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Doritos are my favorite snack food. Many people will try to say that Utz are the best because they have so much more variety and you can get them at cheap price but nothing beats the Spicy Nacho Doritos, in my opinion.

Fun Fact
The word "Doritos" means little golden things.

Annotated Bibliography

Cvetkovich, Ann. "The Powers of Seeing and Being Seen: Truth or Dare and Paris Is

Burning." Film Theory Goes to the Movies (1993): 155-69.

In this novel, Cvetkovich, compares the characters from Paris is Burning to that of normal, heterosexual, individuals. She gives very detailed context about the life of LGBTQ individuals during this time and how they came to try and assimilate with the mass majority. The “Drag Balls” is a main focus for her pieces and how it influenced many pop culture icons such as Madonna. This is a Wikipedia approved source because this book has been publish through a verifiable publisher.

Halberstam, Judith. "F2M: The making of female masculinity." Feminist theory and the body: a

reader (1999): 125-33.

Halberstam, delves into modern day definitions of lesbian and gay and the stereotypical associations that follow these labels. She uses the film Paris is Burning as her baseline to make these comparisons. Her piece especially focuses on minority groups which correlate to the main characters in the film being people of color. This article is Wikipedia approved because it has been published though a renowned publisher and it is a secondary source.

Harper, Phillip Brian. "" The Subversive Edge": Paris Is Burning, Social Critique, and the Limits

of Subjective Agency." diacritics 24.2/3 (1994): 90-103.

This book is like a critique of Livingston’s film, Paris is Burning. Throughout the book he talk about many of the burdens those in the LBGTQ community have had to overcome that Livingston really brings to life in the film. He also predicts ways in which the general public may receive the film in both the positive and negative aspects. This is a Wikipedia approved source because it is secondary, has been publish through a verifiable publisher, has been peer-reviewed, and is written from a neutral viewpoint.