User:Eriebe2/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Girl studies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
I chose this article because I am heavily dedicated to fighting for women's rights and would like to pursue a career working for an NGO that empowers and uplifts women in every part of their society in order for them to stop the cycle of female oppression and help lift themselves, their families, communities, and country. Girls studies is important to me because I believe it's valuable and necessary information the public should be aware of in order to address violence and oppression against women and girls.

Evaluate the article
The article opens with a great lead sentence that defines girl studies well, however the lead paragraph does not give a brief outline of the following content nor mentions it other than providing a glossary right after the lead paragraph. It includes a summary, but includes oddly specific information about the topic that doesn't need to be added. The content is great because it offers a heavy set of detailed information, especially in the history and development section, but the content is also imbalanced because there's not nearly as much information in the other sections, such as Effect on Girls, which I feel there could've been way more information in that section because of all the ways in which girls are socially, politically, and economically discriminated against. Most of the content also seems fairly recent, considering girl studies is also a recently established department of studies that is being continually built on. The article definitely deals with Wikipedia's equity gaps because it is about girls studies which was created to bring more awareness to the struggles girls face for their age and gender. The tone remains neutral throughout the article and I think the section on Black Girlhood Studies was fairly and appropriately written because the fact that this section was included gives voice to minorities. This section addresses the white-washing in girl studies and feminist studies in general which helps bring light to other discrimination issues within girl studies. I feel like the Purpose section could have been elaborated more on, but I do understand how that could stray more to becoming a biased article. There isn't any media to accompany the information, but most of the sources definitely come from a reliable source and the information is well cited. I also really like how the history and development section also went into depth on what's happening currently for girl studies, instead of just stating past facts and people without elaborating on the significance of events, organizations, people, etc. The fact that intersectionality was explained is good too because it shows how up to date the article is in understanding how nuanced girl studies can be. Overall, the article offered a lot of content, most of it good, reliable, and relevant, but there are also sections that could've added more information, such as the Purpose section and Effect on Girls section.