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The true origin of the phrase belongs to celebrated author Tamora Pierce, in her 1983 novel Alanna: The First Adventure, when Gary says, "Still—what can Alan do for you? He's just a little guy"(49).

Thus, whenever we say of someone or some creature that they are "just a little guy," what we are really saying is that they are a short redheaded knight-in-training with some sort of Gender going on who will kick your butt given half a chance.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. May we all be the little guys we wish to see in the world.

ANNIE HSIAO-CHING WANG

The artist statement is pretty awesome too.

As an artist, Mother is wise in its creation. Mother not only brings forth life but also a continuous matrix of experiences between Mother and Child. Motherhood is a long-term process filled with a myriad of complex emotions. This complexity cannot be solely expressed through saccharine images of Mother and Child, nor by the image of the embodied Mother willingly sacrificing herself for the sake of her children.

All these motherhood stereotypes are to Annie Wang a tedious and inevitable sermon that offers her no solace. It is from this that the original motivation for this series derives. Starting from the first self-portrait taken in 2001, a day before giving birth, she and her son would take a new photo together in front of the previous formal family photo every time they had a common life experience. Thus, the different stages of life and appearances merge to form a single layer.