![]() ![]() The 82-year-old novelist took aim at the justices’ expected decision to overturn Roe v. Abortion-rights protesters dressed in costumes from the “Handmaid’s Tale” walk to the US Capitol building during a demonstration on May 8. “What is to prevent the United States from becoming one of them?” she asked of societies forced to live under the laws of a chosen religion. ![]() “Theocratic dictatorships do not lie only in the distant past: There are a number of them on the planet today. “Silly me,” she said in the op-ed published Friday. “I stopped writing it several times, because I considered it too far-fetched,” she wrote of the 1985 fantasy that became a hit TV series, as well as the favored costume for pro-choice protesters. In an op-ed for The Atlantic, the Canadian author recalled fearing no one would believe her bestseller, in which “women had very few rights,” the “Bible was cherry-picked” for restrictive laws and enslaved handmaids were forced to give birth against their will. Novelist Margaret Atwood is accusing the Supreme Court of bringing her dystopian “Handmaid’s Tale” to life - even suggesting it could lead to forced mass sterilizations and the return of Salem witch-style trials. ![]() Which “Handmaid’s Tale” character are you based on your zodiac sign?īurn-proof edition of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ up for auction Fight for actually banned books, Biden’s illogical travel mandate and other commentaryīloody ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Halloween decorations have parents worried ![]()
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