiety. In all of my life, i have seen only two characters in books and media that have social anxiety. One was Evan Hansen, who i related to but not on a huge level, and the other was Ziva, the main character in a book called Blade of Secrets by Tricia Levenseller. You have no idea how happy it made me to see the dedication of the second book in that series. ‘For my fellow warriors who battle with social anxiety every day, you matter. Keep fighting. There is so much good to come.’ When i say i almost cried to see that. It made me so happy to be recognized, and i related hard to Ziva. That book changed my life. And don’t even get me started on the first time i saw asexual representation when i had never seen it before and didn’t know what to do with myself. Representation matters.
"people in wheelchairs can't be good models" is such a wild take
It does limit a lot how you can pose being stuck sitting. But for sitting photos specifically there's no issue is there.
Well yes of course! But that's what makes a good model, being able to work with what you got, knowing your own strengths and weaknesses
The rage I feel right now after her reply is real. As a wheelchair user, I’m disgusted that she felt that this was remotely ok to let fall from her lips as a response. I’m completely floored. I need to close my mouth now.
I'm not disabled but I am so enraged by her words as well. Honestly thought she should just shut up.
Hey we have been complaining about her loud mouth ass for years. Now y’all know what we know.
"Back in the day. Not far enough to be comfortable" this. This describes it so well. The ADA and other laws that help people with disabilities are only very recently put into effect and there are still so many problems that still need to be addressed.
You are completely right Jo. As the husband of a disabled wife, this intolerance is maddening. More reason for me to spend part of my remaining time on this earth to advocate for disability in my Australia. Cheers Steve 🇦🇺😎👍
If representation "does not matter" then why is she having a meltdown over seeing a wheelchair? Clearly eliminating representation matters to her at least.
want about the wheelchair persay; was about left always making things inclusive. YEt they do not treat all people as inclusive; though they act like they do so..
As a disabled person and very occasional wheelchair user, I find this appalling! Anyone should find this disturbing. Any of us is a moment away from becoming disabled. If she were to become disabled, I guess she should be locked away. Lord knows, the world shouldn't have to look at her! 😡
Edit: I mean that according to what she seems to believe about disabled people, if she becomes disabled, she shouldn't be out there in the open, as people don't need to see that. I personally don't believe any of us with a disability should be hidden away.
Candice is a well known idiot. But there’s a substantial group who seem to love her and think she’s basically a divine prophet. Most people, at least where I live, would disagree with her on basically all points. But even if it’s 1% of people who are bad, that still has a huge impact on people who they talk crap about
I was about to jump and on to see if this was a response to ignorance or ignorance. Sad that this is what people are still thinking and voicing. This world isn’t made for those who are different in any way and we still have to fight everyday of our lives to be treated nicely sometimes.
💥💯🔥 true it's sad. She's controlled opposition.
Perhaps you can help explain something:
If we are on a moment away from Disability caused by an unfortunate accident, what are the odds that we come away from such an experience with a flawless exterior? I was under the impression that modeling is based on aesthetic perfection.
@@Sonicstillpoint83 1) disabled covers a range of causes including genetics, illness,etc. 2) disabled does not mean deformed it means requires assistance for equitable life experiences to the majority of the population. 3) Modelling and entertainment industry in general are becoming more inclusive and focusing on representation in sexuality and races. Where’s the positive representation for the disabled population? 4) Why is modelling focusing on perfection when perfection doesn’t exist? Furthermore what countries beauty standards are you focusing on when saying modelling is about perfection? America and the western world are representing binary and non-binary gender identities and sexual orientations, the discrepancy of race that is finally becoming more inclusive! This is another group of minorities that require representation. If you need resources to educate yourself on the disabled community and what people with disabilities can look like I am happy to provide. You’ll be interested to know that people with disabilities can also be out of wheelchairs and not require mobility aids.
I'm not American, but this Candice lady doesn't seem to understand that THE WORLD DOES NOT BELONG TO HER. How narcissistic can someone be???The world belongs TO EVERYONE!! Like what the actual heck.
