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Baitball Blogger

(52,714 posts)
Sun May 1, 2022, 09:48 AM May 2022

Velshi, on MSNBC, giving a righteous opinion about the similarities between

the Handmaid's Tale and what is happening now. Especially talking about banned books.

The author will be on the show after the break.

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Velshi, on MSNBC, giving a righteous opinion about the similarities between (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2022 OP
Banned books more than the subjugation of women? Glad he will have niyad May 2022 #1
That's the part I came in on. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #2
The two are related. intheflow May 2022 #3

intheflow

(30,249 posts)
3. The two are related.
Sun May 1, 2022, 10:54 AM
May 2022

Both because The Handmaid’s Tale has been banned/challenged, and because books that are being banned relate to sex education, abortion, and lgbtq+ rights. Not to mention, THT also talks about the materials that have been banned, such as the fashion magazine given to Offred by her owner.

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