Russian Doll

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23. I'm not a Hulu subscriber

either. But I was able to watch THT on a couple of long transatlantic flights as the series was a VOD option.

True, there are some rape scenes, but they're much more icky and ridiculous than titillating. Other violence against women is even worse, e.g., blinding one of the main characters, stoning others, and performing FGM on a lesbian character. Of course, men who try to help women don't get off easily either. They're usually hanged, with their bodies desecrated and left to rot as an example.

The truly sad thing is not the series, IMO, but how the subjugation of and violence against women is actually happening right in front of our eyes in today's US, much as it always has. And it's still a big ho-hum to too many.

In the series, Canada is literally a lifeline.

Just think about what's happening in states like AL and with our Planned Parenthood funding overall. How shameful it is that women must fight to get birth control as part of their health care coverage! I follow "Pantsuit Nation" on FB and we just had a LONG thread about how working women especially are STILL caught between a rock and a hard place when it comes to maternity and family leave. Too many of the stories are heartbreaking.

The US is literally VERY far behind the overwhelming majority of so-called "developed" nations in those respects. In fact, many of the so-called "developing" nations are also WAY ahead of us.

This is not all due to the Trump Era. It's been happening for many years. It is simply becoming more blatant now. Shame on us!