Source 12: Self-Confidence: Are Beauty Pageants A Good Idea?

Citation:

Randall, Kerri. "Self-Confidence: Are Beauty Pageants A Good Idea?" Kerri Randall. Kerri Randall.

http://www.kerrirandall.com/selfconfidence-beauty-pageants-good-idea

2. What Strikes:
The first look at the sources made me think that the title is very misleading. I was not sure about if the source was going to be a good source, no matter how long it was. There are a lot of ads ont he sides, and it seems more like a blog than an article. I dont know what I expect non scholarly sources to look like, but this was very different from the sources like CNN or PBS that I've been using.

3. "Beauty pageants have always been under scrutiny, especially when it comes to such little girls."

"I had a lot of wonderful experiences in pageants. "

4. After Reading:
What I liked the most about this article was that the author highlighted or bolded her main points throughout the article. I realized that this article was not about the pageantry I was looking for and kind of focused on the aspects of child pageantry growing up. Yes, it gave me plenty of insight about my topic but no, I don't think I'll be using it as a source. I think that the best use of this source would be to think about some of the points she made and then build my own opinions out of that. I could really use those points as supportive ideas for my over all thesis.