Status Updates From The Journals of Sylvia Plath

just finished part one which ends when she has her first breakdown. her writing became a bit choppier in the final entries. i'm not sure if this book is for me.

it's shocking how FLUENT people are when they write in their diaries. the entries here are lengthy and read like prose from a book you would pick up. i always thought everyone had a polished, "public" writing style and a more casual private one but this appears to be incorrect assumption on my part.

reading the intro by her husband. already feeling a bit suss that he's edited it the way he likes. (imho family members should be barred from editing diaries after someone has died.) if this is good i'll have to get the unabridged version... couldn't find an e-version of it anywhere which is why i've settled for this as a substitiute

“Certo, ho un po’ paura di essere dominata. (E chi non ne ha? Solo il genere di persona sottomessa, docile, mansueta che non siamo né io né lui). Ma questo non significa che io, ipso facto, voglia “dominare”.
(…)
È solo equilibrio che chiedo.”

“Se un uomo sceglie di essere promiscuo, questo non gli impedisce dal punto di vista estetico di storcere il naso davanti alla promiscuità. E non gli impedisce di chiedere a una donna di essergli fedele e di salvarlo dalle sue voglie. Ma anche le donne hanno delle voglie.“