The only thing you really need to know about CO is that she's part of a right-wing grift machine who caters to the basest and most repugnant portion of US society because selling hatred of the Other makes a ton of money. Some of them know it's purely a grift and don't believe a single thing that comes out of their mouths, while a lot of them eventually get drunk on their own koolaid and fall down the rabbit hole themselves.
She's part of the same crew as Ben Shapiro, and when Ye went on his anti-semitic arc recently, she ended up being upset that Shapiro, who is a Jew, actually spoke up about Ye's anti-semitism being bad. They're all loathsome people.
Candace Owens gives off "I was rejected by one modeling agency and now I'm big mad" vibes.
"Let's debunk the myth that I'm ableist." Candace, an entire team of archeologists plus the crew of Mythbusters couldn't debunk that if they tried. And all we have to base this on is * checks notes * everything she's ever done.
Then proceeds to read an ad with someone in a wheelchair that shows how comfortable it is and she’s like “Really Really Really”
As an actual archaeologist, I concur. 😅
Never even heard the word Albeist, until she said it. Another layer of innocence washed away. Damn I am naive!
I am not a disabled person, but I absolutely love that someone with a disability is modeling. It takes lots of hard work and I envy the talent it takes to model. I wish we had more disabled people models and more people advocating for them.
Molly Burke is a disabled model if you want to check her out, she is a blind youtuber.
@@user-th1pv6ks5o ❤ 👍 ✊️ thank you for letting know, I'll check out her channel right now.
It must be hard being a person that is offended by seeing a disabled person be successful.
Conservatives get offended over literally everything. I can't imagine living life that miserable
BTW Representation does mean a lot to some people.
There is a video of a toddler that was born limb deficient.
There was a lady who had the same when he met her and
recognized her disability, his face lit up as he saw another like he is.
The beauty of that face as it gained recognition of a fellow.
To know he was not alone, his face lit up, beamish.
A beamish boy that fought the Jabberwocky & won.
Representation & fellowship is important.
as a disabled woman it would be great to see more seated models so we can see how clothes will fit on our bodies. i completely agree with you jo
Agreed, for different reasons - not disabled, but have a history of an ED and current body image issues. Seeing bodies sitting down/in less flattering positions in general is helpful
@@Liz-kj2jj This! Give us unflattering positions. I want to see what the clothing actually looks like while I'm working, instead of what it looks like when I'm standing in heels.
Her mindset towards us, the disabled, isn't rare. It's why so many people are reluctant to use mobility aids. It's why people like me, with invisible disabilities, work so hard to seem normal when out in public. People don't want to see us. They want to forget we exist.
The horrifying thing about her words, to me, is that she has so many fans who are disabled. She panders to veterans quite often.
How many veterans are disabled? What will her words do to them?
Ngl it took a long time for me to get a disability parking permit because of the fear that people would try to claim that I'm not really disabled because I don't look disabled. I also thought that because I can walk, I shouldn't get one because someone who can't walk needs it.
I have severe joint pain and severe pain in my knees, hips, and lower back when I walk. If old people can get it because they're a certain age then I don't see the harm in me having one to relieve my pain by shortening the walk from my car to the building.
@EeveeQueen15 ugh. That mindset towards us is so pervasive. "You don't look disabled, so you must be lying!"
I’m autistic and I’m not sure if I’m even allowed to claim the label, I don’t dare to because people’s response is always like “so you got the light version, huh?” and I fear I would be laughed at.
@Letterborne no matter where you are on the spectrum, it can make for a helluva bunch of hurdles in life. Claim the label if you want. People who j6dge you for it can take that judgement and shove it up their rear. Sideways.
Candace Owens is embarrassing to listen to. She does not represent me at all.
It really speaks to Jo's character that she can approach responding to that video with any shred of respect.
I love you so much. I have a hidden disability (migraines) and I hate when people assume I can do everything on a daily basis because they never see my bad days. So I'm really sorry that you have to go through it but I'm happy that you speak out to all of this. I worked hard to get through life even with limitations so hearing anyone say that we shouldn't follow our dreams is just infuriating.
As an able bodied person, I am very excited to see more inclusivity in modeling. Representation does matter and makes people feel a part of the society and that they matter to that society. I want more people to know they matter. It's ridiculous that other people don't.
