Erica Jong burst into the literary-feminist scene in 1973 with the publication of her provocative novel Fear of Flying, a work that became emblematic of second-wave feminism. The book is also remembered for popularizing the term “zipless fuck” - a metaphor for a fantasy of a sexual encounter entirely free of emotional complications, power dynamics, … Continue reading Erica Jong on Ted Hughes’ Irresistibility
On the 25th of February 1956, Sylvia Plath, a Fulbright scholar in Cambridge met Ted Hughes for the first time and their steamy encounter went on to become part of the literary folklore surrounding their lives. To cut a long story short, they fell for each other with a mad passion and Plath ended up … Continue reading “Mad Passionate Abandon” – Sylvia Plath’s First Encounter with Ted Hughes
The Wuthering Heights adaptation has been all over the news for various reasons. So I first read Bronte’s novel and then went to check what the fuss was all about. The Margot Robbie-Jacob Ellordi starrer wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible too. The childhood bond between Heathcliff and Catherine was tenderly captured. The interior design … Continue reading The ‘Wuthering Heights’ Rabbit Hole
