The Indie Sexualisation Debate (and why it matters)

Since the dawn of digital animation and perhaps even before there has been a consistent trend whereby characters are used in less than safe ways. This was widely accepted for a long time but has only recently begun getting rightly challenged. The question then is whether indie animation is a part of the problem, or an indicator of change from it. Shows mentioned: Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel Murder Drones , The Amazing Digital Circus , The Gaslight District , Knights of Guinevere, Gameoverse Music: That's not how physics works @KaramelAnimations Digital Hallucinations Instrumental @OR3Omusic Disassembly Required Piano @irovae Your New Home @Gooseworx Studies Cited: Effects of violent and nonviolent sexualized media on aggression-related thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and behaviors: A meta-analytic review https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21998 Sexual media exposure, sexual behavior, and sexual violence victimization in adolescence https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922814538700