I spent a day with people w/ DWARFISM: "Never Too Short"

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🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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I spent a day with people with dwarfism to learn the truth about the varied experiences held within this community. Sponsors ▸ Go to http://betterhelp.com/padilla to get 10% off your first month! 💥NEW YOUTOOZ FIGURE: https://youtooz.com/products/anthony-... 🧨HUGE thank you to Cara: ▸ TWITTER - https://twitter.com/infamouslyshort?l... ▸ WEBSITE - https://www.storylinepartners.com/ 🧨HUGE thank you to Terra: ▸ INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/terrajole/?... ▸ WEBSITE - https://www.terrajole.com 🎥Crew ▸ Creator, Director, Writer, etc. - Anthony Padilla ▸ Executive Producer - Alessandra Catanese ▸ Producer, Co-writer & Research - Elise Felber ▸ Director of Photography/Gaffer - Kathy Sue Holtorf ▸ Camera Operator - Matthew Faulkner ▸ Social Media Manager - Mallory Myers ▸ Editor - Mike Criscimagna AKA Mork Crispy ▸ Assistant Editor - Patrick Horba ▸ Assistant Editor - Ash Duckworth ▸ Assistant Editor - Nikki Blacklock ▸ Sound Editor - Gareth Hird ▸ Post PA - Levi Villalpando ▸ PA - Joshua Dozier ▸ Thumbnail Artist - Dill Toma ▸ Captions - Davy Gerichten 🎵Theme Music Composer - Matt Good AKA The King of Emo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Anthony Padilla and I'm curious.
0:02.8	What would you do if behind every corner there was someone there
0:05.2	pointing at you, laughing at you, or even taking your picture without your consent?
0:10.6	I spent a day with people with dwarfism who dealt with that reality on a daily basis
0:14.0	will uncover the painful truth about limb lengthening and other surgical procedures.
0:18.0	And how being seen strictly as a dwarf, a little person, or other derogatory names has impacted their entire lives.
0:27.0	Hello, Kara!
0:29.0	Good to see you! Tara!
0:33.0	To see you.
0:36.0	And this episode is sponsored by Better Help Online Therapy.
0:39.0	Visit BetterHelp.
0:40.0	Come slash Padilla because sometimes existing is exhausting.
0:43.4	Now, there are many different words and ways to describe people with dwarfism.
0:49.0	What do you prefer?
0:50.0	I use dwarf.
0:51.0	If you were to say, see me in public and you were curious why I I use
0:54.0	if you were to say see me in public and you were curious why I was little I would tell you I have a form of dwarfism
0:57.7	little person is fine I don't love it anytime you put a word little in front of anything, it diminishes.
1:05.2	Oh, okay.
1:06.2	Midget is a nogo. That's the main one, really.
1:09.6	Because that term comes from the word midge, which is a fly.
1:14.8	So you're calling us an insect.
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