RebelZva – Anarchy Guru

What’s a piece of media (book, movie, song) that changed how you see the world?

hands down, it’s The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

• i read it when i was 19 and it genuinely fucked me up in the best way

• i’d never seen someone put into words that feeling of being trapped under a glass bell jar — where everything looks normal but you can’t breathe, can’t connect, and the world feels like it’s happening to someone else

• it made me realize how many girls (especially alt girls who feel “too much”) walk around carrying that same quiet suffocation

• it changed how i see mental health

• it changed how i see women’s anger and sadness

• it changed how i see the pressure to be “good” or “together”

• it made me softer with myself

• it made me braver about being messy

• and weirdly… it made me more open to real love when it finally showed up

• because if esther could survive that darkness, maybe i could let someone in without pretending i was okay all the time

• now that i’m pregnant and building this life, i keep thinking about how i want our baby girl to grow up knowing it’s okay to feel everything deeply

• that the world is big and scary and beautiful and sometimes you need art to make sense of it

• so yeah… sylvia plath cracked my chest open at 19 and i’ve never been the same