This past week, Yu-Hsia presented a great overview of the state of women in animation – specifically, how inclusive is the animation industry to representing women in frame and in production.
There were some interesting statistics that she shared from WIA and the Annenberg Inclusionist, as well as the history.
She showed a bunch of great films around womanhood, a lot of which has to do with menstruation, the commodification of the female body and the resistance against such, and trauma.
I was particularly affected by the films “Hemorrhage” (2023) and “Thread” (2019). (Note: I actually saw the WIP of Thread before it was finished, so it’s great to see the film continue to do well 4 years later.)