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 ›

Next week New Yorkers can refrain from being part of the tourism boom at Oregon's Roloff Farms (where stars of TLC reality show Little People, Big World live) because the city is welcoming the Little People of America's national convention in Brooklyn. Their website announces that the convention of over 3,000 little people and their families will take place July 4-10, "at the beautiful Brooklyn Marriott Hotel, located near the Brooklyn Bridge, and just a short hop across the river from Manhattan." The Daily News reports that the Marriott has lowered beds, sinks and ironing boards in preparation, along with a lower check-in desk in the lobby and higher stools in the bar area. Is it wrong that we noticed that the little people's arrivals just happen to coincide with the closing of The Wiz starring Ashanti on Broadway—the musical that snubbed its predecessor's famous casting by having the Munchkins played by tall folks in swivel chairs? Silent protest? more ›