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Erin Kovac
Mrs. Williams
English 102
17 July 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Barksdale, Martha. "How Are Gender Roles in Society Changing?" Curiosity. Discovery, 09
Apr. 2011. Web. 20 July 2014.
Martha Barksdale has written for HowStuffWorks.com and writes for Curiosity.com.
This article for Curiosity.com asks the question, How are men and women's roles in
society changing? Martha answers by looking at the traditional gender roles we know of
and todays roles that are changing year by year. She researches how women are staying
in the work force more and more today than men are. In the 1950s women was the stay
at home mom, whereas today almost 47% of women work. She points out how most
women have careers in the education or medical field jobs which will always be around
versus men in industrial careers which seem to be quickly fading. These facts then leave
us with another question will the gender roles be flipped in our future with the majority of
women at work while the men stay at home?
Houston, Shannon. "Why Feminists Love Katniss Everdeen." Hollywood.com. Hollywood.com,
3 Oct. 2013. Web. 17 July 2014.
The article titled Why Femisists Love Katniss Everdeen written by Shannon Houston.
Shannon studied global marketing at Berkeley University, she writes for Hollywood.com
along with paste magazine. She writes her article with beliefs of the protagonist character
of Katniss Everdeen encompassing a whole human being having traits of being brave and
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honorable, as well as being multi-layered and at times also vulnerable. Stating that for
most feminists Katniss is a total dream who impatiently await her next on screen debut.
In the article Shannon shares how feminists really love Katniss for reasons such as, Her
survival as an individual and the survival of her family and community come first
(Houston). Katniss is just a person, a normal girl who then develops into the hero that
everyone enjoys, feminist or not.
Jarvis, Shawn C. Feminism. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folklores and Fairy Tales. Ed.
Donald Haase. Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. 336-338. Gale Virtual
Reference Library. Web. 9 July 2014.
The article titled Feminism by Shawn C. Jarvis was sourced from The Encyclopedia of
Folktales and Fairy Tales. Jarvis is a known author for his book The Queen's Mirror:
Fairy Tales by German Women, 1780-1900, she writes of the German fairy tales views of
women in a powerful manner. These fairy tales were written to teach young children of
female heroines of how women may save children or fight, overcome, and rescue. Jarvis
is also a professor of German and applied linguistics at St. Cloud State University, MN.
As a writer and professor Jarvis seems to have deep passion in the feminist views. The
article takes a look at how fairy tales were written and portrayed women, the
representation of women in these traditions (Jarvis 1). According to the article,
Feminism has occupied itself an interdisciplinary critique of patriarchal literary and
cultural practices and looks at the conditions within society that restrict womens access
to the public sphere and denigrate their activities in the private realm (Jarvis 1).
Oleksak, Joshua -. "Katniss Everdeen Is Positive for Feminism?" Katniss Everdeen Is Positive
for Feminism? Liberty Voice, 11 Apr. 2014. Web. 17 July 2014.
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This article Katniss Everdeen Is Positive for Feminism? highlights and expresses the
opinions from a mans point of view on feminism, Joshua Oleksak. Joshua is a well-
known reviewer of media and art, writing many blogs during and after attending
Hampshire College as liberal arts major. The title of this article is punctuated as a
question; Joshua quickly makes clear of the question believing it to hold much truth.
Joshua highlights just how not only the character of Katniss being a strong and heroic
figure but how the actress Jennifer Lawerence plays the role to perfection. He goes into
explaining the many traits the character and actress have to display the feminist side in a
positive manner. Joshua states, She cared and hunted for her family from a young age,
she is tough, she is a skilled trader, and has trouble expressing her thoughts and emotions.
To foil these traits, she is also the perfect woman: she is never foul mouthed, she is
protective of the weak, and she has a feminine presentation(Oleksak). He also makes a
comparison to other films with heroic leading ladies, focusing on Kill Bill and Uma
Thurmans role where she is driven to kill by revenge and hate. Katniss never wanted to
kill for any reason other than staying alive and getting back to her family and friends.
Joshua ends his article and opinions of believing Katniss is a true positive influence and
role model for mainstream media.
Osborn, Lauren -. "Katniss Everdeen: Feminist Icon." Vagina. The Zine, 9 June 2012. Web. 18
July 2014.
Lauren Osborn the author of the article Katniss Everdeen: Feminist Icon along with the
editor of this articles source which is named, Vagina the zine. This zine has quarterly
publications giving women the voice to share their creative work with the public. Lauren
explains how too many books and films short sell female characters where as for Katniss,
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as a fiercely independent, loyal, and capable young woman - stands as a symbol of
feminism in modern literature (Osborn). She also goes on to compare Katniss to other
characters such as Bella from Twilight, and the similar love triangle, then to Joan of Arc
with a comparison of true catalysts for political upheaval. Lauren continually states how
Katniss is no scarred woman, Katniss instead carries on to fight and love together, to
have thoughts and feeling, rising above a cold hate we have seen some characters turn to.
