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1. Cohen, Cathy J. "Punks, Bulldaggers, And Welfare Queens." GLQ: A Journal Of Lesbian & Gay Studies 3.4 (1997): 437. LGBT Life with Full Text. Web. 5 Apr. 2016. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=qth&AN=9985866&site=ehost-live

In Cathy Cohen’s article “Punks, Bulldaggers, And Welfare Queens,” Cohen sheds light on how certain words constrain the queer community. She suggests that we reconfigure the politics of marginalized groups and try to see what links them to each other. By recognizing the links between the ideological, social, economic and political marginalizations between punks, bulldaggers and welfare queens, we can begin to address these issues more fully and confront underlying power structures within society. This piece is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it ties my queer object, bulldagger, in with other marginalized groups within the queer community. It also meets Wikipedia’s requirements for an acceptable source because it is a secondary source published in a reputable academic journal.

2. Jones, Regina V. "How Does A Bulldagger Get Out of the Footnote? or Gladys Bentley's Blues," Ninepatch: A Creative Journal for Women and Gender Studies (2012): Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 31. 5 Apr 2016. http://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=ninepatch

Regina Jones’ article, “How Does A Bulldagger Get Out of the Footnote? Or Gladys Bentley’s Blues” provides a real-life example of a woman who was considered a bulldagger. Jones discusses blues cabaret entertainer, Gladys Bentley, who was a popular blues singer that often performed in formal masculine attire. At the time, Gladys was referred to as a bulldagger – the colloquial term used for black, masculine women. Jones explains that “bulldagger” was not a pejorative term in the Black community at that time. She explains that is was associated with physical strength, sexual prowess, emotional reserve, and butch chivalry. This piece is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it provides a real-life, tangible example of what a bulldagger was when the term originated during the Harlem Renaissance. This article also meets Wikipedia’s requirements for an acceptable source because it is a secondary source published in a reputable academic journal.

3. Wilson, James F. “Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance.” Ann Arbor: U of Michigan, 2010. 5 Apr. 2016. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=XHIGhKWPy9AC&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=bulldagger&ots=TmCal04gij&sig=OW8I32ZcGDtZzmkCIH6p8_ytUgk#v=onepage&q=bulldagger&f=false

James Wilson’s article “Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies: Performance, Race, and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance” discusses bulldaggers in terms of the Harlem Renaissance. Wilson explains that bulldaggers emerged during the Renaissance as a subculture. He alleges that “fairies,” “loose women,” and “bulldaggers” were all considered societal problems associated with the decade’s “new immorality.” Wilson goes on to discuss how these conflicts played out on the streets of New York City as the subgroups fought for recognition. This article is useful and relevant to my study of bulldaggers because it provides a conflicting element and allows me to see the turmoil associated with the word. This article also meets Wikipedia’s requirements for an acceptable source because it is a secondary source published as a book.