#people with dwarfism

[a-little-revolution]

It seems like you're a big fan of Warwick Davis, I was wondering if there are any other little people actors you really like, especially women and trans/nb actors?

Hello! Yes I do enjoy Warwick Davis! Willow (1988) remains one of my favourite LP films, and I've really enjoyed his career of fantastical characters.

Like a lot of industries, white men make up a lot of the most famous Little actors (Warwick Davis, Peter Dinklage, Danny Woodburn, Martin Klebba, Verne Troyer), so I'm happy to mention some of my favourites outside that group!

Linda Hunt is a favourite of mine - she's a Hollywood veteran best known for her role in The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) where she was the first actor to win an academy award for playing someone of the opposite sex!! She's been on Broadway, done tv, film, and voice acting! You may know her as Lady Proxima in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).

If you think you don't know Deep Roy, chances are you do! He's been a scale actor in countless award winning films including Star Wars (1980), Star Trek (2009-2016), The Never Ending Story (1984), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) and so many more! We owe so many beloved characters to scale actors and people hardly know it - Deep Roy has been responsible for dozens of them, I adore him.

Despite Patty Maloney's vast career in acting, I know her as Lois Addams from The Addams Family (1991)! Before my time she was in a variety of tv shows and films including Star Trek Voyager (1996), Little House on the Prairie (1982), and The Lord of the Rings (1978).

Cara Mailey is a young actress, author, presenter and activist! She's known for her role in Derry Girls (2018) and Read all About It! (2021), as well as her ebook "I Got This" - which speaks on her experience living with Achondroplasia. I wanted to be sure to give her an honourable mention because at only fifteen she's already become an activist for the LP community! I'm excited to see how her career evolves!

Thank you for the ask! Be sure to check these folks out!

[yujateaandpi]

Just watched Willow for the first time. My evaluation is that it’s like Lord of the Rings but if the ring was a baby, Aragorn was a stupid bisexual himbo, Frodo was a malewife, and Gandalf was a milf. 10/10 really enjoyed it.

[neuroticboyfriend]

thanks to ableism, heightism, and fatphobia, almost nothing is made to fit or work for my body ever. mobility aids. furniture. clothes. shoes. cars. etc. etc. if any of these do work out for me, they're usually expensive and i have a much more limited selection than abled, average height, straight sized people.

this isn't just inconvenience, either. things like furniture and shoes not being made for me causes me pain and takes a toll on my body, because i physically cant use them properly. making things fit me takes energy and money that i cant afford, but sometimes have to spend anyway. the safety measures in things like cars could injure or even kill me if i were to get in a bad accident.

being short, fat, and disabled in this society is so much harder than it has to be. it's unfair and downright dangerous that our bodies aren't being taken into account when designing almost everything around us. disabled people deserve better. fat people deserve better. people with short and tall stature deserve better.

we're just as much part of this world as everyone else, and we deserve to live in a world that acts like we exist.

[the-kitty-hell-system]

if you are short, but not a little person you have no right to be in conversations about dwarfism. shut the fuck up. you do not experience the violence and discrimination i experience as someone with dwarfism. you are an average sized person. ive been thrown down the fucking stairs by a drunk, average sized man, for the purpose of "dwarf throwing" (which by some is considered a FUCKING SPORT). and i never got justice for it. i am a fucking paraplegic, i have brain damage. we arent midgets we arent "just short" we arent a joke we are little people we are disabled people we are people. if little people are apart of your joke, you arent funny. you should honestly get thrown down the stairs like i did lmao. if you make fun of little peoples height and call it a "joke". you arent funny. why is it that my condition is a joke to all my friends? why is it that all they do is make fun of me for how tall i am, ignoring that i am literally disabled? i am 4'0, that doesnt mean ANYTHING on if im a person or not. i have achondroplasia and cleidocranial dysplasia. im not a fucking joke, the violence i experience isnt a damn joke and you should really stop dehumanizing little people.

[theweirdwideweb]

Interesting find from my genealogy hyperfixation. In this 1899 photo are my great-great-great-great grandparents. They are the older couple seated to the right (she has a baby on her lap). However, look to the people seated left as well. I believe this photo shows that I had one (if not two) little people in my family at this time. I never see little people in old photos like this!

[hollowsart]

Google: poses of people with dwarfism for drawing reference, poses of more than one person with dwarfism interacting for drawing reference.

please gosh. there's already a struggle to find plus sized/fat drawing references.. FINDING REFERENCES OF THIS IS LIKE.. NEXT LEVEL IMPOSSIBLE.

[askalittleperson]

Best representation of little people in films?

Little People Big World, legally i guess, but they are rich so it's not too relatable. Big Little Brawlers maybe?

Any movie Peter Dinklage is in for sure

[hahahax30]

Rachel zegler has me wanting to bang my head repeatedly against a wall until I start bleeding to death

[kranom]

Seeing fanfic and fanart of Chilchuck getting affectionately picked up and/or carried by his friends really rubs me the wrong way. I'm average height and I realize "it's not that deep" but I've only ever heard people with dwarfism say that they hate being picked up like they're children, so I can't help but be a little put off by it.

[a-little-revolution]

A-Little-Revolution's Dwarfism FAQ

Hello there lovelies! I've finally written up and FAQ to make my blog more accessible! Feel free to send me asks related to these posts, but do take a look at my prior responses!

Dwarfism 101

Dwarfism 101: Some Misconceptions

Dwarfism 101: Common Misconceptions Pt 2!

Cass Huff's "The M Word is a Slur" (with video description and transcription)

Accessibility

Car adaptations and pedal extenders

Making public spaces accessible for LP

Advice for healthcare professionals

Medical

Dwarfism and it's causes: medical resources

A brief on my leg surgeries

Representation

Rating Little characters in animation

Rating Little characters in film

My stance on fantasy "dwarves"

My stance on Snow White and adaptations

Writing/Drawing Characters with Dwarfism

What to avoid when writing characters with Achondroplasia

Common stereotypes for LP

Including dwarfism in fantasy

Drawing little people

Ways I'd love to see LP portrayed in media

Dwarfism hand reference

Resources

Little People of Ontario

Little People of America

Mini Documentary: The Stigmatization of Dwarfism in Art by Perspective!

Documentary: Being a Little Person in America: We're Still Treated as Less Than Human by Cara Reedy

[discow1tch]

Can't believe people are bringing La Brava age discourse back when it's already clear that she just has dwarfism

[teenyeepyelf]

Lolita girl with dwarfism! :)

[laniidae-passerine]

martin mcdonagh writes a brilliant script and then before he publishes it, looks at this funny as fuck and pathos laden piece of work and thinks to himself, “I just don’t think I’ve used enough slurs.”

[swallowtail-ageha]

Twitter try to not be fucking ableist towards peter dinklage for one (1) second

[boyvibrator]

biting my fist barely contained horny rage thinking about short guys if you’re over 5’ this isn’t about you

[coockie8]

so is set like a pedo or something?

No, 'cause Nana is 38 years old :/