Saturday, September 17, 2016

Comparing and Contrasting Evidence

In the piece “Here’s Why Salads feel Feminine and Nachos Seem Manly” by Tanya Basu, Basu utilizes sources like academic papers and journals to support her article. However, in “Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets” by James Hamblin, he uses sources such as books and interviews. These different modes of research with different topics were all very credible in regards to the topic they discussed, which is crucial in one’s evidence, and they both had some research regarding some psychology behind food. The types of research in each article are very different, but they both help strengthen their arguments in their articles, which is the entire idea of evidence. Not every article is going to or should use the same types of evidence, but as long as it helps strengthen the piece and is credible, then it is a useful source.



Works Cited
Basu, Tanya. “Here’s Why Salads Feel Feminine and Nachos Seem Manly.” Time, September 11, 2015. http://time.com/4021781/food-marketing-gender/.

Hamblin, James. “Purity Through Food: How Religious Ideas Sell Diets.” The Atlantic, May 1, 2015. http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/the-puritanical-approach-to-food/392030/.

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