Remember when the mainstream media wrung their hands over Steubenville, Ohio, football players and convicted rapists Ma’lik Richmond’s and Trent Mays’ futures? Reporters at CNN and NBC, in particular, fretted over their guilty verdicts on air. The outcome of the case entailed not a triumph of justice for the 16-year-old Jane Doe who was raped, […]
Author: Janet Badia
Janet Badia is associate professor and director of women’s studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. She’s author of Sylvia Plath and the Mythology of Women Readers.
“The Bell Jar” As Chick Lit?
The 50th anniversary of the publication of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar sparks agitation over the cover design of the anniversary edition of the novel.