# Feminism and computer gaming

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2006-04-24-feminism-and-computer-gaming

The piece argues that male identification with Lara Croft complicates accounts of gaming based solely on the male gaze and objectification.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 24 April 2006

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2006/04/24/feminism-and-computer-gaming/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 24 April 2006
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: feminism, video-games, gender, popular-culture.

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