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📜 A History of Little People
An informative, entertaining history of how little people have been treated across eras, presented by Aubrey Smalls, a Louisiana filmmaker who has dwarfism — from why Ancient Egypt was a good time to be a little person, to his beef with Aristotle, to the freak shows of the 1800s. As one co
An informative, entertaining history of how little people have been treated across eras, presented by Aubrey Smalls, a Louisiana filmmaker who has dwarfism — from why Ancient Egypt was a good time to be a little person, to his beef with Aristotle, to the freak shows of the 1800s. As one commenter puts it: 'the history of dwarfism is a great example of the idea that you can be adored and wanted by your oppressors, but it's never the same as being respected as an equal.'
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