Feminism," authors Emma Tennent and Sue Jackson discuss a range of
feminist positions on celebrity feminism.
Write an essay in up to 1,000 words. Identify 3 feminist arguments against
celebrity feminism from this reading. Explain and discuss these feminist
arguments using specific real-life examples. You may draw on other course
materials (e.g. lectures, other readings) in your essay.
General Instructions
Include your name and student number in a separate cover page.
Your essay should be double-spaced and should include page numbers.
You can upload the following file types: pdf, doc, docx
Take a look at the grading criteria Download grading criteria again to
make sure you understand the assessment.
You can choose any 3 arguments from the reading, there are more than 3-but
any 3 is ok.
Use of lectures and additional readings are not required but encouraged.
Citations:
Use MLA 9th citations throughout your essay, including in-text citations
and a Bibliography/Work Cited page. There is no need to include
annotations for the Bibliography/Work Cited page. Do include details such
as authors' name, paper title, name of journal etc.
Use 0.5 inch hanging indent for the Bibliography/Work Cited page.
This reading by Emma Tennent and Sue Jackson is a journal article. To cite
a journal article, follow the Purdue guide (under "AN ARTICLE IN A
SCHOLARLY JOURNAL")
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research and citation/mla style/mla formatting
and style guide/mla works cited periodicals.html
NOTE FROM STUDENT:
You will most likely need to cite indirect sources for this essay. An
indirect source is when you want to cite Author X, whose work appears in
Author Y's paper. For example, let's say I want to reference Rosalind
Gill, whose argument appears on p. 226 of the Tennent and Johnson article.
In this case, I would write:
Rosalind Gill has put forward the idea that "feminist activism is granted
limited attention beyond social media" (qtd. in Tennent and Johnson 226)./nWriting Instructions:
Write in complete sentences.
Do not go over the maximum word limit (1,000 words). In-text citations do
count towards the word count. The Bibliography/Work Cited page and your
information (name, student number) are excluded.
Your essay should have an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
The order of your body paragraphs can take a variety of forms, e.g. you
can identify one feminist argument, discuss and respond to it, before
moving on to the second argument, OR you can discuss all 3 arguments at
once before discussing and analysing all 3 as a whole. Have a think about
what you want to write about, do a mind map and/or essay draft, then see
what format works best for your ideas.
"I statements" are welcome and encouraged.
By examples, I am referring to references to specific events and people.
i.e. Emma Watson's HeForShe campaign is an example. Phrase such as
"celebrities tend to increase awareness and make us more attuned to social
justice cause" is a hypothetical statement and not an example.
You can use examples from this reading and/or the other readings. You can
also use your own examples.
pay close attention to the authors' central argument and try to engage
with it in your writing.
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