![]() ![]() I may be slow on the uptake when it comes to watching the latest Netflix craze, but the powers that be are incredibly slow in treating their women employees as equals - and that needs to change. It’s why seeing articles like this after the #MeToo movement is head-smacking-against-the-desk frustrating. That’s why seeing this kind of controversy associated with a piece of media I really enjoyed is so upsetting. Television is a flighty career path - cross the wrong person and you find you never work again.Ī company - and the product it creates whether it be a TV series or video game - benefits greatly when you bring a variety of voices to the table. They’re afraid they won’t be able to work again. This inherent disbelief of women’s experiences is the very reason why they don’t come forward on these allegations in the first place. It’s an employer or employee acting in the way that these women described - not respecting them or their jobs and treating them a particular way because of their gender. Text messages or emails are proof.”īut that’s the thing about workplace sexism and gaslighting - it’s not something that’s often handily encapsulated in an email or text message. Camera footage from the offices is proof. “If they have proof, awesome, but I’m not going to believe the rumor mill on social media,” one commenter stated. The comments on Ehasz’s response were a mix split between indignation that he avoided the allegations to promote his own company, to people claiming they’d never believe the women. Her experience is worth noting, as it corroborates the other women’s accounts. Instead, according to her, Ehasz usurped her job and make it a team activity, all while treating her as a personal assistant. As an editor, she was in charge of making sure the narrative of what they were producing was consistent. Then there’s this thread by Diandra who worked with Aaron - this time at Riot games. Soon to be followed by co-producer of TDP Giancarlo Volpe, though it isn’t clear if it’s in relation to the allegations. “It was just so much shutting women down, not taking women seriously, not listening to women, firing a woman and then shit talking her ” Harrod stated on her Twitter account.Īt least three women left the company. □□□□□ | ceo of ross lynch November 2, 2019ĭanika Harrod, the former Head of Community Development at Wonderstorm ( TDP production company), also said her experience was “painful” and what she witnessed drove her to leave the company. Listen i know how the trailer just dropped today but i still want the dragon prince crew to address why most women working there have quit due to mental/emotional issues and don’t feel safe talking about it…… idk of the fandom is ignoring it or just doesn’t know but it + Lulu Younes said she needed to leave the company for her own mental and emotional health: Several women accused Aaron Ehasz of misogynistic behavior.Īfter the trailer for Season 3 dropped in November 2019, several women started talking about their problems with the company. Unfortunately, after I tweeted my love to the two people on Twitter who see my posts, I uncovered the controversy associated with the showrunner, and why there likely won’t be a Season 4. In fact they share some crew, including a voice actor and the head writer on ATLA Aaron Ehasz, who is showrunner for The Dragon Prince. TDP reminds me of one of the best animation series I’ve ever watched - Avatar: The Last Airbender. There’s also wonderful themes of finding yourself and helping others at any cost. There’s several LGBT characters and it’s not made a big deal of. General Amaya is mute, and communicates only with sign language. Women are portrayed alongside men in combat. What’s great is it’s incredibly diverse cast. They face all sorts of death-defying odds and fun magic adventures with a healthy dose of humor. Two human princes and a Moonshadow elf must bring the young dragon princeling to his mother in the land of Xadia in order to end the war between their peoples. The Dragon Prince is a beautiful and dark fantasy epic. Netflix US JanuGot halfway through Ep 1 of Wakfu. So glad you liked it! If you’re looking to keep binge-ing into the new year, check out Wakfu – it has a lot of the same things you liked about The Dragon Prince □ #whattowatchonnetflix A lot of the great world building I adored from Avatar the Last Airbender with an all new diverse cast and a timeless story. ![]() I just finished ‘s #TheDragonPrince and I’m chock full o’ feelings. ![]() I loved the series, and I had to talk about it. My latest acquisition, The Dragon Prince, I binged all three seasons over New Years. I’m always late to get into the newest Netflix trends. ![]()
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