In a local paper they had an article about how at a high school graduation one of the ladies graduating handed the superintendent a book that was on the “banned list”. I was glad to see so many in the comments point out that if she was able to get the book then it isn’t banned.
Pointing this out to people is as useless as trying to debunk the police shooting narrative to a true believer. I had a cousin that got mad at me because he was talking about Florida banning books and I simply pointed out all the books listed were available to order on Amazon. Why people don’t understand that a public library or public school not carrying a book is banning it. By all means, start your own bookstore or public library
Handmaid’s Tale. I’ve had people tell me it’s a great show but never bothered to watch or read it
The author originally wrote it when the Ayatollahs took over Iran, and no one cared or took the contract for the book. Reagan got elected, she started shopping it around as "ThIs Is ThE fUtUrE oF rIgHt WiNg AmErIkKkA!!!!!1" and it started a contract bidding war and became a best seller.
That’s okay. Under Trump you had tons of retards insisting “this is the current state of right wing America!” I’m still not clear on what rights they were stripped of during that time, but to listen to a liberal woman she was already chattel.
They believe not being able to systematically murder their own children is tyranny.
“being forced to deal with the consequences of letting a rando raw dog me and bust inside is the same as being sold into sexual slavery where I’m forced to be bred with a rich, powerful man and bear his children”
There is a funny meme floating around comparing it to 50 shades of grey as far as how hot and bothered lib women seem to get by the prospect of being bred out by rich and powerful men. As simian said: I can't think of one right women suddenly didn't have during Trump's presidency so the "mentally ill perverts" explanation makes more sense.
Since I love reading I considered getting it but decided not to
Don't bother, it's basically a schlik-fic for a certain type of woman.
I heard, the book is sexist garbage as it contains one line at the end that falsely suggests men are inherently sexist.
Margaret Atwood is, uh... a little bit weird.
I read 'Surfacing' done by her for a book club. Interesting stuff. Apparently, the entire lesson was 'Don't run away to the city to be sexually abused by an older man and bullied into an abortion or else you'll end up an insane feral woman lurking in the woods'.
As funny as the entire meme of 'Handmaiden's Tale' being a sexual fantasy book, I wonder, sometimes.
Women's fiction is always, 100% projection of things they have done or want to do. Case in point, a female teacher wrote a book about a female teacher who abused preteen boys... and then it came out that she may have been abusing preteen boys.
What about a play where a powerful man abuses his employees written by a woman who was a personal assistant to a powerful man who sexually abused women? Would that count?
#thattoo
it's just the author's barely disguised fetish
Of course it was some feminist scree.