Samantha Bee Spotlights a #MeToo Success Story From Female Animators
SlateIt’s been more than a year since #MeToo first rocked the media landscape, and while the movement has found some success, a few of its culprits still appear less than willing to atone for their behavior. But this week, Full Frontal host Samantha Bee spotlights one story of a truly animated triumph: the women who united to oust an alleged sexual harasser in the animation community. Bee let the group, dubbed by an animated title as “fed-the-FUCK-up female animators,” tell their own story, pairing their interviews with drawings of the scenarios. The segment zeroes in on how the women leveraged the power of a unified front to pressure the Animation Guild into taking action against a man they say is a repeat sexual harasser. “There’s, like, this sword that’s stuck in the ground, and I’m trying to lift it and I can’t,” says Cheyenne Curtis, the first woman to speak out online against Savino.
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