{"id":3538,"date":"2015-01-14T09:08:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T09:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3538"},"modified":"2015-02-05T16:47:40","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:47:40","slug":"a-identity-1-angela-washko-video-video-title-needed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=3538","title":{"rendered":"Angela Washko: Playing A Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Playing A Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n

In early 2012, Angela Washko founded “The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral
Awareness in World of Warcraft” as a performative intervention within the often misogynistic environment of World of Warcraft <\/em>(WoW), one of the most popular<\/p>\n

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multiplayer, role-playing games. Instead of continuing to follow the quest structure of the game (killing dragons, getting better equipment, joining more competitive guilds, etc.) and while performing as “The Council on Gender Sensitivity and Behavioral Awareness in World of Warcraft<\/em>,” Washko facilitates discussions with players inside the game about the ways in which the community therein addresses women and how players respond to the term “FEMINISM.” Washko is interested in the impulse of the community\/player-base to create a somewhat oppressive, misogynistic space for women within a physical environment that is otherwise accessible and inviting. Furthermore, WoW<\/em> is a geographically, politically, economically, socially, and racially diverse community (a much more varied community to engage with than she has in physical public space). Consequently, these discussions within the game space create a much larger picture of the American opinion of the evolving role of women in contemporary society.<\/p>\n