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’s Jezebels at the Presidents Club
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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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Atwood’s Novels in the News
Atwood’s unsettling predictions registered two hits this past week: a GOP Congressman pressuring assistants to be surrogate mothers and recent reports of pigs engineered to carry human organs.
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Handmaid’s Emmy, A Sign of Its Urgency
The Emmys signaled that “Handmaid’s Tale” is as relevant as ever as America’s misogyny deepens. So is Euripides’s “The Bacchae.”
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Handmaid’s Tale, More Relevant Than Ever
With Hulu set to release “Handmaid’s Tale” tomorrow, I gather together all my past posts on Atwood’s dystopian classic. The novel isn’t only important for liberals but has lessons for rightwing women as well.
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Schlafly, Model for Atwood’s Serena Joy
Recently deceased Phyllis Schlafly served as the model for Serena Joy in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “Handmaid’s Tale.” Because Serena Joy gets the society she says she wants, however, her life turns bitter. Schlafly was lucky to live in a society that allowed women to have their own careers.
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Teaching Gender Sensitivity at West Point
Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” is required reading for entering West Point cadets. Good things could happen.
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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.
