r/OldSchoolCool Jul 27 '26

1950s Sylvia Plath in happier times, early 1950s

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u/AlbertTheHorse Jul 28 '26

Unpopular opinion, but her husband was a toxic force as well. I think we are more enlightened now than when I read her work and biography back in the 80s.

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u/transemacabre Jul 28 '26

The next woman after Plath killed herself, too, along with the child she had with Ted Hughes. I’m not saying it was all his fault, but if two different women kill themselves while in relationships with you, well…