"Representation doesn't matter, we don't need to see these people in our public spaces, inclusivity is ridiculous" says the woman from a minority who less than a century ago would not have been allowed in public spaces like certain toilets, the front of buses, laundrettes or theatres.
Dont even get started on how she is a hypocrite. She was writing for a Publisher, in which she bashed Trump, while then saying he's the best thing since the sun, doxxed people on twitter and was completely unhinged. All she wants is money and power. She is the WORST opportunist in the Political Commentator Sphere.
"Every black woman but me is a diversity hire"
Exactly!!!
That statement totally blew my mind too!
That’s exactly what I tried to say.
Representation is so so important!! Last summer, I had to use a cane for the first time (I used it when my arthritis spiked up really badly, which thankfully hasn’t gotten as bad as that since, but probably will more often over time), and I felt so isolated going out in public with it, and was so worried about what people would think seeing a young person walking with a cane but no visible injury. I went online to see if there were other young cane users I could see content from, and seeing other people making content and being proud of who they are, cane and all, made such a difference to me!
My jaw dropped at 7:00 (“you want to be patronised…”). How absolutely offensive! I was shocked. Good on you for calling out this absolute rubbish and encouragement of discrimination.
There’s a piece that you said here that reminded me of an idea that I’m sad to say I haven’t followed through on very much lately, which is to call out acts that are racist/ableist/sexist/etc without branding the people committing those acts with the same label. People don’t want to be called racist or ableist, so putting that label on them shuts them down and creates resistance to discussion and learning. You did a superb job of calling out Owens’ statements as ableist without calling her ableist, and, although I agree with you that she isn’t likely interested in actual learning, you kept the door open to that, and that should be commended. Love your work!
Thank you so much! I genuinely appreciate that!
exactly!!! everybody has the potential to mess up and be mean/discriminatory because we arent perfect! its our want, or lack of it, to do better that shows who we actually are as people
I'm not ableist.
*Proceeds to only say things that are discriminatory to disabled people.*
If you have to preface with “I’m not…” then you know that everything you’re going to say proves that you are, you know that it’s wrong, and you’re choosing to say it anyway.
Representative doesn't matter? It sure mattered when it was people of color or LGBTQ people seeking representation.
And she's saying disabled people should stay away and "use their gifts"... Who says modeling isn't their gift?
I'm so glad you spoke up about this. Candace really missed the mark here...
I'm not an amputee but seeing her on the runway touched my heart in a way. I'm going through some chronic health issues and although I don't use a wheelchair, it made me feel good. It made me feel like even though I am also going through hardship, I'm still human. Just like her.
I can't be the only one right?
The entire point of models is to see how the clothes will look on you. SO there should be a wide variety of models. Everyone deserves to see a model like them, see how the clothes might look on them and feel seen in the fashion culture.
She seems to be forgetting that it wasn’t that long ago that the fashion industry didn’t accept people like her in their industry because they they didn’t think modeling was an appropriate job for black women, “because that’s not where their talents lie” and besides, no one wanted to see that. Black people fought for inclusivity, but no one else should right?
I would argue that modeling has always been about making the clothes look at their best, not what it would look on you or anyone else.
@@Tykain256 but we are in an age of more buying at distance with less chance to be able to actually go into shops and try things on. This is often more relevant for people with disabilities that restrict their mobility or someone like me with a sizeable hernia where the sizing of something isn't the only relevant information, you need to see how it fits and hangs on different body types to get an idea of what works.
Commercial modelling as opposed to high fashion modelling has always had an element of this need , both are now just getting better at meeting it
Exactly! How many obese models have we seen in the last few years?? But use someone who is in a wheelchair and instead of celebrating and normalising people think it’s RIDICULOUS???
@@Tykain256yes however the rise of obese models says otherwise also I’d argue that the model in the wheelchair has a great body and could easily be any woman sitting down in underwear and nobody would have uttered a word!!
I remember reading a little blurb in an old Girls' Life magazine about a girl who wanted to be a fashion designer and was experimenting with clothing for wheelchair users. Her brother used a wheelchair full-time and rarely wore long-sleeved shirts.
