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Equinox Moon

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Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jun 28, 2017, 11:30 AM

Jun 2017

I need a little here understanding the symbolism of handmaids with red cloaks and nun-like white hats. Can someone spell it out for me? I don't get it.

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Handmaids are now circled around an anti-GOP healthcare plan rally that MoveOn, PP and others are k [View all] riversedge Jun 2017 OP

That is frickin' beautiful! Squinch Jun 2017 #1

Beautiful! JustAnotherGen Jun 2017 #2

Great. Equinox Moon Jun 2017 #3

Google The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. She wrote the novel some 20 years ago... Hekate Jun 2017 #7

Actually, it's on Hulu, fyi. smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #11

There was a 1990 film before the series on Hulu BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #12

Thanks for taking the time to explain it. Equinox Moon Jun 2017 #17

Series & Novel Tetunot Jun 2017 #10

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2017 #4

This is what I was thinking! Tatiana Jun 2017 #5

It's scary how close we are. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #6

Would right wingers buy the book? Lonestarblue Jun 2017 #9

They would, but only as a possible how-to manual Scalded Nun Jun 2017 #16

Some have read it and they got angry because they claim that's not how they are about women. Solly Mack Jun 2017 #19

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2017 #8

I would love to see them mainstreetonce Jun 2017 #13

Brilliant. zentrum Jun 2017 #14

k/r Dawson Leery Jun 2017 #15

k and r niyad Jun 2017 #18