Source 5: Ain't I A Woman?

Bloul, Rachel A.D. "Ain't I A Woman? Female Landmine Survivors' Beauty Pageants And The Ethics Of Staring." Social Identities 18.1 (2012): 3-18. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Sept. 2013.

2. Actually, the title of this article caught my eye the most. "The ethics of staring" it said. I guess it's because staring isn't nice, but mixed into a setence with ethics than it gets more interesting. In reading the article, I was kinda horrified at the thought of a "Miss Landmine" yet horror does spawn curiosity for sure. This source was good in that it provided a very drastic and different take on conventional beauty pageants.

3.) "grotesque, immoral, exploitative" pg 4

women are objectified and are the symbolism of groups - pg. 4 (very interesting thought there...)

4.) Funny thing is, the article made me think of women in a whole new light. Not very feminist pov but rather in the light of what women represent in society. What women actually go through.

Source 4: Beauty Queens Behaving Badly

LIEU, NHI T. "Beauty Queens Behaving Badly." Frontiers: A Journal Of Women Studies 34.1 (2013): 25-57. Literary Reference Center. Web. 17 Sept. 2013.

2.) Ah, this is bad... the reason I chose this article was because it was written by a vietnamese person. Go figure. I felt that I could relate to a lot of what the author was talking about when it came down to Vietnamese beauty pageants. More than once, I've been a spectacle to those but I've always been mean about it. I like how Lieu talks about the symbolic and cultural aspect of pageants, rather than just the huge amounts of hype and glamour all night long. It went into a lot about how the vietnamese pageants were very "shallow" to say, organizing women simply by looks alone within a community.

3.) "reveals fractures in class divisions..." p. 27

'beauty pageants are the coming of age?"

4.) one of the biggest highlights of the article is when Lieu talks about self freedom. Well, mostly freedom of gender especially for women. Cliched as it may be and cured as pageants can be (women strutting around?) I think she has a point. It could be that society pushes women to be all that, and that's the birth of beauty pageants. Or at least, that's why anyone would want to join one. So this article might've changed my mind just a little.

Source 3: Something Different?

So, I may not recall whether or not I am allowed to use anything but academic journals... but hey, sources are sources. If they aren't used directly in a paper, they might aswell help with furthering understanding background knowledge. Right?

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/jakarta/protests-against-miss-world-continue-as-contestants-arrive/

2.) This is a link to a series of articles actually. I was looking for stuff about pageants and voila, it seems that the Miss World pageant just began! Lucky me. I know that I obviously would not use it in my paper, but I found it interesting that there was a lot of mentioning about the swimsuit portion of the pageant. I wonder if pageants undermine religion? Should religion be fearing it? I'm a bit mixed on the topic. The author isn't writing for a society of smarties though, they're definitely writiging to update the every day fellow... American?

3.)
We reject Miss World and immoral acts. We want to uphold shariah in Indonesia,” said Muhammad Al Khaththath, the secretary general of the Islamic People’s Forum (FUI).

4.) Mmm, i noticed in the article there was a lot of repeating stuff towards the end. I only noticed this after reading several that were slightly different from each other.

Source 2: Darling Divas Or Damaged Daughters?

1.) Wolfe, Lucy. "Darling Divas Or Damaged Daughters? The Dark Side Of Child Beauty Pageants And An Administrative Law Solution." Tulane Law Review 87.2 (2012): 427-455. Academic Search Complete. Web. 17 Sept. 2013.

2.) What caught my attention the most with this article was the fact that it actually wrote about the Toddlers and Tiaras. I'm always guessing academic journals take years to publish even though 2009 to 2013 is still a bit of stretch. Obviously just by reading the summary of the article, I can tell the author is pretty biased or at least, arguing on the side against child pageants. I wonder if the author is writing for a specific audience - those who share the same ideas or to talk the opposing team into consideration for her stance?

3.) Sources: These are actually a pain in the rear to type down. It's one thing to highlight a printed PDF version, and then another to actually retype everything on paper onto a computer. Especially if it's a few sentences long...

4.) Reviewing the article, I noticed some strong language in the article: 'child pornography, gender discrimination, mid drift exposure..." the whole nine yards. The author made some good points, but the way she wrote made me think she might be a little too bias for the paper. Is that alright? Too bias?

Source 1: The Miss America Pageant: Pluralism, Femininity, And Cinderella All In One.

1.)Watson, E, and D Martin. "The Miss America Pageant: Pluralism, Femininity, And Cinderella All In One." Journal Of Popular Culture 34.1 (2000): 105-126. MEDLINE. Web. 17 Sept. 2013.

2.) What Strikes Me Most: One of the things I liked about this article in particular was it's attention to the history of Miss America. It discussed a lot of the trends but also events during the first few years of the pageant in an interesting life. Throughout the article, the authors go on to talk about how each historical event (like WWI) came to affect and shape the pageant into something people want to watch and wanted to be on (for example the requirement of a platform in which the contestant will promote whether it is in education, aiding in poverty prevention, etc).

3.) Sources:

"Throughout history, the pageant has been the center of controversy and target of protests against the swim suit..." p 114

"Cinderella mythology" p.7

4.) Looking back over my notes, I don't see anything I would have not noticed. For the most part, the article was too long to go over the entire thing and most quotes I tossed out in favor of the few I know would go well in my paper. Indeed, the authors do seem very knowledgeable on their research since it's so long. There's actually more historical fact than there are opinions form the writers, so I'm guesing it's trying to be unbiased as possible.