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Article Evaluation: Feminism in Poland

This article discusses the history of feminism in Poland. The different waves of feminism and the corresponding political movements are discussed. The article is very bare bones-it mentions that there are seven identifiable waves of feminism but doesn’t go too in depth into any individual one nor does it compare the different waves, so it’s hard to tell what the real differences are. Although I wouldn’t say that the article is explicitly biased, some of the language is certainly not neutral. Adjectives like “remarkable” and overgeneralizations like “almost every.”  A lot of the information in the article is disjointed, authors are mentioned with little discussion of how they fit into the movement that they’re supposedly a part of. Some of the sections are significantly longer and more detailed than others. There are obviously several different writing styles that do not blend well together, and the article would benefit from having a proofreader standardize the language. There are plenty of other articles linked, but they don’t necessarily have relevance to the article, and several of the authors cited do not have articles of their own.

Looking at the “talk” page, there are only two short notes, with no discussion attached. The article was created in 2006, but there have only been 14 edits since then. The most recent one is from 2016, and there are years in between several of the other edits. Since most of the edits are not recent, the article is not up to date and does not reflect modern feminism in Poland. The most recent of the sources is from 2004, so the information is far from being current. It is part of three different wiki projects: WikiProject Gender Studies (C-class), WikiProject Feminism (C-class, Mid-importance), and WikiProject Women’s History (C-class, Mid-importance). There are only 3 references and they’re in Polish, so it’s difficult to determine the quality of the sources.

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Feminism in Poland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism_in_Poland

The article will be on the history of feminism in Poland, which is broken down into certain wavelengths. The wavelengths are then broken down into time periods where certain events took place. The time lengths that will be talked about are: “Age of insurrections, Political Positivism, Twentieth century, Interwar period, Under the communist rule, Second-wave feminism, After the fall of communism.” Much of the information will be describing the time period, and how women were living in Poland during these times. Overall, women in Poland have not lived much of a different life than those elsewhere. We will include more comparison to women in other places. Ajohnson99590 (talk) 15:03, 6 March 2018 (UTC)Alaura

There isn't a lot of information on "Under the communist rule" and although the article says that the feminist movement was put to a halt during the second world war, there has to be some events that contributed or took away from the movement that I think we could add. (I haven't found anything yet, but I'm sure it's out there) Also, I think it could be beneficial to put together a list of names of women who contributed to the movement, along with links to their own wiki pages. For example, performer and poet Ewa Partnum. ~Chloe

Modern Feminist Issues
As recently as 2015, feminists have been under attack by both political and religious sources. After the Law and Justice party won a majority of seats in parliament, feminist movements have been under attack by the church's "STOP GENDER" campaign, which opposes feminist efforts to deconstruct traditional gender roles. The feminist activism group Network of East-West Women (NEWW), held two meetings in Poland in 2016, to further their goal of expanding feminism in post-communist countries. One of the major concerns facing feminists in Poland right now is the government's attack on reproductive rights. Already strict regulations, only allowing abortion under certain circumstances, are proposed to become stricter and constitute a total ban on abortion in any and all cases. The welfare situation in Poland echoes concerns of American feminists. The birth rate in Poland is low and in order to encourage women to have children, the government is offering monetary incentives. The backlash from this program echoes the American stereotypes of people who receive welfare as lazy or "welfare queens." KatieElizabeth (talk) 17:33, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Rondishah (talk) Rondisha I like that this is included, it shows that it is not just an american issue. It shows that other places can relate to whats going on when it comes to welfare.

International Women's Day
In Poland, International Women's Day comes with some practices that Polish feminists find problematic. Traditionally, women are given a red rose and some perfume. There is a movement by Polish feminist to change the focus of International Women's Day in order to mobilize women toward activism. In Poland, stereotypes view women as either man hating feminists (much like the stereotype seen in America) or traditional mother figures. The movement to reclaim International Women's Day is focused on viewing women as complex individuals, not just through these popular stereotypes. KatieElizabeth (talk) 20:05, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Important Women of Polish Feminism
Agnieszka Graff (1970- ) -an author, human rights activist, and a co founder of Porozumienie Kobiet 8 Marca, she works at Warsaw University's Institute of the Americas and Europe. Her written works include the book World Without Women in 2001.

Maria Janion (1926-) - a renowned feminist and scholar, she gave many lectures on feminist ideals and inspired many new age Polish feminists. She received an honorary degree from the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Wanda Nowicka (1956-) - a Polish Politician, perhaps best know for her fight for legal abortion and her work co-founding the Federation for Women and Family Planning in 1992. She graduated from the University of Warsaw and worked as a Latin and English teacher until working in politics as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland from 2011-2015.

Elżbieta Korolczuk (1975-) - a Polish sociologist, researcher and leftist activist. She works at the Södertörn University in Stockholm.Catubbs (talk)