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

Option 1

 * Article title
 * "Fair and Lovely:" Self Objectification, Skin Tone Surveillance, and Skin Bleaching"
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article discusses about the expectations of a feminine beauty ideal associated with fairness. Along with that this article examines the effects of skin colour and more India women experiencing skin colour dissatisfaction and resorting to skin bleaching to lighten their skin tone.
 * Sources

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Prusaczyk, E., & Choma, B. (2016). “Fair and Lovely:” Self-objectification, Skin Tone Surveillance, and Skin Bleaching. Personality & Individual Differences, 101, 507. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1016/j.paid.2016.05.265 =====

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Fair (?) & Lovely: Ideas of beauty among young migrant women in Chennai, India
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article draws attention about how women with dark skin tone face issues because they are not considered beautiful because of their skin colour. In certain parts of India, women still face the 'dissatisfaction' particularly associated with skin colour. This article also sheds light additionally on other features of a women's body such as hair. According to societal beauty expectations, women are considered pretty if they have straight and silky hair. However, this article examines on a particular city in India; Chennai but many other rural places struggle with a similar issue.
 * Sources
 * VARGHESE, J. (2017). RESEARCH REPORT: Fair (?) & Lovely: Ideas of beauty among young migrant women in Chennai, India. Women’s Studies Journal, 31(1), 59–69.

Option 3

 * Article title

Colour of Life Achievements: Historical and Media Influence of Identity Formation Based on Skin Colour in South Asia

 * Article Evaluation

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This article evaluates how media portrayal plays a significant role in establishing beauty standards among young women. It highlights on key points such as white skin tone is associated with happiness whereas dark skin tone is not. This issue has been a long debate in South Asia. Many advertisements depicted how skin tone plays a vital role in being successful. Thus, a lot of brands started developing and promoting fairness creams. =====


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Hussein, N. (2010). Colour of Life Achievements: Historical and Media Influence of Identity Formation Based on Skin Colour in South Asia. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 31(4), 403–424. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1080/07256868.2010.491275 =====

Option 4

 * Article title

Gendering colour: identity, femininity and marriage in Kerala

 * Article Evaluation

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In many parts of India, the concept of 'dowry' is still practiced. Skin colour still plays a key factor when girls look for their marriage partner. A dowry is negotiated in terms the skin colour. The lighter the skin colour, the less dowry a girl's family pays to the man. This issue is of huge concern because skin colour is often synonymous with 'beauty'. This article focuses specifically in Kerala. =====


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Looking tājā ‘fresh’; skin whitening, and emergent masculinities in far-west Nepal
 * Article Evaluation
 * With the growing trend of fairness among women, societal expectations of skin colour has been increasing among men too. This article emphasizes on the increase of skin whitening products consumption among men. Masculinity is associated with light skin colour. Similarly like women, men feel pressurized to fit in the society according to beauty standards which is having a fair skin complexion.
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Maycock, M. W. (2017). Looking tājā ‘fresh’; skin whitening, and emergent masculinities in far-west Nepal. Contemporary South Asia, 25(2), 153–166. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.sfu.ca/10.1080/09584935.2017.1321619 =====