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Female animators band together for #MeToon collaboration

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This week saw a segment on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee take on the pernicious issue of harrassment in the workplace,  specifically against women in industry and citing a recent case study in which Loud House creator Chris Savino was fired from Nickelodeon for improprietous behaviour.

The inspiring story tells of how a group of “Fed-the-FUCK-up female animators” were able galvanise through sharing experiences on social media, which ultimately led to online coverage and eventually finding justice despite the statute of limitations being in the favour of the accused; the group would instead take their case to the Animation Guild itself with 90+ signatories attesting to disloyalty as defined by the union’s constitution, leading to a one-year suspension.

Among the animators interviewed are Cheyenne Curtis, Paula Spence, Katie Rice, Megan Nicole Dong and Ashlyn Anstee, with an all-female animation crew headed up by Kaitlin Fontana and Julie Levitsky including Janice Chun, Careen Ingle, Taylor Parrish, Angel Lam and Meghan Jones.

Since its initial airing the video, which can be viewed in full above, has been met with an overwhelmingly positive response from animation and entertainment industry communities.

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