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eilen
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Sat Apr-09-11 06:56 PM Original message |
Margaret Atwood tweets: |
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BuelahWitch
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Sat Apr-09-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. "A Handmaid's Tale" should be required reading |
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sasha031
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. who knew then that book was a prophesy of things to come... |
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ljm2002
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. A lot of us feared it might be... n/t |
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Tesha
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Sun Apr-10-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Indeed! It was only a slight extrapolation from what the Religious Right was clammoring for! (NT) |
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Luminous Animal
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. 15-ish years ago, on discussion boards, I was telling people that the Handmaid's tale was prophesy.. |
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MadMaddie
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I was saying the same thing |
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Mojorabbit
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Sat Apr-09-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. We need women's studies in the schools |
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cali
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. really? oh for pity's sake. |
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eilen
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Granted, women are not required to wear color-coded |
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in_cog_ni_to
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Sat Apr-09-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. True that. Give them time. |
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AndyTiedye
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Sat Apr-09-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Not Yet. We Are One Lost Election Away From It Though |
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femrap
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I agree and throw in |
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ejpoeta
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Sat Apr-09-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. i have never heard of it. i guess i will have to read it now. |
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leftstreet
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Sat Apr-09-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I disagree. It's a HORRIBLE book for girls |
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demmiblue
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Sat Apr-09-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Rachel made a Margaret Atwood reference the other night regarding the GOP and Planned Parenthood. |
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babydollhead
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Sat Apr-09-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1989 Woman's March For Equality D.C. |
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janet118
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Sat Apr-09-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. Doesn't the book begin with Offred trying to . . . |
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eilen
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Sun Apr-10-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. They do try to escape. |
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themadstork
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Sat Apr-09-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. Kind of tacky plugging her own book. |
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MadHound
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Sat Apr-09-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Well, first of all, I don't see it as plugging her own book, |
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kestrel91316
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Sun Apr-10-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. FAIL |
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backscatter712
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Sun Apr-10-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. My roommate just read that book. |
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