This was because any long-sleeved shirts he had got worn out first on the elbow/forearm area from the pressure against his armrests. So she created shirts with a reinforced sleeve area directly where the most pressure would be. Over time and sharing them with other people in wheelchairs, she modified them based on suggestions, like adding little snaps that make the sleeves easier to roll up for people with limited arm mobility as well.
Yes, she only started because of her brother. But it's important for any possible designer to know that there's a need for garments for every type of person there is. Not everyone has the brain for design. But everyone can have empathy.
I was only in a wheelchair for two summers when I was deeply ill as a teenager...and good lord the patronizing and discrimination even from that short experience stuck with me all these years. It's really sad to this "oh no, I had to a see a person in a wheelchair" attitude. Ugh.
Trying to figure out how she thinks the model did it worse than anyone else, she wore the underwear and had her pic taken same as anyone would
would she prefer that all wheelchair users NOT wear underwear?? because i don’t think she’d agree with that 💀
Y’all should just sit there naked lmao.
That's is a hilarious point 😂
What she was really trying to say is "EWW GROSS" . That's really ugly thinking
She's had that same reaction to a lot of groups of people. Trans and LGBTQ+ more widely. Poor or homeless people. Fat people. Disabled people are just another group added to her list. Her brand is hate and the more people she can hate, the better for her brand.
😢 Candice is such a sad sad example of a human. Everyone deserves to be seen. Thanks for sharing Jo. 💞
Of COURSE she doesn't get it because she doesn't WANT to. That would mean realizing how self centered she is and unwilling to actually understand how important it is to be included in the market place and media at large. She's perfectly happy being in her own selfish bubble.
imagine getting so bent out of shape over a model in a wheel chair and then completely failing to read the room when getting backlash, embarrassing really
It wasn't even backlash. It was constructive criticism that she completely ignored.
Now notice that she totally missed that she is the token representative of patronizing inclusivity TO THAT GROUP.
Is there anyone Candace Owens doesn't hate? What a way to go through life.
She hates who they pay her to hate.
Probably herself
She worships people more powerful than her and hates people she thinks are less powerful than her.
She loves money 🤑
@@Ilyena I think she might hate herself most of all...
As a mentally disabled trans person who has lived through the female experience, I know how it feels to have gone through this experience multiple times. People tell me I'm just a smowflake or a token in the work industry just becuase I want to get a job in stem.
Imagine being angry that someone in a wheelchair is living their dream being a model through all the difficulties that come with it
As a person that has several “invisible disabilities” I have to say this. Thanks for making this video. I may look “normal” to many people, but seeing other disabled people in adds and campaigns makes me happy. It tells me that there’s some products available I’ll be able to use and this have to struggle less in everyday life. And that makes me very happy.
That lady made me disappointed. What happened to if it’s not for you, look elsewhere. If she didn’t like that advertisement, look at another. There’s loads around.
@@lisarice4402 exactly! I enjoy ads with all different kinds of people. Ranging from body types to whatever else. But it is very refreshing to see more diversity on so many fronts.
And product that ease every day life.
Right there with you. I have epilepsy and that's hard to represent visually withkut freaking people out. I wouldn't want to see an ad for shoes or something where the model suddenly drops and has a grand mal seizure. Someone with a visible disability can more easily and positively communicate inclusivity of all disabled people.
I also have invisible disabilities, I’ve been told I’m “too pretty, or look too healthy” to be disabled.
Imagine getting triggered over an ad featuring a woman in a wheel chair while actively telling other people they need “thicker skin”. It’s like a skit at this point.
Everybody needs clothes. It’s super easy. Overweight, disabled, and every other type of model should be on ads because everyone needs clothes and everybody uses them.
Let’s hope she doesn’t find out about the Paralympics. She would lose her damn mind.
It makes me so angry to know that my disabled daughter is growing up in a world that so often finds it disgusting that she exists.
not everyone
I think it is horrible as well. My favorite people are because of how they handle their faults, and carry on anyway!
I feel very upset that your daughter will be growing up in a world that so so often finds it necessary to tell people that disabilities are an identity.
It's up to you to raise her to be strong. Do what she can to the best of her ability and not make excuses.
