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@benroyce The #Handmaid's Tale strikes again

The #handmaid #army is now in #Minnesota

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT--Fl6Ed3m/?igsh=bzM2cGU0cjkzNHFn

The #Handmaid’s Tale has become more and more plausible

Margaret #Atwood has said the plot of her book The Handmaid’s Tale, which tells a story of an #authoritarian #regime under which women are forced to reproduce, has become “more and more plausible” in recent years.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Atwood said she believed the plot was “bonkers” when she first developed the concept for the novel because the #US was the “ #democratic ideal ” at the time.

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Bombing Iran's nuclear facilities is fine. Sorry my lefties, but a #theocracy that embodies all of the #Handmaid #Gilead being denuked is *good*. Certainly dumbass was supposed to notify congress. And of course, if it is actually true! #Trump is credibly dumb enough to bomb empty caverns, but also the #Ayatollah is credibly dumb enough to leave his treasures exactly where a dumbass like Donald would bomb them, so? When the stupid lead, stupid follows. Waiting for any radiation reports! #uspol

As the final season of the #TV series The #Handmaid's Tale is being released, I just watched seasons 4 & 5 which I didn't know.

TBH: They were pretty disappointing. Still visually appealing and well acted, and yet: You can't compensate poor #writing with great production value.

This is a general problem in all media:

The screenplay is the most important part, and definitely not one, you can simply buy with money.

Let's see whether they found good writers for the final season.

Opinions?

Réalité ou fiction ? #handmaidstale #handmaid #laservanteecarlate #fiction #dystopie #trump #melanietrump #donaldtrump #politique #us #usa

#handmaid #Gideon #2025 #WorseForMost #TrumpRule #Opposition

Since #Project #2025 went public, Margaret #Atwood s #Handmaid's Tale is definitely the new #1984.

Not that #BigBrother went anywhere, they just discovered that control of #uterus complements control of media nicely.

Now who would have thought that the #Nazis would do well on #TikTok idk.

@ChrisMayLA6
Margret Atwood ("#Handmaid's Tale") had a similar quote I love:

"Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results."

Handmaids in America
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/handmaids-in-america

#law #abortionrights #womensRight #ForcedBirther #Republicans #Trump #Handmaid #1984 #propaganda #TrumpLies

#KatieBritt #Alabama #Handmaid

I think we need an agony aunt column for readers.

I was talking to a friend about Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale when I realised I couldn't recall fairly large chunks of it - so here's my question to any future literary agony aunt:

'Should I reread Atwood's book - and could I even stand doing so, while so many politicians (& media & voters) seem to see the book not as a work of dystopian fiction but a travel guide?'

#MargaretAtwood
#Handmaid
#AgonyAunt
#DystopianFiction
#Bookstodon

Beautiful artist on #Etsy #Art #Handmaid #buylocal #supportartists

https://www.etsy.com/listing/765650979/sacredbee-print-dropping-keys-16x-16

@Xas

This needs a fourth circle for The Handmaid's Tale.

#MargaretAtwood #HandmaidsTale #handmaid

two white men proclaim
friendship, trust, let's talk it out
--Gilead awaits

#575prompt #senryu #haiku #HandmaidsTale #Handmaid #Gilead
@aethelshane

@ronanmcd Unfortunately, that is probably in their long term plan. Along with women not being allowed to own property or be in paid employment. #Handmaid’sTale

Suddenly, The Handmaid’s Tale doesn’t look like a dystopia

Virginia governor clears path for ‘extreme’ bill allowing police to seek menstrual histories

Remember, when the app is free, you are paying with your data. In this case, the consequences can be devastating.

#ProChoice #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionRights #Women #Privacy #Handmaid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/16/virginia-governor-glenn-youngkin-extreme-bill-police-menstrual-histories?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Last evening, like every Sunday, I went to #craftoola to do some #crafts. I used that time to make a LED embedded banner for today's protest in Jerusalem.
A way more impressive #protest #art project took place in the same studio during that evening [and night]: a group of ladies created dozens of costumes from "The #Handmaid's Tale" TV series. This was impressive and made front news in Israel and abroad (e.g. The Washington Post https://archive.is/ICqBD ).
I'm proud to share a studio with them.

Who’s Afraid of The #Handmaid’s Tale?

in Madison County, Virginia, the school board recently #banished the novel The Handmaid’s Tale from the shelves of the high-school library. #Atwood wishes them good luck

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/02/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-virginia-book-ban-library-removal/673013/

This from the face of the GOP…

“I will sign a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition AT ANY AGE.”
#Gilead #Handmaid

“…and pass a law prohibiting child sexual mutilation in all 50 states, it’ll go very quickly.”

Okay, so does that include circumcision? I mean I can certainly see the case for doing so, but pArEnTaL rIgHtS, amirite?

Quoting @VPS_Reports: https://kolektiva.social/@VPS_Reports/109785681225587182 #retoot

@nuncio @jimstewartson
AFAIK, undoing it is a pretty big ask.

#trumpstooge Eileen Cannon might be an easy reach, but for the most part, I don’t think fed judges can be impeached without cause.

Although I dream of #DOJ ruling tr**mp’s #presidency illegitimate and tossing all his picks, including #Boofer and the #Handmaid