Margaret Atwood, author of the Handmaid's Tale

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[Sympthsical]

1. Covid was just preparing us for Oryx and Crake

Pigoons are coming.

[MuseRider]

5. God I LOVE

that trilogy. I have not thought about a pigoon in a long time. Thank you!

[NickB79]

15. I hate pigoons

Where's my .44 carbine.

[FakeNoose]

2. Margaret, can we come to Canada and move in with you?

[TheProle]

3. Hope she's listened to more than Orwell was.

[Rural_Progressive]

7. My grandfather told me there were three types of people.

First group - Stupid - They don't learn from their mistakes

Second group - Smart- They do learn from their mistakes

and then the very scarce

Third group - Wise - They learn from other people's mistakes

Pretty sure we are living in the Land of the Stupid and it's unlikely they will learn nothin' from no darn books.

[SergeStorms]

9. We never imagined....

the movie 'Idiocracy' was a documentary.

I thought it was a comedic poke at a minority of ignorant Americans. Come to find out there are many, many more ignorant Americans than I originally thought. 😳

[Rural_Progressive]

19. Bu, but, but, but Brawndo's got what plants crave

[SergeStorms]

20. What are electrolytes....

does anybody even know?

They're what's in Brawndo, Brawndo's got what plants crave.

It's like Abbott and Costello doing "Who's on first" over, and over, and over again. Mike Judge said the movie was a horror to get in the can and never thought it would make a ripple in the pond of American movies. He never envisioned the cult classic it's become.

I must have watched it 20 times already, and every once in awhile I'll break out the DVD and watch it again. It's still hilarious each and every time I watch it.

[Rural_Progressive]

21. And yet kind of sad at the same time

as you said, becoming a documentary, almost 500 years ahead of its time. I still laugh when I watch it but inside it hurts a little bit. Who knew that as a culture we are right on the edge of that as a reality.

[Joinfortmill]

4. 👍

[flying_wahini]

6. I'm rewatching the series for the 3rd time. She got it spot on, didn't she?

She has had a pretty sweet life.

[speak easy]

8. Aunt Lydia sends her regards,

from the Supreme Court.

[Montauk6]

10. Thank GOODNESS!!!....

I saw the subject on the front page here and thought it was an obituary!
😰

[niyad]

14. My heart stopped for a second.

[nolabear]

18. I know...spooked me too.

[mountain grammy]

11. Men are afraid women will laugh at them..

women are afraid men will kill them.. Margaret Atwood.. Handmaidens Tale.

[Geechie]

12. I read the book in 1991 and marched

with half a million other women in DC in 1992 because I knew the meaning of the term “extrapolative fiction.” It was real to me then, and almost surreal to me now.

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13. Whenever I feel enraged I remember the last show of HT season 4

and imagine Alito or Beerboy in place of the commander.

[rwheeler31]

16. Is there anywhere you can watch "The Handmaids Tale " for free?

Some young people want to watch it but will not pay for it.

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17. I don't think so.

All 4 seasons are on Hulu, but you have to have a subscription. It would be worth it to get a subscription for a couple months and binge-watch it, then cancel.

It can also be purchased on Amazon Prime.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

22. Kind of a shitty look tbh.

Being smug about something that is happening to millions of people but not you is a choice, I guess. Especially after you "told people" by eliminating the people who it actually happens to IRL from your fiction.

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23. Well, I doubt that she's feeling smug.

Somebody probably gave her the mug, and it really does capture the moment. She called it.

I understand her to be someone who cares deeply about womens rights.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

24. .

Well, I doubt that she's feeling smug. Somebody probably gave her the mug,

Which she then took a photo with, and posted on her social media.

and it really does capture the moment. She called it.

Weird flex to look around you at what is actually happening in the world and then say you "called it," but okay.

I understand her to be someone who cares deeply about womens rights.

Which is why this hits weird.

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. It keeps awareness alive in the public

She is one of the few people alive that could get away with a mug like that, who have written an award winning novel that goes to the heart of the issue of Roe v Wade, written decades ago. You even felt the need to comment with your armchair diagnosis on her perceived arrogance and insensitivity. It keeps the topic alive, and creates a small viral poke at those who want to usher in a new Gilead.