User:Sidney Gordon/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

 * PornHub
 * Additions on representations would be useful alongside within its own category. There is only a brief discussion of non-consensual allegation sand child pornography
 * Brief discussions of non-consensual allegations that could be expanded on
 * a section on policies would be useful
 * There are a number of improperly linked sources listed at the bottom that need to be revised
 * https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/mar/09/worlds-biggest-porn-site-under-fire-over-videos-pornhub

Option 2

 * Film Industry
 * Though is a lot of info on the industry and how it differs from other countries there is a lack of info on gender inequalities, and how things have evolved throughout history
 * The film industry has quite a cookie cut, colonial way of doing things that revolves around a hierarchy and I think these would be important things to include
 * There are some very informative statistics in the article "Re-Distributing Gender in the Global Film Industry: Beyond #MeToo and #MeThree" that compares different countries statistics on women in crew rules women director success and more, I think these would be good additions to the information that is presently divided amongst the different country categories, while the statistic charts could also be relevant under the statistics category
 * The page "Women in Film" has lots of great info that would be a good addition to this page if it were linked somewhere
 * Overall it would be nice to see more info regarding the cultural differences differences in crew rolls, set protocols, values, gender diversity, etc., rather than each dealing mainly with money and resources
 * https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mij/15031809.0006.108?view=text;rgn=main
 * https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/sexism-film-industry-stories
 * https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277252957_Unmanageable_Inequalities_Sexism_in_the_Film_Industry
 * https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180508-the-data-that-reveals-the-film-industrys-woman-problem

Option 3

 * West End, Vancouver
 * I was happy to see there was some mention of the social issues around the 1986 injunction, however there is still a lot of information that I feel should be present.
 * Unlike the Davie Village page there is a lack of mention of significant locations which I feel would give the descriptions of the West End a better community feel. This is especially relevant to the businesses that supported the sex work community that was present in the West End before the 1986 injunction.
 * Expansions on the history and developments within the areas and more specifically who that effected would be good contributions. The areas mentioned that are a part of the west end all push a specific aesthetic that attracts specific demographics, having information that reveals a bit more of this history, rather than leaving it out of the conversation would be beneficial.
 * https://www.dailyxtra.com/back-when-the-west-end-had-sex-worker-strolls-13044
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484742/
 * http://thevolcano.org/2019/05/17/vancouvers-anti-sex-work-gentrification-projects-are-a-form-of-imperialism/

Option 4

 * Chinatown, Vancouver
 * I was happy to see the history of the developments mapped out throughout different categories, however the information included completely excludes the history of the red light district and prominent sex work history on West Pender (then Dupont Street). Within the mentions of Canton Alley, it is notable to mention the 105 brothels that were shared between it and Shanghai Alley which were trashed during the 1907 riot and then diminished with the expansion of Pender Street and the development of the 6 foot wide tourist attraction "Jack Chow Insurance". Some of the first brothels were also present on Dupont Street (now Pender) that are worth mentioning as well; either or both in the paragraphs of "Early immigration and head tax" and/or in the "Architecture" sites listed at the bottom of the page. More of this history can be found at https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/history-deviant-alleys-vancouver/ and https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/history-prostitution-vancouver/.
 * Glad there is a mention of the newer development takeovers in the "20th century improvements" section, as well some mention of the local businesses. However, I feel like the rises in rent prices and the difficulties local businesses are facing is not spoken about enough.
 * I think the title "20th century improvements" should be changed as it is putting a positive swing on developments that have displaced many individuals.
 * https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/history-deviant-alleys-vancouver/
 * https://forbiddenvancouver.ca/blog/history-prostitution-vancouver/

Option 5

 * Pornography
 * This article if fairly thorough and well rounded, including the history, entomology, and a variety of viewpoints. I think something that is worth adding to the present information about the portayls of women in film is also the representation of other bodies, such as coloured, larger, disabled, trans, queer, etc. This could serve as its own category or even an expansion from the "Feminist views" into a more inclusive, intersectional perspective.
 * This pornography page contains mostly mainstream contexts. It would be a good idea to mention the different types of porn apart from the subgenres listed and Feminist pornography, expansive from conventional attraction (ex. food porn)
 * Feminist pornography or ethical porn could be added to the subgenres under classification
 * Many policy issues could be expanded on such as linkages to sex trafficking and child pornography

https://www.mcgill.ca/sociology/files/sociology/2018_-_archives_of_sexual_behavior.pdf

https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9173&context=etd