Female animator: Meghan Lands

Nice feature on Motionographer about being female in the very male dominated field of animation:
Meghan Lands is an animator in Montreal, Canada.

“In all honesty, I think being a woman in the world is inherently political, and being a woman in this industry is inherently subversive. And every day you get up and do that, you’re a champion.”

from the article:

A survival strategy

Firstly, although she admitted to being exposed to the “garden variety misogyny” and microaggressions in her daily life such as inappropriate sexist jokes and comments, she also pointed out that in real life, there is no black and white.

Often, the same people who are being misogynistic can also be kind and helpful to her. With that in mind, she’s chosen not to engage any of them in deeper conversation on equality and political correctness.

“Being a constant advocate for yourself, let alone for anything bigger than yourself is exhausting,” she said. Alluding to how difficult it is to convince someone that an issue they’re not familiar with or interested in is important, Meghan summed it like this: “If you’d wanted to know, you would have already asked.”

At the same time, Meghan admits that in her life and career, people often don’t take her seriously, something she attributes to her physical appearance.

“I’m short, I’m a woman,” she said. “I have the voice of a small child. So I am often underestimated, shall we say.”