... And I do really hope that you can find a project that you can both love and have a big enough splash with, because you do bring a voice and style that is unique. The scene would be poorer without you in it.

I can absolutely understand how it can feel this way, and I'm sorry that's what you're feeling. It is a tragic fact that "influential" does not always (or even often) go hand-in-hand with "getting paid", and it sucks.
Speaking for myself, I do look forward to seeing what you create...

The argument was that the premise was flawed because so many of the lines of dialogue would be just "chatter and barks"

Uh, well, no. Because even if thats is the case, why is there not a more equal distribution of chatter and barks being made by female characters as well?