1. If you want a break from the news I have some thoughts on the natalist bias of Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
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@RobinGanev's reading of the novel is very provocative & can be found here:https://thewalrus.ca/what-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-infertility/ … -
Unfortunately, it's not really a break from the news if one has a tendency to metaphor
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Way off. The novel depicts how an oppressive society uses that distinction to to turn women against each other and themselves.
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Um, have you read the novel? It's not the women who are infertile. I know Atwood already addressed this, but it's REALLY clear in the novel.
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?? This take is wrong. The book "replicates" it to show how monstrous it is and how it hurts all women.
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Completely the wrong take on the novel. And conservatives regularly try to appropriate what they fear or don't understand.
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Where do you get that from?
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