That was a thing in the 80's. Did the world become more compassionate since then? O r did we just forget the 80's? asking for a friend with serious mental illness.
Jo, thank you for being here for us. I am a disabled teen and it means so much to me that you are here, sharing your story, and helping me to accept myself. Thank you for everything you do for our beautiful community!!
I am an old lady in a wheelchair. Life is too short to worry about with others think of you. If you have a dream, go after it and don't let anyone stop you!
@@cbryce9243 Thank you so much, that genuinely means a lot to me.
I think that's her way of saying disabled people are ugly without wanting to take full responsibility for what she's saying.
And it is okay for some people to consider being disabled ugly, we can't police people's beliefs and values. But she needs to be transparent about it at the very least. At least that way, the world can pass appropriate judgment on people like this.
I don’t know how else to understand her statement of we don’t want to see that.
And the implication that we are lazy she slipped in there. A lot of these people really think that people with disabilities are either at fault for their disability in the most part. Because if they don't they then have to face their fear that this could happen to them tomorrow. We scare them. That is why one of the most common thing to hear in sudden disabilities is "I never thought it could/would happen to me/loved one". If we hide, they get to pretend that it could never happen to them.
Reminds me of a guy I saw on the interwebs who was against Julia being added to Sesame Street because "we shouldn't be normalizing autism."
And I'm here like, what the heck does that even mean? We exist. There's not going to be any fewer of us if you pretend that we don't. And now that you've explained about ugly laws I'm like oh, that's what he meant.
yes we should be
Seriously? People are ridiculous
Those are the people that think vaccines cause autism n shit 🤣
another layer to this situation is that the model has a conventionally attractive body. If this is the response that Candace gives to this model, I can't imagine what she might say about a model who doesn't fit societal beauty standards or *gasp* has more visible aspects of their disability.
100%. She makes a lot of comments that would absolutely indicate that in the whole of her response video.
I thought this too. Probably because it was Jo's video. "What would her response have been if the model had been an amputee?" But of course we know what her response would have been. A free speech absolutist... she would have actively called for the removal of the ad.
This made me wonder, especially with not showing the model’s face…..do we know if Kim actually used a wheelchair user as the model or just sat an able bodied model in a wheelchair?
@@jm22mccl Hm, I'm not in the habit of doubting someone's disability out of hand...
...and after a quick google, Haleigh Rosa is indeed a wheelchair user, and has been quite active in her own response to this whole debacle. Worth listening to her own take!
@@clockworkkirlia7475 wonderful. I’ll definitely look for her response. I certainly wasn’t doubting her, more doubting the sincerity of the Kardashians. Happy they did the right thing here.
Why do people keep thinking that "a right to exist" only means having a right to be hidden away from society!? I'm so over it
I fractured my spine in april of 2021. I didnt know it at the time, and went about life normally for over a year. It healed wrong, obviously, and now i have chronic pain. I had joint issues before too, and it sbeen rough. I only got over my apprehension regarding disability aids enough to use a disability cart at the grocery store a few months ago. I have a walker but the fear i have regarding using it grips me because i am young, only 18, and people are quick to judge and determine me lazy for using the aids i need. the looks i get in the store can be downright evil. Theres a good chunk of people who never want to see disabled folk or give them any assistance. Its awful.
We are all a car accident away from ending up in a wheelchair.
Of even crossing the road walking!!
and if that happens, we should then hide in the house, like the icky people we have become, and pursue nothing but the pity of the self-righteous 🙄
Or horse-ride-fall…
Or getting a severe case of fibromyalgia and MS. You don't have to have injury to end up in the chair. Become a fall risk and in such pain that you're on 4 different medications and see how it goes. People who think we "wheelchair disabled" are supposed to sit down (I'm already doing that) and shut up (oh, not me) should have to deal with the reality of what we really have going on.
Honestly, many of us are just a few decades away from using crutches, a wheelchair or some other mobility aid, even if nothing goes wrong. So many older people have issues with walking. So accessability is something we all should want because all of us may profit from it one day
As a wheelchair user. It makes me sick to know people like her are paid millions to spout their bullshit. Yet people like us are struggling to get though life because people like her do not feel like we deserve to be seen or do work in public. Thank you Jo for your great message.
