Motta 1

Sofia Motta

Professor Granillo

English 103

5 December 2018

Annotated Bibliography: Feminism and Rhetorical Strategies

Always Brand, director. Always #Like a Girl. YouTube, YouTube, 26 June 2014,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs.

Cixous, Helene. “Sorties: Out and Out: Attacks/Ways Out/Forays.” Rpt. in The Feminist

Reader. 2nd ed. Eds. Catherine Belsey and Jane Moore. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1997.

91 - 103.

This source is a collection of essays which discusses patriarchal binary thought, patriarchal

thinking, and feminine writing. It presents the idea that females have become accostume to

patriarchal thinking and have adapted it themselves, in order to benefit women they must break

away from this way of thinking and change it. This was useful, because it provided evidence for

my argument, which deals with converting a patriarchal phrase into something encouraging.

Safai, Parissa. “Women in Sport Policy.” Sport Policy in Canada, edited by Lucie Thibault and

Jean Harvey, University of Ottawa Press, 2013, pp. 317–349. JSTOR,

www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5hjk9x.13.

This source is a book compiled with statistics of Canadian women and their participation in

sports governance, leadership, and coaching. It is presented in chronological order and focuses

on sports policy for women in the 1960s to late 80s, the state of Canadian Sport for women, and

the issues that impact the engagement of Canadian women in sport.

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Snyder, R. Claire. “What Is Third‐Wave Feminism? A New Directions Essay.” Signs, vol. 34,

no. 1, 2008, pp. 175–196. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/588436.

This source is an academic journal essay by Snyder. It delves into what exactly Third-Wave

Feminism is and how it differentiates from Second Wave Feminism. This essay focuses on three

sections, women, postmodern philosophy, and gender equality. This was moderately useful in

terms of my argument, while it didn’t focus primarily on what my discussion was focused on, it

brought light to gender equality which is a key factor in feminism and the advertisement.

Tyson, Lois. Critical Theory Today: a User-Friendly Guide. Third ed., Routledge, 2015.

This source is a collection of theories by Tyson. It discusses multiple theories and provides key

theorists and concepts relating to each theory. The feminism chapter explains what feminism is

and provides main concepts such as traditional gender roles, getting beyond patriarchy, french

feminism, and multicultural feminism. In addition to this, it provides theorists including Simone

De Beauvoir, Christine Delphy, Colette Guillaumin, Helene Cixous, and Luce Irigaray. It

summarizes the works of these theorists and provides commentary on the pieces which makes it

easier for the reader who probably isn’t familiar with most of the works. This source is very

reliable and provides sufficient information. It helped shape and create the basis for my argument

and research.