Sylvia Plath

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Sylvia Plath was the writer responsible for popularizing confessional poetry, in which the poet goes on for soppy pages about how dreary life is, and how all the puppies look sad, and how much she wants to stick her head in an oven. Eventually, she tired of writing about suicide and committed it, instead.

Her work is worshiped by emos, goths, cutters and all 16-year-old girls and is loathed by twenty-somethings who have outgrown that phase.

Sylvia Fans

• seraphic's Blurty Entries
  • "I love sylvia plath, the words are so alive, burning, jagged, expressive. ... omg justin just came on the television. all those colored lights..."

Hating Sylvia

• "i really didn't like The Bell Jar."
  • "I hate Sylvia Plath. Every single inch of her that's ever made it to print repulses me." --Isolde
• The Writer's Box Forum: The "I Hate Poets" Thread
  • "I hate sylvia plath. I hate her so much. I hate the uber-pretentious, pseudo-high-brow, obnoxious and turgid style that she uses." --AAARRRGGH
• Greasy Matt's Profile
  • "I hate Sylvia Plath with a passion, so don't ever ask me to read her shit because I won't do it." --GreasyMatt
• Benrick's Blog
  • "i hate sylvia plath what a sissy way to kill yrself. --Benrick
• Fifty Biggest Assholes of All Time
  • "Sylvia, if you can read this in Hell, I hate you. A lot. You've wasted several hours of my life. When I see you in Hell, I will take them back." --John

See Also

• Literature
• Charles Bukowski