i"m always amazed by people who think @MargaretAtwood's Handmaid's Tale is implausible. As if such societies don't actually exist.
@hoodedu In science fiction story why is it implausible to imagine a future where white women to experience these things?
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@HeerJeet Didn't say it was implausible. Just fits in w/ the long tradition of nightmare scenarios which are basicallyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet what if they did to us what we do to them? i.e. war of the worlds.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Subtext of that is often, it only matters if it happens to white ppl.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet And/or, our oppression is just like your oppression...which isn't true.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Piercy's Woman at the Edge of Time does a much better job negotiating issues of race, imo.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Which is possibly why it's been largely replaced in the canon by Atwood's more-flattering-to-white-ppl narrative.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I think plausibility of sci-fi stories largely beside the point for the most part. They're abt present, not future.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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