I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | Stella Young

Prevoditelj: Marina Maras Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

I grew up in a very small country town

Odrasla sam u malom provincijskom gradiću

in Victoria.

u državi Viktorija.

I had a very normal, low-key kind of upbringing.

Imala sam jedan normalan i umjeren odgoj.

I went to school, I hung out with my friends,

Pohađala sam školu, družila se s prijateljima,

I fought with my younger sisters.

svađala se s mlađim sestrama.

It was all very normal.

Vodila sam jedan vrlo normalan život.

And when I was 15, a member of my local community

Kada sam imala 15 godina, član lokalne zajednice

approached my parents

je prišao mojim roditeljima

and wanted to nominate me

i rekao da me želi nominirati

for a community achievement award.

za nagradu lokalne zajednice za osobno postignuće.

And my parents said, "Hm, that's really nice,

A moji roditelji su rekli: "Hm, to je stvarno lijepo,

but there's kind of one glaring problem with that.

ali postoji jedan očiti problem.

She hasn't actually achieved anything." (Laughter)

Ona zapravo nije ništa postigla." (Smijeh)

And they were right, you know.

I, znate,bili su u pravu.

I went to school, I got good marks,

Pohađala sam školu, imala dobre ocjene,

I had a very low-key after school job

imala sam pristojan poslić koji sam obavljala poslije škole

in my mum's hairdressing salon,

u maminom frizerskom salonu,

and I spent a lot of time watching

i mnogo sam vremena provodila gledajući

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Dawson's Creek."

"Buffy - ubojicu vampira" i "Dawson's Creek."

Yeah, I know. What a contradiction.

Da, znam. Koje proturječje.

But they were right, you know.

Ali, znate, bili su u pravu.

I wasn't doing anything that was out of the ordinary

Nisam radila ništa neobično

at all.

uopće.

I wasn't doing anything that could be considered an achievement

Nisam radila ništa što bi se moglo smatrati ikakvim postignućem

if you took disability out of the equation.

kad biste izvadili invaliditet iz formule.

Years later, I was on my second teaching round

Mnogo godina kasnije, tijekom druge serije predavanja

in a Melbourne high school,

u srednjoj školi u Melbourneu,

and I was about 20 minutes into a year 11 legal studies class

negdje nakon 20 minuta mog predavanja maturantima o pravu

when this boy put up his hand and said,

dječak je dignuo ruku i rekao:

"Hey miss, when are you going to start doing your speech?"

"Hej, gospođice, kad ćete započeti svoj govor?"

And I said, "What speech?"

A ja sam rekla: "Koji govor?"

You know, I'd been talking them

Znate, govorila sam im

about defamation law for a good 20 minutes.

o zakonu o kleveti dobrih 20 minuta.

And he said, "You know, like,

A on je rekao: "Znate, hm,

your motivational speaking.

vaš motivacijski govor.

You know, when people in wheelchairs come to school,

Znate, kad ljudi u invalidskim kolicima dođu u školu

they usually say, like, inspirational stuff?"

obično govore, znate, inspirativne stvari?"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"It's usually in the big hall."

"Obično u velikoj dvorani."

And that's when it dawned on me:

I tada mi je postalo jasno:

This kid had only ever experienced disabled people

Taj dječak je ljude s invaliditetom doživio jedino

as objects of inspiration.

kao objekte inspiracije.

We are not, to this kid --

Mi nismo, ovome dječaku --

and it's not his fault, I mean,

i to nije njegova krivica, znate,

that's true for many of us.

to je istinito za mnoge od nas.

For lots of us, disabled people are not our teachers

Za mnoge od nas osobe s invaliditetom nisu naši učitelji

or our doctors or our manicurists.

ili naši doktori ili naši manikuristi.

We're not real people. We are there to inspire.

Mi nismo stvarni ljudi. Mi smo ovdje kako bi inspirirali.

And in fact, I am sitting on this stage

I zapravo, ja sjedim na ovoj pozornici

looking like I do in this wheelchair,

izgledajući kako izgledam u ovim invalidskim kolicima,

and you are probably kind of expecting me

i vi vjerojatno na neki način očekujete od mene

to inspire you. Right? (Laughter)

da vas inspiriram. Je li tako? (Smijeh)

Yeah.

Da.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid

Pa, dame i gospodo, bojim se

I'm going to disappoint you dramatically.

da ću vas zaista naveliko razočarati.

I am not here to inspire you.

Ja nisam ovdje kako bih vas inspirirala.

I am here to tell you that we have been lied to

Ovdje sam kako bih vam rekla da su nam lagali

about disability.

o invaliditetu.

Yeah, we've been sold the lie

Da, podvalili su nam laž

that disability is a Bad Thing, capital B, capital T.

da je invaliditet Loš, i to s velikim L

It's a bad thing, and to live with a disability

Invaliditet je loš, a život s invaliditetom

makes you exceptional.

vas čini izuzetnim.

