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Sometimes Rebekie Bennington likes to scroll back in time and watch behind-the-scenes videos celebrating the magical midcentury rise of animation. The reels, thick with celluloid sheets and pots of ink, capture the early days of the industry and the men in pressed shirts at its center. It’s fun to see these animators at work, but Bennington—a nonbinary queer illustrator whose résumé features a self-portrait of an artist with spiky hair and triple-pierced ears—cannot easily imagine themself within the frames.

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