Its about UNDERWEAR FOR GODS SAKE!!! im disabled since birth and never butt hurt about STUPID friggin things like this....
People who have never dealt with a disability or know someone personally who has a disability just do not understand. When you downplay the hatred people for disability it just helps make us disabled people be ignored even more by society. We are human and deserve be seen as human.
@@DMV8662 it's not just about underwear it's much bigger than that I've been disabled my entire life too I don't understand how you don't see the issue here
Don't be discouraged. You have many allies. Candace Owens and everyone who agrees with her has a mental disability that she/they refuses to recognize. They have not evolved above or beyond the mental and emotional level of a 🙊 all knuckle draggers!😮
God Bless you!!
I think this is the first time I'm just completely speechless. Like, what??? Since when was this a controversial issue??????
The amount of people that have been canceled for far less, I think what she said and her thoughts and thinking on it is outrageous
I just got a wheelchair so I can have a chance to finally go out and interact with the world rather than being stuck in bed most of the time. Seeing you make this video helps me feel better about that. Thank you, Jo.
I am in the same situation as you but a few years later. To be a prisoner in your own home, maybe even in bed… Enjoy that wheelchair , enjoy beeing out and about. And dont be afraid to demand space in shops or other public places, you have the right to get around like anyone else. When I got my permobil, made to also have my child with me, it was amazing! The Freedom! Enjoy ❤😊
@@DT-no2uk Thank you so much D T!
I work in retail and I wanted to let you know if you need help grabbing something, don’t feel embarrassed or ashamed to ask. If you need help, ask. We all need help sometimes, in different ways. It’s okay!
I also grew up with a disabled mom. I don’t know how she felt about other peoples opinion of her, because she never voiced it, but I know she was always frustrated that she couldn’t be as independent as she wanted.
Allow yourself to feel those frustrations too. You’ll be pissed some days that you need to ask for help and that’s okay. It’s okay to be mad. Society isn’t built the way it should be.
Her saying "I'm not ableist" is really no different than someone else saying "I'm not racist". You don't get to decide that, Ma'am! The people you hurt with your prejudice are the ones who get to decide. Full disclosure: I have MS, am an ambulatory wheelchair user, and I am significantly enough disabled by MS that I actually qualify for SSDI. I also wear bras, underwear, and other clothing. I am married and still am intimate with my husband. I bet that little fact would send her screaming from the room! 🤪
To be fair just because someone calls you racist doesn’t mean you are. Completely agreed that you should respect everyone and judge based on character rather than how we’re born and celebrate our differences. I’m all for inclusivity. But you don’t have to do much to get labeled as a racist these days. I think it’s not something anyone can decide because it’s subjective and people get offended by things they don’t understand all the time. And nobody speaks for their entire race so just because some people within a race find something racist doesn’t mean that the majority of their group agrees.
@@melaniegrace7707 Let me put it this way: I'm from Norway where a much larger percentage of the population is white than in the USA. We do not record ethnicity, so it is difficult to find specific numbers, but I saw some statistics saying that about 8.5% of the population in Norway does not come from Europe, so I would guess the percentage of black people in Norway to be about 1-2%. I wouldn't say that having an add campaign with no black people in Norway would be racist, but to say that skin colour would disqualify someone from being a model would be racist. If Candace isn't saying being in a wheel chair should disqualify somebody from being a model, she is at least going extremely close to that border, and I would say she is ableist.
@@torejorgensen5344 you put it well. And she is actually saying just that.
To be frank, someone saying "I'm not a , but ..." is usually followed by some utterance that totally characterizes the . Any . Nearly always. And always citing Freedom of Speech as thier right to say so.
Actually her "I'm not ableist" reminded me of homophobes who do the "I'm not homophobic I just don't wanna see it in my face" people
I had to grab a cup of tea for this... As a neurodivergent trans woman, it's great to see representation in media, and being a part of multiple minority groups, it really saddens me when people look at minority groups with distaste and aversion. We already have to work even harder to simply exist in this world on our own, we don't need people criticising our existence as well
Hey, I’m a neurodivergent trans man. So I have autism (semi-verbal), and have really bad joints, so I have a service dog and crutches as well as a wheelchair. It pisses me off when I get infantilized, because I can do things on my own. I know how to ask for help when I need it, and yet for some reason, everyone either sees me as incapable, or a problem. I hate the fact that I’m regularly seen as messed up. So I’m curled up, high off my rocker, eating sour gummy worms, and getting pissed off at this woman who should know damn well that inclusivity does matter.
