Deeply stupid book.
If it had been written as a cautionary tale about Islam, it might have some value, but as a slam against Christianity and the Christian view of women, it is just moronic.
I wonder if this idiot realizes that he's describing exactly how violence against conservatives is being normalized at universities across the country.
Future articles from the author of this piece:
“Logan’s Run” Could Happen to Us
“Soylent Green” Could Happen to Us
“Omega Man” Could Happen to Us
ad nauseam
“women are reduced to walking wombs with no right “
OR
Where women are reduced to walking sex objects, with no respect for the sanctity of their lives or the lives they bear.
Just stay out of Saudi Arabia, bud.
Hillary lost.
Maybe someone should clue the author in to why we have a 2nd Amendment.
But instead the author chose to portray what appears to be a modern spin on Puritan New England...Which, I can say having lived and studied the history thereof since childhood, has almost nothing in common with the society portrayed in the Handmaid's Tale.
I think the book doesn't specify where exactly Gilead is supposed to be or if it's supposed to be all or most of what had been the United States -- but somebody told me (correct me if this isn't true) that in the TV series Gilead is supposed to be a post-apocalyptic New England, which I suppose would add to the "Puritan" theme. I laugh at the thought. I can't imagine an event that would bring this godless region back to the principles of her founders.
Made into a movie back in 1990 with major actors in it. Anyone remember it?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099731/
Might have to ditch Chrome - been using Bing as search engine and tried to look up "allegories" to be sur eI was using it right and Bing wouldn't connect so I used Ask and it went through. Google is getting heavy handed these days.
Without lowering myself to actually watching the new series, can someone give the depicted cause of womb control?
The first movie version (and presumably the book) depicted some grave disease leading to widespread infertility (likewise “Children of Men” which took it more completely); whether it’s depicted likewise, or changed to a sociopolitical compulsion, makes a big difference to the story even if it plays out equally.
If we are going to dredge up old stories and make new movies out of them we might as well also do SHADOW ON THE LAND. Remember that one from about 1968?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_on_the_Land
Maybe combine all the stories in one! Shadow on the land, brave new world, 1984, The handmaiden’s tale,
oh yes lets not forget the original TV series “V” (Shadow on the land with aliens).
>>>‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Could Happen to Us<<<
I’m far more concerned about the Democrats using “The Gulag Archipelago” as their guide to ideal governance.
What group could pull off a post apocalyptic take down of the constitution and create a slave state? Moslems? Mormons? definitely not the establishment presbyerians, methodists, episcopalions, and lutherans and definitely not the social justice warrior catholics and happy charismatic evangelicals. The only group vying for this honor in the long run is the Sharia Law Moslems. Too bad the TV people and Margaret Atwood live in the 20th century bubble and are unaware of the 2017 realtiy.
She missed the Obamas “bleeding” all over the American culture and life.
“The Bush administration used the threat of terror to fundamentally change American society”
uhhhh, I think 9/11 had a bit to do with that (and child sacrifice).
“But Trump’s impact is so large and so pervasive that he infects everything.”
ROTFL—You want to know why it wasn’t done during the last administration?
I assumed a feminist wrote the article and it would have something to do with women.
Wrong-headed, certainly, but somehow relevant to the show.
Instead it's by Touré and just a not very interesting or perceptive attack on Trump and his "soul-crushing government."
He may not even have watched the show.