I'm an actress, comic, and burlesque artist who happens to be a little person. I'm also a Mexican woman, but the greatest form of discrimination I endure on a regular basis is purely about my short stature. My father never failed to remind me that I am a fighter and survivor, so I do not subscribe to victim mentality, as it accomplishes nothing. In fact, I have a sense of humor about my situation and created a stand-up comedy career around it. Nonetheless, I believe when people do wrong, they should be held accountable.
Recently, Rosie O'Donnell made bigoted comments about little people on The Rosie Show. I hear cruel comments about little people all the time, and it usually rolls off me. If I cared what people thought of me, I wouldn't be in showbiz. But Rosie's comments struck a chord with me because I expected more from an intelligent,...
Recently, Rosie O'Donnell made bigoted comments about little people on The Rosie Show. I hear cruel comments about little people all the time, and it usually rolls off me. If I cared what people thought of me, I wouldn't be in showbiz. But Rosie's comments struck a chord with me because I expected more from an intelligent,...
- 3/2/2012
- by Selene Luna
- Aol TV.
HBO’s new fantasy saga Games of Thrones has been praised for being a grim and gritty politically charged allegory about power-mongering scoundrels living in a verdant if climatically dreary land. It’s a good show – but I prefer to spend my Sunday evenings watching AMC’s The Killing, which tackles similar themes, but in a more real-world if similarly weather-challenged setting… a setting that just happens to be my hometown of Seattle, where wintry (rain) is always coming. I am also a sucker for murky murder mysteries about pale, haggard-looking people with guns and umbrellas – at least, more so than frisky,...
- 4/18/2011
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
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