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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Unfortunately, it's not really a break from the news if one has a tendency to metaphor
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Of courseThey're only worth is a breeders, What is missing is the obvious fact that only a handful of males is required for species survival
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I haven't read the book, so can't speak to Atwood's word choices and depiction of Serena, but in the mini-series...
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I was seeing a lot of Purity Culture in Serena. It's not that she doesn't want sex -- she kind of tries, but her husband rejects her
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... under an oppressive society where they're reduced to livestock?pic.twitter.com/8P439Jald3
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This is not a good reading of the book.
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Interesting, but I disagree. It's Gilead, not the author, with the natalist bias - natalism is part of Gilead's dystopia. Her *potential* /1
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fertility makes Offred valuable and sexually desirable - men are attracted to her as a marker of power & prestige that having a handmaid /2
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