"Women in wheelchairs are now wearing bras and underwear"
What?
You're so right about how anyone can become disabled. Last year, I was in a coma and came out of it unable to walk. It took a lot of work to even be able to use a wheelchair. I'm walking with a cane now and hopefully won't need it soon enough, but it was and is a really challenging process to go through, so why not lift people in general up by having that representation and specifically by employing people who have disabilities
"They have a right to life but we don't want to see it" sums up really well the attitudes and core beliefs behind this. You did such a great job of this video!
Representing disability is so vital, so many people become disabled and adapting is made harder because they can’t see people in society living life to the full with similar disabilities. My daughter became partially sighted about 5 years ago. It’s taken time as a young single mum for her to build her confidence and it’s really only the last 6 months that she’s flourished. She has been taught to use a white cane and her world has opened up and her confidence is wonderful to see. Things may have been easier and quicker if there had been anywhere young partially sighted or blind people were represented in society. It’s very much time that disability stopped holding people back, that they are seen as a normal contributing part of society because that’s what they are.
If anything I think it’s crazy to think that it’s absurd that a model in a wheelchair exists
representation absolutely DOES matter.
i’m a disabled adult and i’ve been binge-reading books-even middle grade and YA books-that feature disabled characters because i never saw that growing up. and i feel like reading these books, seeing these stories, is a way of healing my inner child. it’s a way of present-me acknowledging that past-me never saw himself in the books he read, which only made past-me think i was weird and would never feel belonging or acceptance.
❤️ 100% with hugs. I’ve just finished Jo’s video and am changing up my bedtime reading to reread a story with the disability representation I need in this moment. My inner child is still healing. I wish yours a bounty in pages.
It’s so beautiful to see the rise in books with disabled characters! The first time I read a book about a character with similar joint problems to me, I about cried, even though mine only really started affecting me a few years ago. I can’t imagine how wonderful it must feel for anyone who has lived their whole life or the majority of their life with a disability to see themself represented.
What are the books you recommend? I love YA novels and I started to Listen to Alicia rades books. There‘s a lot of representation in the Series of one of her „unenivers“ (Fantasy).
That's such a beautiful idea! I will absolutely be going to a book store sometime for myself. thank you for sharing :)) I hope this can help many others too
I remember getting bullied for wearing my hearing aid, to the point that i rarely wear it now even. I've learnt to deal with not wearing it, even though in reality, it would be much better for me to wear it. Having representation in different media probably would have stopped half the people bullying, or even just the kids with questions
If women in wheelchairs can’t model undergarments in their mobility aid, neither should able-bodied ones. Double standard when
Maybe it's that a woman in a wheelchair, in Candace's world, can't possibly be sexy.
...I have no problem finding a person in a wheelchair potentially sexy. I'm pansexual, so I say person.
I already had a crush on a guy who used a chair. 😍
@@grmpEqweer I honestly don’t even want to enter her world. It’s sad. And horrible. And dark. She has such awful opinion on anybody that isn’t her, I’m genuinely surprised she isn’t racist even though she’s POC at this point
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She's judgy, alright.
Sad.
Candace made her view very clear in the second video - she thinks disabled people are faulty and fundamentally worse at wearing underwear in an ad than non disabled people - she thinks it's patronising and handing out participation trophies if a modelling agency hires a disabled person. It has not occurred to her in the least that maybe the disabled person could actually be the best person for the job.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 Doesn't even matter, the clothes she was modeling for were specifically for disabled people. No matter how you want to look at it, it was uncalled for. Not many people would have seen that modeling picture and thought anything of it anyways, I mean she is fabricating her own rage bait like all the conservative pundits do, it TRULY doesn't matter in any capacity, she is purposefully shoving "wokeness" in people's faces and then getting mad at her own actions. If she didn't call attention to it I doubt ANYONE would have gave 2 sh*ts besides disabled people who might want to check out that brand of clothing for their own curiosity. And if you were disabled and looking for accessible clothing having a disabled person as the model immediately calls attention to what the clothing is specifically made for. Tbh it is common sense which is what I thought was the main argument for conservatives.
