Women in literature both as writers and characters have had to contend with biases that stem out of societal conditioning. But it’s time to edit the ‘textbook’ s.
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There’s this Sylvia Plath poem called Mad Girl’s Love Song. It might just be the epitome of teen romance, but alas, discrediting one’s own desire to be loved is yet another byproduct of (say it with…