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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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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
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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
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Change.org
SC lawmakers want to ban abortion from conception — with no exceptions for rape, incest, or fatal conditions. Sign to reject this bill.
#SouthCarolina #govmcmaster #AntiWomen #HandMaid #DarkAges
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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?
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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?
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@ChrisMayLA6
Margret Atwood ("#Handmaid's Tale") had a similar quote I love:"Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results."
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@ChrisMayLA6
Margret Atwood ("#Handmaid's Tale") had a similar quote I love:"Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results."
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#Republicans #Republican #VP #US #Election #History #JDVance #Nationwide #Trump #AbortionBan #TrumpAbortionBan #Women #WhiteWomen #BlackWomen #BrownWomen #BeautifuWomen #TrumpLies #Vance #Project2025 #Heritage #HeritageFoundation #SCOTUS #AbortionBan #Handmaid #Handmaids #HandmaidsTale #Gilead #US #USA #USPol #Election2024
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Fulton county judge issued a scathing and eloquent ruling striking down Georgia’s abortion law.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/georgia-abortion-ban-overturned
#robertmcburney #Abortion #Handmaid’sTale #MargaretAtwood #Georgia -
#Women as #Property
#Gilead #HandmaidRed states ban abortion, Blue protect access.
Although abortions are nearly 0 in states with abortions bans, abortions have risen nationally.
Idaho's #AbortionTrafficking ban is encouraged by National Right to Life Committee #NRLC.
Alabama wants #AntiConspiracy laws to prosecute those who help others obtain abortion out of state.
4 Texas counties allow private citizens to sue those who help women travel for obtaining abortion.
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#MikeJohnson's wife, #handmaid who was on her knees for 2 weeks, compares being #gay to bestiality, incest.
#Johnson himself decries “so-called separation of church and state.” Insists #Constitution does not bar the government from supporting religious beliefs.
Wait, the Constitution also does not bar Americans from having #abortion, or having same-sex relationships, or getting gender-affirming care.
Pick a lane #Speaker Johnson and stay in that lane.
via @uspolitics
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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
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I think we need an agony aunt column for readers.
I was talking to a friend about Margaret Atwood's A 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
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two white men proclaim
friendship, trust, let's talk it out
--Gilead awaits#575prompt #senryu #haiku #HandmaidsTale #Handmaid #Gilead
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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
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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
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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 ).
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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
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@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
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CW: More BBC World Service news - on Iran 'Handmaid' protests 1
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CW: More BBC World Service news - on Iran 'Handmaid' protests 1