Quraishi, Tarina. "The Gender-Neutral Games." The Crimson. The Harvard Crimson, 26
Mar. 2012. Web. 16 July 2014.
The Gender-Neutral Games was written by Tarina Quraishi a Harvard English major
on the Editorial Board of the Harvard Crimson newspaper. She loves creative writing and
administrates a fiction blog as well as an online journalism portfolio. Tarina writes from a
womans view expressing how the protagonist Katniss Everden in The Hunger Games
displays empowerment, having the role as a skilled hunter. Tarnia explains, a strong
feminist role model: independent, skilled, fierce, rose from Katniss for all young girls to
view (Quraishi). Fire, within the film, as Tarnia defines is becoming for the character
in a feminist role. The fire represents attractiveness and as being powerful while
cohesively destroying all that may lay in its path. The article strongly states that the film
avoids restrictive gender, she writes, Within Collins literary world, Katniss is
characterized neither as feminine nor as feminist; she is merely a complex, humanized
character. Perhaps this is the real victory of the Games (Quraishi). In concluding a belief
that gender roles may have been dominant but equally neutral.
Manchir, Michelle. "Disregarding Feminism a Sad Trend for Young Celebs." Chicago Tribune.
Tribune News, 25 May 2014. Web. 20 July 2014.
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This Feminist article written by Michelle Manchir touches on our young female
celebrities and their confusion of what feminism really is all about. Michelle Manchir is a
reporter at the Chicago Tribune who attended Indiana University Bloomington as
journalism major. Michelle makes points from certain celebrities who have stated they
are not feminist and attempt to stay clear of those questions for public criticisms. She also
writes of her own experiences of being treated poorly where she could stand as a feminist
to fight for these interactions to no longer exist. Commenting on her experience she says,
And like all the women I know would do even those who disregard the feminist label
I moved on and got back to work (Manchir).
McGough, Michael. "Pussy Riot and a Strange Convergence." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles
Times, 22 Aug. 2012. Web. 20 July 2014.
Michael McGough is senior editorial writer for The Times, and holds a Master of Studies
in Law degree from Yale. Michael writes on the feminist punk band named Pussy Riot,
that performed a "punk prayer" in a Moscow cathedral in which they beseeched Mary to
"banish [Russian President Vladimir] Putin." He links this punk band made up of three
girls to gender roles along with the connection to Catholics and Muslims. Michael
continues to write on the girls performance as being more of a stunt, which would
never happen in a mosque. In the article he states, But the logic of his position is that
such a demonstration would also be beyond the pale (McGrough).
Spalding, Annika -. "Are You Feminist Enough?" - Features. The F Word, 12 Dec. 2010. Web.
20 July 2014.
Annika Spalding writes on the struggles it takes as a female to show and share your
beliefs as a feminist in our world today. Annika is a self-published writer who has a
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passion for writing and empowering women. She writes her article on her personal
experiences in the feminist world having worked within that role for many years helping
and empowering women and working closely with women. Annika shares how happy
and proud she was in the position. Working closely with women all in the same positions
and all having same mind set or beliefs, Annika explains how difficult it became for her
to enter the real world with a different career. Now away from her alike coworkers or
sisters as she calls them she feels scared or the minority as a feminist. She also writes
of her wonder to how many other women may have the same beliefs as her but are afraid
to speak up about it do to the ridicule. Finally coming to ask the question, Are you
feminist enough?
Stark, Rachel. "Why Katniss Is a Feminist Character (And It's Not Because She Wields a Bow
and Beats Boys Up)." Tor.com. Tor.com, 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 20 July 2014.
Rachel Stark the author of Why Katniss Is a Feminist Character is a freelance writer
and editorial assistant working for many publishers. This Tor blogger goes into details
within the article of the feisty main character, Katniss. Rachel writes of her love for
Katniss character and for her difference in roles versus Bella Swans role in Twilight.
How Katniss has a much stronger role as a heroine, more than just having to choose
between two love interests. In the article Rachel states her beliefs of why Katniss is a
feminist character with the quote, Its her ability to find strength in other women and
to support them in return that makes the girl on fire a feminist (Stark).
Simonson, Stephanie. "Simonson Says: Hunger Games Continues to Subvert Blockbuster
Gender Roles." The Signpost. Weber State University, 26 Nov. 2013. Web. 22 July 2014.