In this blog post by Barbara Lee, the issue of the gender wage gap is spoken about.  Lee being a major supporter of women’s rights movements, definitely has areas of bias in her writing.  For example, when Lee speaks about the trends released about women’s earnings, she uses the words spoiler alert in parentheses and tells the reader that women still earn less than men, which exhibits the bias in Lee’s writing.  By writing this blog post, Lee is bringing attention to the issue of the gender wage gap, and although it has decreased significantly over the year, it still exists today.  Lee tries to support pay equity by bringing up the point that “when we hear pay equity framed as a women’s issue, let’s remember that women’s issues are family issues.” (1)

MLA citation:    Lee, Barbara. “Three Things to Think About Following Equal Pay Day”. Huffington Post. Web.

The purpose of completing these assignments is to allow us to practice how to reference articles in our writing.