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The American drama, which sees a future deeply changed by nuclear war, portrays a group of young women – who are now Handmaids – assigned to men who need to produce an offspring. The graphic scenes show what is essentially rape during a twisted ritual which sees the men’s wives stay “pure” whilst the Handmaids […]
Published time: 31 May, 2017 16:22 Australian tennis legend Margaret Court has stirred an ongoing row over gay marriage comments, saying that “tennis is full of lesbians.” Court, who won 24 Grand Slam singles titles during the 1960s and 70s, recently caused widespread anger when she wrote a letter to Australian airline Qantas, saying that […]
The BBC drama is based on the harrowing true story of the Rochdale grooming scandal. At least 47 young and vulnerable girls were raped, trafficked and abused by a gang of predominantly Pakistani men – nine of whom were jailed in 2012 for a range of child sex offences. Tonight’s episode introduces Margaret Oliver (Lesley […]
Here at Flavorwire, we pride ourselves on not only writing excellent content, but also keeping an eye on other great writing from around the web. This may be a predominantly arts/culture-centric website, but given the immediate gravity of U.S. politics, we’ve been focusing this outward-looking post on indispensable political writing, as well as the occasional […]
In recent months, The Handmaid’s Tale — Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel about a patriarchal future where fertile women are a tightly controlled commodity — has become more of a symbol than a piece of fiction. From a “Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again” sign at a protest to women protesting a restrictive abortion law in […]
Many have noted that the Claire Danes-narrated, special-edition Audible version of The Handmaid’s Tale released Tuesday included a bit of an extension from author Margaret Atwood. The audio book featured, as the Guardian put it, “A new ending, teasing a future for the characters beyond their original limit.” Which sounds akin to saying, “Teasing a sequel.” The new passage […]
In a Reddit AMA yesterday, Margaret Atwood shared her impressions of the first three episodes of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, said America is dangerously close to dystopia, and pretended that it’s not cool to like Mel Brooks. She really covered all the bases. “Based on what I’ve seen it’s a 10,” she said, when asked […]
When Kellyanne Conway went before NBC’s Meet the Press and described statements made by Press Secretary Sean Spicer as “alternative facts”, it had the unintended consequence of driving up sales of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. Since President Donald Trump has been sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, another dystopian novel […]
