The female dwarf, disability, and beauty

Written by Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling

For centuries, women with dwarfism were depicted in art as comic or grotesque fairytale beings. But artists are challenging these portrayals and notions of beauty and physical difference.

Essays On Air, a podcast from The Conversation, brings you the best and most beautiful writing from Australian researchers.

Today, Western Sydney University researcher Debra Keenahan is reading her essay, titled The female dwarf, disability, and beauty.

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Today’s episode was recorded by Sunanda Creagh and edited by Jerwin De Guzman.

Authors: Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling

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