It's not a bad thing, and it doesn't

Invaliditet nije loš i ne čini vas

make you exceptional.

izuzetnim.

And in the past few years, we've been able

Posljednjih nekoliko godina smo

to propagate this lie even further

ovu laž proširili još više

via social media.

zahvaljujući društvenim medijima.

You may have seen images like this one:

Možda ste vidjeli slike poput ove:

"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

"Jedini invaliditet u životu je loš stav."

Or this one: "Your excuse is invalid." Indeed.

Ili ove: " Vaša isprika je invalidna." Zaista.

Or this one: "Before you quit, try!"

Ili ove: "Prije nego što odustaneš, pokušaj!"

These are just a couple of examples,

Ovo su samo neki primjeri,

but there are a lot of these images out there.

ali postoji mnoštvo ovakvih slika.

You know, you might have seen the one,

Znate, možda ste vidjeli onu gdje

the little girl with no hands

mala djevojčica bez ruku

drawing a picture with a pencil held in her mouth.

crta sliku držeći olovku u ustima.

You might have seen a child running

Možda ste vidjeli dijete koje trči

on carbon fiber prosthetic legs.

na prostetskim nogama napravljenim od karbonskih vlakana.

And these images,

A ove slike

there are lots of them out there,

mnogo ih kola u javnosti,

they are what we call inspiration porn.

zovemo inspiracijska pornografija.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And I use the term porn deliberately,

I ovdje koristim naziv pornografija namjerno

because they objectify one group of people

jer one pretvaraju u objekt jednu skupinu ljudi

for the benefit of another group of people.

u korist druge skupine ljudi.

So in this case, we're objectifying disabled people

U ovom slučaju, činimo od ljudi s invaliditetom objekte

for the benefit of nondisabled people.

u korist osoba bez invaliditeta.

The purpose of these images

Svrha ovih slika

is to inspire you, to motivate you,

jest da vas inspiriraju, da vas motiviraju,

so that we can look at them

kako bismo ih mogli gledati

and think, "Well, however bad my life is,

i misliti, "Pa, koliko god loš moj život bio,

it could be worse.

moglo bi biti i gore.

I could be that person."

Ja bih mogao biti ta osoba."

But what if you are that person?

Ali što ako jeste ta osoba?

I've lost count of the number of times that I've

Prestala sam brojati koliko puta

been approached by strangers

su mi prišli stranci

wanting to tell me that they think I'm brave

koji su mi htjeli reći kako misle da sam hrabra

or inspirational,

ili kako inspiriram,

and this was long before my work

i ovo se događalo mnogo prije

had any kind of public profile.

negoli je moj posao postao imalo javan.

They were just kind of congratulating me

Na neki način su mi čestitali

for managing to get up in the morning

što se uspijevam ustati ujutro

and remember my own name. (Laughter)

i zapamtiti vlastito ime. (Smijeh)

And it is objectifying.

A takvo ponašanje nas čini objektima.

These images, those images

Ove slike, one slike,

objectify disabled people

čine osobe s invaliditetom objektima

for the benefit of nondisabled people.

za dobrobit osoba bez invaliditeta.

They are there so that you can look at them

One postoje samo kako bi ih vi mogli gledati

and think that things aren't so bad for you,

i misliti kako stvari ipak nisu tako loše za vas,

to put your worries into perspective.

i kako biste mogli vidjeti svoje brige iz druge perspektive.

And life as a disabled person

Život osobe s invaliditetom

is actually somewhat difficult.

zapravo jest ponešto težak.

We do overcome some things.

Mi moramo nadvladati neke prepreke.

But the things that we're overcoming

Ali stvari koje moramo nadvladati

are not the things that you think they are.

nisu one koje vi mislite da jesu.

They are not things to do with our bodies.

To nisu stvari u vezi naših tijela.

I use the term "disabled people" quite deliberately,

Koristim naziv 'osobe s invaliditetom' namjerno

because I subscribe to what's called the social model of disability,

jer se ja slažem s onim što se zove socijalni model invaliditeta

which tells us that we are more disabled

koji govori da nas više ograničava

by the society that we live in

društvo u kojem živimo

than by our bodies and our diagnoses.

negoli naša tijela i naše dijagnoze.

So I have lived in this body a long time.

Živim u ovom tijelu prilično dugo.

I'm quite fond of it.

I postalo mi je zaista drago.

It does the things that I need it to do,

Čini stvari koje su mi potrebne

and I've learned to use it to the best of its capacity

i naučila sam kako maksimalno iskoristiti njegove sposobnosti

just as you have,

kao što ste i vi to naučili,

and that's the thing about those kids in those pictures as well.

i to vrijedi za djecu na ovim slikama također.

They're not doing anything out of the ordinary.

Oni ne čine ništa neobično.

They are just using their bodies

Oni samo koriste svoja tijela

to the best of their capacity.

najbolje što mogu.

