User:Jadeevelynn/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1
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 * Article title
 * Transgender History


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is lengthy and covers many different points. However, under the "South America" section, the subsection for Bolivia is extremely minimal as it features only one sentence. The section fails to provide an better overview of the history of trans individuals in Bolivia.


 * Sources
 * https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/37465789/carretero_resino_thesis.pdf
 * This is a source that could be used to improve the section. It discusses the lives of trans peoples in Bolivia, and how politics and social views impact them.  ===

Option 2
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 * Article title
 * "Transgender"


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well-written and contains great sources. However, one section that I felt could use improvement is the "media representation" section. Though it discusses how the representation of trans people has increased, it doesn't exactly discuss the history of trans representation and what it has previously looked like.


 * Sources
 * A source that could be used for this is the Netflix documentary, "Disclosure" which details the history of representation of transgender people in various forms of media. It features accounts from many professionals as well as scholars. ===

Option 3
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 * Article title
 * Feminism


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is well-developed in many ways, but I want to mainly focus on the "language" subsection of the article. It states that "use of gender-specific language often implies male superiority or reflects an unequal state of society" but then gives no specific examples that show what these uses looks like. I think that adding in specific examples would be a great way to help readers comprehend the point being made.
 * Further, since this subsection is under the "Impact" section, I feel that it could go more in depth about how feminism has impacted language use especially under fourth wave feminism and the age of intersectionality.


 * Sources
 * https://escholarship.org/content/qt6cz7k5s8/qt6cz7k5s8_noSplash_6a5b56ba0829769136c137d7e8642bf0.pdf?t=oaakbg
 * This is a link to a scholarly article detailing feminism's impact on language that could be used to improve this article. ===

Option 4
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 * Article Title
 * Aporophobia
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article seems to be relatively short. It is written neutrally, and features an appropriate amount of citations. The sources used so far do feature reliable works, such as scholarly articles. I think a great thing to add could be how this relates to minorities, especially women.
 * This article seems to be relatively short. It is written neutrally, and features an appropriate amount of citations. The sources used so far do feature reliable works, such as scholarly articles. I think a great thing to add could be how this relates to minorities, especially women.


 * Sources
 * https://www.americanprogress.org/article/basic-facts-women-poverty/#:~:text=Quick%20facts%20about%20women%20living,of%20the%20federal%20poverty%20line.
 * This is a link to an article listing important facts regarding women and poverty.  ===

Option 5
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 * Article title
 * Feminist View on Pornography


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article goes in depth pretty well, however I noticed a few sections that are of high importance but lack enough content. Under the "Social Effects" section, there are two subsections called "Rape of Children" and "Hatred of Women." The content in these sections is very minimal and, given the gravity that the topics hold, I believe that they could be developed more.


 * Sources
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474329/ This is an article that discusses how pornography promotes misogyny and hatred of women.
 * https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/03/10/how-social-media-emboldens-abusers/11413209002/ This news article reports on the rising numbers of child exploitation in pornography. ===