Tag Archives: Handmaid's Tale

Gilead Is Becoming a Reality

Atwood’s Gilead is coming to pass as red states ramp up abortion restrictions, leading to horror stories.

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New GOP Speaker Is a Gilead Patriarch

Mike Johnson, a Christian neo-fascist who tried to overthrow the 2020 election, has just been elected as Speaker of the House. Gilead threatens.

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Handmaid’s Tale Comes a Step Closer

We’re a step closer to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” But can find strength from “A Wrinkle in Time.”

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Atwood & Austen on Abortion in Texas

Texas’s new abortion law, which incentives citizens to snitch on their neighbors, brings to mind “Handmaid’s Tale,” “1984,” and “Northanger Abbey.”

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Think of Amy Coney Barrett as Aunt Lydia

Given Amy Comey Barrett’s rightwing positions on abortion, healthcare, and LGBTQ rights, she can be compared to Aunt Lydia in Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale.”

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Teaching Lit in Ljubljana

I share my experiences teaching Shakespeare and post-colonial literature in Slovenia.

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Atwood: Flawed Activist, Genius Author

Margaret Atwood is not the best spokesperson for feminism because activists and authors necessarily have different agendas.

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Atwood’s Jezebels at the Presidents Club

The Presidents Club scandal bears much resemblance to “the Club” in “Handmaid’s Tale” to which the Commander takes Offred.

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Atwood and the Aziz Ansari Affair

Margaret Atwood is under fire for her cautions about #MeToo movement. Her novels are useful, however, in the Aziz Ansari affair.

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