Margaret Atwood’s recent dystopian fictions capture how capitalism preys upon sex and fear. We don’t have to travel into the future as the gun industry is taking full advantage of our fears in the present.
Tag Archives: Margaret Atwood
Atwood’s Dystopias & the Gun Business
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged gun epidemic, gun lobby, gun violence, Heart Goes Last, NRA, Terrorism Comments closed
Atwood and a Woman on Death Row
Kelly Gissender, the Georgia woman scheduled to be executed, brings to mind Margaret Atwood’s meditations in “Alias Grace” on what goes on in a woman’s mind.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alias Grace, death penalty, Kelly Gissender, murder Comments closed
Teaching Gender Sensitivity at West Point
Margaret Atwood’s “Handmaid’s Tale” is required reading for entering West Point cadets. Good things could happen.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Feminism, Handmaid's Tale, Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, Phyllis Schlafly, sexual assault, Ursula Le Guin, West Point Comments closed
Atwood vs. Unregulated Capitalism
Atwood’s dystopian novel is about a future of unregulated high tech capitalism.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged dystopian fiction, Koch brothers, MaddAddam, Oryx and Crake, post-apocalyptic fiction Comments closed
Discovering the Bad Girl Within
My student’s project on literary bad girls looks at “Jane Eyre,” Toni Morrison’s “Sula,” and Margaret Atwood’s “Alias Grace.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Alias Grace, Charlotte Bronte, doppelganger, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jane Eyre, Robert Louis Stephenson, Sula, Toni Morrison, uncanny Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Abortion, Christian Right, Feminism, Handmaid's Tale, women's reproductive freedom Comments closed
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.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Abortion, Handmaid's Tale, Malala Yousafzai, Taliban, women's issues Comments closed
