The basic purpose of my paper is to prove that Elaine Benes is not a feminist icon. She gets praised as one but the reasons are shallow. Whenever they call her a feminine hero or anything of that nature they do it without stating what form of feminism they are talking about. In my paper I set out to describe the different branches of feminism that came about during the time Seinfeld was popular to show where and how Elaine fits the mold. I wasn't trying to come off, knocking down people’s ideas. I was just pointing out that they’re oversimplifying something that’s deeper than sexual liberation and that’s femininity.
I’m proud of the voice that my paper has. I’m proud of the way I articulated my argument. I’m proud of how I broke things down the way Chris Rock does in his stand-up. I liked how the paper took a different approach to a popularly held belief. Above all, I’m proud that I was able to get it done on time. In the second draft I worked on making transitions better and I added a few more citations. This project has taught me that research papers require a lot of attention to detail or else it will be mediocre.
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