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Ep 232 - The Bell Jar, by Sylvia Plath

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The Importance of Female Perspective in Suicide

After her first attempt at suicide, she went to some creative writing courses. That encouraged her in her writing to like draw from her own experiences and write from a more like female perspective. The shift that really comes for her when the primary doctor that she is put in the care of is a woman, as opposed to the male Dr. Gordon who did such a bad job. She sees other women in this home that are like possible ways that she could go if she doesn't get better. A woman with a little botany, an old friend of hers who also dated buddy Willard.

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