Linzi Juliano

Doctoral Candidate/InstructorUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Crafting Croft: Avatars, Identity, Representation

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Linzi Juliano University of California, Los Angeles

March 14, 2013
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Crafting Croft: Avatars, Identity, Representation Tomb Raider and Gender in Games stereotyping representation race identity gender gaming avatars Curator's Note Coordinator's Note: The accompanying video clip contains some nsfw audio. There are ...

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Re: Wound Raider: Authorizing Trauma in Lara Croft's Origin Story

I agree with Mia in thinking

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Linzi Juliano University of California, Los Angeles

Thursday, March 14, 2013 — 6:22 pm
I agree with Mia in thinking that Prachett's front-woman status had to be--at least in part--to counter controversy regarding the scene. Prachett has written other strong female roles, I'm thinking Mirror's Edge, but she's done several ...
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Re: Dreams of Being/Killing Lara Croft: Exploring Agency and Gender in Tomb Raider

Violence and Protection

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Linzi Juliano University of California, Los Angeles

Monday, March 11, 2013 — 6:21 pm
Hi Agnes and Alex, Thanks for this insightful post! I think you've highlighted some important points regarding gender, affect, and control. I agree it's clear that this game has really expanded upon Lara's gory death sequences; it almost be ...