Last summer Special Olympics made waves when they came out in full force to protest Ben Stiller's , after a challenge this season where Joan Rivers created a detergent ad called "Jesse James and the Midgets." The chairman of the conference told reporters, "Historically, the word 'midget' has been used to objectify people, like in the circus." He would like to see the FCC ban the word and has written an open letter to NBC. The president of the Little People's Long Island chapter told Newsday, "It's not acceptable to call people the N-word, just as it's not acceptable to call people the M-word. The chosen term now is LP, or little person." Little people have not made it onto Wikipedia's LP disambiguation page, where they hope to one day be listed alongside Launchpad McQuack. more ›

Not to be confused with the restaurant Dovetail, the show DuckTales, or even Brooklyn retail market Fish Tales, David Burke has opened a new seafood place called Fishtail. Over time, Burke and executive chef Eric Hara aim to make Fishtail’s menu fully sustainable. Unsurprisingly, a fish theme abounds in perpetuity at the restaurant—there might as well be fighting fish sparring in the bathroom sinks. Michael Ayoub, chef-owner of Williamsburg’s Fornino, leads a double life as a glassblower, and he’s made some pretty fish sculptures that adorn the space. more ›