I am afraid of getting married. I am afraid of losing my identity. I am afraid of being absorbed by a man. I am afraid of being reduced to a wife. I am afraid of being reduced to a mother. I am afraid of being reduced to a woman.
— Sylvia Plath Modern

The Bell Jar, confessional poetry

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1956

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Strange & Unusual

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