Euripides “The Bacchae” well describes rightwing legislators obsessed with abortion.
Tag Archives: Abortion
Female Freedom Drives Right Crazy
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Is Atwood’s Dystopia Coming True?
Atwood’s dystopian “Handmaid’s Tale” argues forcefully that women must maintain control over their own bodies.
Is Atwood’s Dystopia Coming True?
With the rise in state legislatures passing anti-abortion legislation, Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” seems more relevant than ever.
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Why Roe v. Wade? Read “Cider House”
John Irving shows the horrors that can happen when abortion is not available.
Threatened by Female Empowerment
Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” addresses issues raised by the Taliban shooting of a Pakistani school girl and also speaks to our abortion fights.
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John Irving’s Defense of Abortion
“Cider House Rules” calls out those anti-abortion proponents who refuse to face up to the lengths to which some desperate women are willing to go.
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How Right Wing Would Respond to Tess
Tess of the D’Urbervilles puts a human face on the dilemmas of rape victims. Romney/Ryan, take note.
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Ryan, Abortion, and Hardy’s Angel Clare
Paul Ryan may resemble Angel Claire in Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” but there’s a vicar who shows us a better way of dealing with a “fallen” woman.
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Purity Tests Kill the Patient
This is following up on an idea I inferred yesterday, that our delight in white cherry tree blossoms indicates a deep longing for innocence. I suggested that we have more of a problem than do the Japanese (or at least certain Japanese connoisseurs) over the fact that this innocence will fade. Wanting to grab on to innocence […]
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