So is it really fair to objectify them

Pa je li zaista pošteno učiniti ih objektima

in the way that we do,

kao što to mi činimo,

to share those images?

i da dijelimo te slike?

People, when they say, "You're an inspiration,"

Kada ljudi kažu: "Vi ste inspiracija",

they mean it as a compliment.

oni to misle kao kompliment.

And I know why it happens.

I ja znam zašto se to događa.

It's because of the lie, it's because we've been sold

To je zbog laži, to je zato što su nam prodali laž

this lie that disability makes you exceptional.

da vas invaliditet čini izuzetnim.

And it honestly doesn't.

A to zaista nije tako.

And I know what you're thinking.

I znam što mislite.

You know, I'm up here bagging out inspiration,

Znate, ja ovdje kritiziram inspiraciju,

and you're thinking, "Jeez, Stella,

a vi mislite u sebi "Bože, Stella,

aren't you inspired sometimes by some things?"

zar i tebe ponekad ne inspiriraju neke stvari?"

And the thing is, I am.

I stvar je u tom što me inspiriraju.

I learn from other disabled people all the time.

Ja stalno učim od drugih osoba s invaliditetom.

I'm learning not that I am luckier than them, though.

Dapače ne učim to da sam sretnija od njih.

I am learning that it's a genius idea

Naučila sam da je genijalna ideja

to use a pair of barbecue tongs

koristiti štipaljku za roštilj

to pick up things that you dropped. (Laughter)

za podignuti stvari koje su vam ispale. (Smijeh)

I'm learning that nifty trick where you can charge

Naučila sam super trik da možete napuniti

your mobile phone battery from your chair battery.

bateriju mobitela preko baterije na kolicima.

Genius.

Genijalno.

We are learning from each others' strength and endurance,

Učimo na snazi i izdržljivosti drugih,

not against our bodies and our diagnoses,

ne unatoč našim tijelima i našim dijagnozama

but against a world that exceptionalizes

već unatoč društvu koje nas percipira izuzetnim

and objectifies us.

i čini objekte od nas.

I really think that this lie that we've been sold

Zaista mislim da je ova laž o invaliditetu

about disability is the greatest injustice.

koju su nam podvalili najveća nepravda koja nam je učinjena.

It makes life hard for us.

Ona nam otežava život.

And that quote, "The only disability in life

I taj citat "Jedini invaliditet u životu

is a bad attitude,"

je loš stav",

the reason that that's bullshit

razlog zašto je to totalno sranje

is because it's just not true,

jest taj što to jednostavno nije istina,

because of the social model of disability.

zbog socijalnog modela invaliditeta.

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs

Nijedan osmijeh nikada nije pretvorio

has ever made it turn into a ramp.

stepenice u rampu.

Never. (Laughter) (Applause)

Nikada. (Smijeh) (Pljesak)

Smiling at a television screen

Smješkanje televizijskom ekranu

isn't going to make closed captions appear

neće učiniti da se pojave titlovi

for people who are deaf.

za gluhe osobe.

No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshop

Samo stajanje nasred knjižare

and radiating a positive attitude

i odašiljanje pozitivne energije

is going to turn all those books into braille.

neće prevesti sve te knjige na brajicu.

It's just not going to happen.

To se jednostavno neće dogoditi.

I really want to live in a world

Želim živjeti u svijetu

where disability is not the exception, but the norm.

u kojemu invaliditet nije izuzetnost, već norma.

I want to live in a world where a 15-year-old girl

Želim živjeti u svijetu u kojemu petanestogodišnja djevojčica

sitting in her bedroom

koja sjedi u svojoj sobi

watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

i gleda "Buffy-ubojicu vampira"

isn't referred to as achieving anything

neće biti gledana kao netko tko postiže nešto

because she's doing it sitting down.

samo zato što to čini sjedeći.

I want to live in a world

Želim živjeti u svijetu

where we don't have such low expectations

u kojemu nemamo tako niska očekivanja

of disabled people

od osoba s invaliditetom

that we are congratulated for getting out of bed

da im čestitamo na tom što su ujutro ustali iz kreveta

and remembering our own names in the morning.

i što su se uspjeli sjetiti svog imena.

I want to live in a world where we value genuine achievement

Želim živjeti u svijetu u kojemu cijenimo stvarni uspjeh

for disabled people,

osoba s invaliditetom

and I want to live in a world

i želim živjeti u svijetu

where a kid in year 11 in a Melbourne high school

u kojemu jedan maturant u Melbournskoj srednjoj školi

is not one bit surprised

nije nimalo iznenađen

that his new teacher is a wheelchair user.

što je njegov novi učitelj u invalidskim kolicima.

Disability doesn't make you exceptional,

Invaliditet vas ne čini izuzetnim,

but questioning what you think you know about it does.

ali propitivanje onoga što mislite da znate o tome vas čini.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)