It is the same thing with the one superman comic, or the trans chocolate bar, or the gosh darn f*ckable m&ms. If it wasn't for daily wire and fox NO ONE WOULD CARE IN THE SLIGHTEST, about any of those things, most people wouldn't even know about it, the trans chocolate bar thing had FIVE views before daily wire cried to high heavens about it, like I just couldn't give a flying f*ck what the label on a chocolate bar is you don't pay attention to it and throw it away anyways, I'm horribly mentally ill can barely leave my house without a meltdown and honestly, being THAT upset about a wrapper on a chocolate bar that got 5 views before daily wire propped it up is mental illness truly. They SHOVE "wokeness" in everyone's face, stuff that I wouldn't have cared about or even seen tbh just to say the left is doing it and project THEIR actions on everyone else. If you don't want to get mad just stop CONSTANTLY fishing for it because again 99.9% of the stuff they complain about I wouldn't have known even happened in the first place. I wouldn't have seen this ad, I wouldn't have known about the purple m&m, or giving sneakers to the green one, I wouldn't have cared about the wrapper on a candy bar (which I actually liked the design of the wrapper😖) I wouldn't have known about this specific disabled model, the one I pay most attention to is Molly Burke, but I started watching her before I knew she was a model. I don't read comics and wouldn't have known about superman's gay son. It is just so annoying that these pundits keep doing the very thing they wine about.
Every accusation is a confession 100% of the time.
This obviously stems from the idea of models having been the embodiment of physical perfection though some images have been questionable: ultra thin young women. We are therefore not used to such images and it's a matter of progressive acceptance.
I was just walking through a Kohl's store today and saw a plus sized mannequin. I just thought "huh, look at that" and moved on. I would say the same if it was a mannequin in a wheelchair. In fact that might be even cooler because they would have to actually use a chair.
There have been disabled models since the early 2000's. I remember seeing a woman who was paralyzed from the chest down talking about how happy she was to be able to model again. She also talked about how she worried about some of the sitting positions might make her fall. She still looked pretty beautiful though.
That's really cool, she got to pursue her dream after paralysis.
As a fellow disabled person, I have found that a majority of people don’t like to see disabled people like myself. And the reason for this is because those people realize that becoming wheelchair-bound or becoming disabled in any way can happen to anyone at anytime. I truly do believe its because they fear becoming like us. This doesn’t excuse the terrible message but it does explain it I believe. It just makes me sad that this happens 😢
I think it's that but also more. Grouping people into "desirable" and "undesirable" is a tried and true tactic of the right. Disabled people have historically been lumped into undesirable over and over. Her reaction to trans people, as an example, was very similar to this one. "I've never met a transgender person I liked. They are all horrible people." Sadly, hate and fear are amazing motivators for people, especially politically.
I think you've hit the nail on the head. If people turn off their empathy, they can convince themselves that what other people are suffering from could never happen to them.
You also often see the, "hard work" concept. That it really doesn't matter what obstacles are in your way, because you just need to work hard enough.
Because that way, people can tell themselves that they are working hard enough, and you simply aren't. Even if in order to succeed like them, you'd have to work far harder than them or than you're even capable of.
Spot on!!! 🎯
The only bad reactions I've gotten about using an oxygen tank were when I had to walk by someone who was smoking in a public place. I felt like saying, but didn't, "yes, this could be you if you keep smoking." My lung disease is severe asthma-COPD, and I've never smoked anything.
I reported her and hope everyone who reads this, does as well.
The irony is 50-60 years ago. People like Candice said the same thing about blacks.
We love when able-bodied people explain what is and isn’t ableist to disabled people like we aren’t the ones experiencing the discrimination first hand. Because really, able-bodied people are the most qualified to decide what affects a group they aren’t apart of, us disabled people really have no experience and should be ignored.