{"id":27656,"date":"2017-06-29T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T16:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=27656"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:30:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:30:49","slug":"video-foley-artist-joanna-fangs-long-journey-pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/video-foley-artist-joanna-fangs-long-journey-pride","title":{"rendered":"Foley artist Joanna Fang\u2019s long journey to pride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is how Joanna Fang describes herself: \u201cI am an Emmy-award winning Foley artist, an avid guitar collector, a Taiwanese American, and also transgender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the years she spent \u201cstruggling with my body,\u201d she focused on her work as a Foley artist, the person who creates everyday sounds effects for television and movies. 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