"The Gaming Trifecta: Understanding the Exclusion of Female Video Game Protagonists"
Download PDF About the AuthorKathryn Asay is an undergraduate student in the English Department at Weber State University in Utah. She will be graduating summa cum laude in December 2018 at the age of 21 with a bachelor’s degree in professional and technical writing and a technical writing institutional certificate. She is interested in gender equality, female representation, and botanical studies and hopes to integrate her interests in her future career as a technical writer. Contents |
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