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Article title Anne Marie Coriolan
Article Evaluation
No image of Coriolan
No information on activists she worked alongside/was affiliated with
Not a lot of information on her legacy after death

Sources
Charles (2011). Reflections on Being Machann ak Machandiz: August 27, 2010
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/20/haitian.womens.movement.mourns/index.html

Article title Cat Lady
Article Evaluation: The article does not provide much insight into the gendered way in which "(Crazy) Cat Lady" is used to marginalize women, especially childless women.
Sources: Sandra G. McCubbin & Lauren E. Van Patter (2021) Trophy Hunters & Crazy Cat Ladies: exploring cats and conservation in North America and Southern Africa through intersectionality, Gender, Place & Culture, 28:9, 1327-1350, DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2020.179180

Article title Groupie
Article Evaluation: Not much information on the gendered use of the term "groupie" and how it is sometimes use in a derogatory way to imply feminine lack of knowledge on the subject (especially in sport)
Sources: Kim Toffoletti (2017) Sexy women sports fans: femininity, sexuality, and the global sport spectacle, Feminist Media Studies, 17:3, 457-472, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2016.1234499; Tasha R. Howe & Howard S. Friedman (2014). Sex and Gender in the 1980s Heavy Metal Scene: Groupies, Musicians, and Fans Recall Their Experiences, Sexuality & Culture, 18:608-629.

Article title Puck Bunny
Article Evaluation: The article mentions the source I found but does not delve into its findings in a meaningful way to showcase the way in which female sports fans are often seen as unknowledgeable and hyper-sexual.
Sources: Crawford, G., & Gosling, V. K. (2004). The myth of the ‘puck bunny.’ Sociology, 38(3), 477–493. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038504043214; Kim Toffoletti (2017) Sexy women sports fans: femininity, sexuality, and the global sport spectacle, Feminist Media Studies, 17:3, 457-472, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2016.1234499

Article title Abortion in Algeria
Article Evaluation: -The article is not written in a very professional tone; -A lot of missing citations and statements that are not backed by evidence
Sources: Algerian abortion controversy highlights rape of war victims By: Chelala, C, Lancet (01406736), 01406736, May 9, 1998, Vol. 351, Issue 9113; Ghabrial, Sarah (2015). The Traumas and Truths of the Body: Medical Evidence and Divorce in Colonial Algerian Courts, 1870-1930.