‘The Testaments’ Further Explores Margaret Atwood’s Feminist Dystopia
In Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments,’ she expands upon the dystopian vision created by ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ and reveals political complexities that many ardent fans overlook.
Kylie Jenner Throws ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Birthday Party. SJWs Predictably Erupt
You can no longer throw TV show-themed parties, since SJWs might claim you’re supporting brutal, totalitarian empires.
Aziz Ansari Illustrates How #MeToo Turned into a Neo-Victorian Sex Panic
The Great Sexual Harassment Awakening has run aground on the shoals of…Aziz Ansari? Yeah, I wasn’t expecting that, either.
If Gilead Is Anywhere In The World, It’s Saudi Arabia, Not America
Gilead is a fictional place. But if it exists, it’s found in a country like Saudi Arabia, where women are trapped under sharia law and punished for wearing miniskirts.
Feminists Have More In Common With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Than They Think
Both feminists and fundamentalists try to build a comprehensive account of womanhood using a radically incomplete set of parts.
Dear Feminists, Please Stop Using The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ To Push Your Agenda
Abortion advocates have been dressing up as handmaidens from “The Handmaid’s Tale” to protest restrictions on abortion in statehouses in Texas, Missouri, and now Ohio.
How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ May Be Too Close To Reality In California
What if it already has happened here, and we didn’t notice because we focused on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s’ religious hang-ups rather than its comments on the intersection of politics and sexuality?
The Surprising Pro-Life Message In Hulu’s Adaptation Of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Even though I expected from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ a battle cry for the resistance movement, instead the program supports an inheritance of life that enhances the plot.
‘The Circle’ Is Imperfectly Executed, But Still Eerily Relevant
The film doesn’t really do full justice to its source material. But it’s still highly watchable, and succeeds as a powerful conversation starter.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Isn’t About Christianity Or Conservatives, It’s About Fundamentalism
Margaret Atwood’s novel condemns the fundamentalist vices of the Right, just as Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ addressed perilous tendencies of the Left.
TIME: Evelyn Waugh Is One Of The Most-Read Female Writers in Colleges
I was most excited to see Evelyn Waugh, author of Brideshead Revisited and Scoop, one of my favorite novels ever, sneaking in at #97.