Cumberledge, Heather. “The Representation of Women in Media Needs to Change.” The Arizona State Press, 19 Oct. 2017, www.statepress.com/article/2017/10/the-representation-of-women-in-media-needs-to-change#.

This article is about gender representation in the media and how it makes people create assumptions about women like them being weaker than men and always having to do domestic roles. This article relates to my topic because it explains one of the effects that women representation in media has. This article offers reasons why the audiences should be shown a different part of the women like how strong and brave they are.

Aloisi, Fabiana. “Women and Social Media: Does Facebook Influence Perceptions of the Female Body?” Family And Media, 29 Nov. 2017, www.familyandmedia.eu/en/media-education/women-and-social-media-does-facebook-influence-perceptions-of-the-female-body/.

This article is about a study that was conducted with young girls about how social media affects the way they see themselves. This article relates to my topic because it would back up my point about social media making young girls insecure of their body image. This article provides good reasons as to why the stereotypes should change. 

R, Sasha. “Feminist Media: Why We Need More Women Taking the Lead on-Screen.” YourStory.com, 27 July 2019, yourstory.com/herstory/2019/07/feminist-media-women-representation.

This article is about how womens should be represented in a more positive way because young girls need more role models. This article is relevant to my topic because it shows that women and men are not represented in the same way. It offers very good points on why women should have a positive image in the media.

“Social Media Is Distorting the Representation of Women in Africa. Here’s What Can Be Done about It.” Nieman Lab, www.niemanlab.org/2019/08/social-media-is-distorting-the-representation-of-women-in-africa-heres-what-can-be-done-about-it/.

This article talks about media in African and how as there is more technology women are still seen as sex objects. This article is relevant to my topic because it would help me discuss one of the ways the image of women in the media could be changed.

Hogue, Jacqueline V, and Jennifer S Mills. “The Effects of Active Social Media Engagement with Peers on Body Image in Young Women.” Body Image, vol. 28, 2019, pp. 1–5.

In this article an experiment was conducted to see how women and men interact with social media to understand how it affects the women’s body image. This article is relevant to my topic because it shows a relationship between the media and how women look at their bodies.

• Dixon, Marlene. “Wages for Housework and Strategies of Revolutionary Fantasy.” Synthesis, vol. 1, no. 4, 1977, pp. 12–17. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43783331.
  This source explains how feminist fought for equality. Not only equality in society, but also equality at home. This provides more information for the basis of my topic. Great reasoning on why this cause was important to women and the steps they took to bring about awareness.
• Knight, Sophie. “My Husband Paid Me to Do Housework.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 25 Sept. 2019, www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/09/pay-women-housework/598729/.
  In this article, a wife sends her husband invoices for the work housework she completes. She knows it sounds absurd for a husband to pay his wife for housework, but she believes work is work. It relates to my topic because it gives a real life example of the situation. I have heard of movements demanding this just to make a point, but this article actually poses the situation, literally. This offers great insight for my project.
• Moran, Porcshe N., et al. “Wages for Housework.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2014, www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/09/09/wages-for-housework/taking-unpaid-housework-for-granted-is-wrong.
  I really like this source because it is not so one-sided. It is a debate between both men and women on the topic. Some agree that wages should be put in place for housework, but others disagree. Those who oppose it, say that putting monetary value on housework turns a marriage into employer-employee relations. I never thought about it like that, so it offers some fresh insight to my project.
• Rampton, Martha. “Four Waves of Feminism.” Pacific University, Pacific University, 21 Nov. 2019, www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism.
  This article explains the four waves of feminism and the important ideologies and events that took place. I believe this will strengthen my project because it tells when the wages against housework movement started and what wave it was established. But it also serves as a contrast as to why it came about when it did. This source will also offer my project more clarification and understanding.
• “Wages Against Housework.” Wages against Housework, by Silvia Federici, Falling Wall Press, 1975, pp. 2–8.
  Here, Federici demands wages for housework to prove a point. I don’t think she means it literally. But she tries to prove that housework is work. Women have the responsibilities of a companion, cook, babysitter, cleaner and more. All of these positions are jobs that demand wages. Just like anyone in the workforce who performs these tasks, women should be looked at on the same level.This book is the core of my project. Her ideologies are very interesting to me. It provides logic and evidence to my project and might make it even more persuasive.

