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The Bell Jar

Biographer Elizabeth Winder on Sylvia Plath's Food and Body Issues

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W. | Posted 05.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Depression, Sylvia Plath, Frieda Hughes, Books, Poet, Poetry, Pain Parties Work, Biography, Elizabeth Winder, The Bell Jar, Body Image, Diet Mentality, Sylvia Plath Biography, Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Women and Body Image, Mental Wellness, Healthy Living News
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.

Ever since I read The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath's autobiographical novel, I've wondered if Plath had an eating disorder. Apparently, I'm not the only one. There's much discussion on the Internet about the link between Plath's dark moods and her suspected eating issues.

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Surviving The Bell Jar... And Then What?

Amanda Duberman | Posted 04.13.2013 | Women
Read More: Sylvia Plath, Nuclear Family, Sylvia-Plath-Death, Millenials, Esther Greenwood, Having It All, Hanna Rosin, Sylvia-Plath-Suicide-Anniversary, Anne-Marie Slaughter, HBO's Girls, The Bell Jar, Cold War, Amanda Duberman, Women News
Amanda Duberman

Does the persistent resonance of The Bell Jar, and of Plath's life itself, represent a literary achievement, or a cultural failure?

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What's Wrong With This Cover?

Foz Meadows | Posted 04.04.2013 | Books
Read More: Publishing, Feminism, Marketing, Women, Gender, Writing, Bias, Anne Sexton, Femininity, Sylvia Plath, Books, The Bell Jar, Double Standards, Alexandra Topping, Chick Lit, Books News
Foz Meadows

I'm not impressed with the near-universal acceptance of "chick lit" as a pejorative.

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Literary References In The Simpsons

Posted 11.27.2011 | Arts
Read More: Tom Wolfe, Lisa Simpson, Jonathan Franzen, The Joy Luck Club, Jack Kerouac, The Atlantic, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Matt Groening, The Bell Jar, Amy Tan, The Simpsons, Lisa Simpson Book Club, Arts News

With the 23rd season of The Simpsons premiering on Sunday, America's longest-running sitcom is still going strong. Despite the perennial complaints ab...

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