Religion as a Front for Tyranny: A Roundtable on the Timeliness of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”
…eassert itself. For a long time, I thought The Handmaid’s Tale was a recent-ish book because the issues it presents feel so hyper-relevant that I assumed Atwood was gaining inspiration from current events. I only just found out it was published before I was born. So what’s different now? What core themes of The Handmaid’s Tale make it timeless, and what does that say about how much or how little we’ve progressed in women’s rights? Kaya Oakes: I re…
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