feminist literature

  • The Woman in The Bell Jar: Mental Health, Suicide and Race in Sylvia Plath’s Fiction

    The Bell Jar, published a few weeks before Sylvia Plath ended her life in a gas oven, is her only novel. It is lauded as an American classic and is considered a feminist text, chiefly because of its exploration of gender norms and personal turmoil from the eyes of a young woman. Her confessional writing…

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  • Elizabeth Zott: A Feminist Icon in Literature

    Women don’t understand chemistry When you pick a female television host, first make sure she’s beautiful. Not pretty. That’s hollow girl-talk that barely means anything. She must be beautiful. Hot, even. Nothing less. Next, make sure she’s well suited for the male gaze. She should smile and wear frilly dresses so tight they threaten to…

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