About this episode

The episode explores Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and its themes of mental health and societal expectations for women.

A woman. A room. A pattern on the wall that starts to look back. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" in 1892 after her own experience with the "rest cure" — a prescription for women that mostly meant stay still, stay quiet, don't think too hard. She gave the world a warning. Some people heard it. Some people still don't. This is a story about what happens when rest becomes prison, when wallpaper becomes obsession, and when the only voice left is the one no one believes. Recorded in the room with the fire low. Some stories need that. Written Works for You, By You — where your words get their first yes, out loud, where someone can hear them. Submissions always open: writtenworksforyoubyyou@gmail.com Leave a five-star review for a shout out: Reddit : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wwfyby⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@writtenworksforyoubyyou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Website : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠writtenworksforyoubyyou.carrd.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and wherever you listen. The room is open. I'm still listening.

People in this episode

Host: Lourdes

Topics covered

• mental health
• feminism
• literature
• obsession
• rest cure

Keywords

• Charlotte Perkins Gilman
• The Yellow Wallpaper
• mental health
• feminism
• literature
• obsession
• rest cure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Yellow Wallpaper

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