Bibliography:

Banks, Ingrid. Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women’s Consciousness. NYU Press, 2000. www.academia.edu/10935126/Hair_Matters_Beauty_Power_And_Black_Womens_Consciousness

Ingrid Banks compiled various first hand accounts of what it is like to navigate society as a black woman with kinky/coiled hair in her book Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women’s Consciousness. She interviewed women ranging in age from teenager to elderly. Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women’s Consciousness reveals black women’s  ideas about race, gender, sexuality, beauty, and power through the various exchanges transcribed within. By allowing these women to share their hair stories, Banks also allows them to share their larger perspectives of their communities and the mainstream culture that defines “normalcy”. I think that this piece will be useful to my final project because it has a wide range of subjects that are all speaking on a topic (kinky/coiled hair and the experiences of black women in American society) that is extremely close to the chosen topic for my independent study. I am most interested in taking a look at the accounts of young adult to middle aged women in corporate America as to get a more realistic account (outside of my own experience) of what it looks like navigating the beauty standards set by American society and how that can effect their ability to thrive within the workplace.

Caldwell, Paulette M. “A Hair Piece: Perspectives on the Intersection of Race and Gender.” Duke Law Journal, vol. 1991, no. 2, 1991, pp. 365–396. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1372731.

**First things first, I was to say that this article was very enjoyable to read through. if you have a second and you’re somewhat interested in the topic and law/legislation you might like it.**

In this article, Paulette Caldwell takes a deeper look into the ruling in the case of Rogers vs American Airlines where it was decided that braided hairstyles were permitted t be banned by employers if they so choose. It was argued that braids are not truly a style that is tied to any one particular culture and therefore should be easily changeable. Caldwell take a stance in this article disparaging the court’s decision in the matter as it protected employer’s rights to mandate hair and dress codes that effectively allow for workplace discrimination on the grounds of the physical appearance of black women. She sums it all up saying “black women are the immediate, although and material representation of the intersection of race and gender” (372). This piece is going to be extremely relevant in the composition of the final portion of my project as it draws it’s premise from a primary source (Rogers vs American Airlines) and provides readers with Caldwell’s (an expert on race and civil rights with a concentration on discrimination in employment and public education law) take on how the decision effectively stigmatized African American women in the workplace.

Griffin, Chanté. “How Natural Black Hair at Work Became a Civil Rights Issue”. JSTOR Daily, 2019. JSTOR, www.daily.jstor.org/how-natural-black-hair-at-work-became-a-civil-rights-issue/

This article follows a time line of the evolution of black women’s hairstyle choices throughout the decades skillfully weaving a timeline that is easy to follow. Simultaneously, Griffin sheds light on the ways in which black women’s physical appearance, special their hairstyle choices, allow for workplace discrimination and refusal of job offers in some cases. This practice is effectively supported by the Eleventh Circuit (U.S. Court of Appeals) who ruled in favor of Catastrophe Management Solution in the case bought up against them by Chastity Jones, a prospective employee who was asked to cut off her dreads in order to accept the offer. Of course, she refused and was unfortunately denied the job offer altogether. I think that this article will be a helpful resource when creating my final project as it gets even further than just stating an argument and listing the facts that back it up. The timeline format really gives readers who are new to this information a clear insight as to why black women have felt for many years that the key to social and economic success in American society is straighter hair and fairer skin dating as far back as the 1700s. Griffin also gives readers an account of natural hair as a movement and the ways in which it has swelled and diminished as images of acceptance change throughout the decades.

Kimbell, Regina, and Mary Huelsbeck. “A Black Camera Interview: Nappy or Straight: Must We Choose? Regina Kimbell on Black Hair-Itage.” Black Camera, 22/23, 2008, pp. 54–58. JSTOR, www.jstor.org.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu:2048/stable/27761702.

I focused on an excerpt of this article that I felt was relevant to my topic of choice. In the chosen excerpt, Kimbell has gotten to the point of the interview where she is asked about her documentary “My Nappy Roots: A Journey Through Black Hair-itage” by interviewee Mary Huelsbeck. Huelsbeck asks her various questions surrounding the origin of the film’s title and concept. Kimbell responds by sharing that she developed the documentary to aid her daughter who was chosen to submit a contribution to the NAACP ACT-SO ( the Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics) competition. The film was able to effectively convey how African American hair is a sign of individuality and how hair texture and/or style can determine the social and economic status of African American people specifically, African American women. Kimbell also goes into personal accounts of her daughter’s and her own experience within their respective hair journeys that prepared them to create their content. I have not watched Kimbell’s documentary as of yet but, I think it could be a great agent to my final project paired with the interview transcript. The interview also covers the significance of hair within African cultures and how it can mold stereotypes that are taken as fact by misinformed individuals both inside and outside of the community.

Randle, Brenda A. “African American Women and Their Struggles with Embracing Natural Hair!” Race, Gender & Class, vol. 22, no. 1-2, 2015, pp. 114–121. JSTOR, www-jstor-org.ez-proxy.brooklyn.cuny.edu/stable/26505328.

Brenda A. Randle uses this article to provide in depth insight to the title subject. She discusses the chemical processes that African American put their natural hair through in order to achieve a straighter texture that would be more widely accepted in American society. She sheds light on the “good hair vs bad hair” complex that exists within African American society that groups looser curls patterns in the “good hair” category and kinkier/coiled textures as “bad hair”. Having this type of stigma exist within the African American community allows for the validation of its belief by society as a whole. The groundwork for the elimination of these categorizations starts within the community, for sure however, these speculations based on hair texture shouldn’t exist on either side. She also goes into whether or not natural (unprocessed) hair is acceptable within the workplace and if the preference of most employers leans more towards European textured/inspired hairstyles (i.e. weaves, extensions, wigs) on African American women. This aids her effort in relating the issues of the stunted socioeconomic growth of African American women to how they choose to wear their hair to work.

All sources listed were sources found using (or can be found within) the JSTOR database. The JSTOR database houses articles from scholarly, peer-reviewed, academic, and refereed journals that are considered more credible than articles from popular journals. This is because the content is reviewed by experts on the relating subject. You can also easily find sources/citations that support the given topic being conveyed by the author. (**Step 3**)

• Dixon, Marlene. “Wages for Housework and Strategies of Revolutionary Fantasy.” Synthesis, vol. 1, no. 4, 1977, pp. 12–17. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/43783331. Accessed 6 May 2020. This is academically credible because it was published in a scholarly journal and has been peer-reviewed and is written by experts in the social science and political science field.
• Knight, Sophie. “My Husband Paid Me to Do Housework.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 25 Sept. 2019, www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/09/pay-women-housework/598729/. The Atlantic is generally seen as a reliable source. All news stories on The Atlantic are properly sourced to factual information and usually present a reasonable balance on issues.
• Moran, Porcshe N., et al. “Wages for Housework.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 2014, www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/09/09/wages-for-housework/taking-unpaid-housework-for-granted-is-wrong. The NYT is highly factual and considered one of the most reliable sources for news information due to proper sourcing and well respected journalists/editors. The articles regarding this topic are also written by respected writers, professors and journalists.
• Rampton, Martha. “Four Waves of Feminism.” Pacific University, Pacific University, 21 Nov. 2019, www.pacificu.edu/magazine/four-waves-feminism. This article is reliable by academic standards because it was written by Martha Rampton (PhD) who works at Pacific University.Martha Rampton is Professor of History at Pacific University. She concentrates on the early medieval period with an emphasis on social history and the activities and roles of women. This source is also unbiased and is supported with evidence and factual based statements from an exp=
• “Wages Against Housework.” Wages against Housework, by Silvia Federici, Falling Wall Press, 1975, pp. 2–8. This book is reliable because it was written by Silvia Federici who is an Italian and American scholar, & teacher. She was a very important voice during second wave feminism and used this book to express her views.