As suspected, Ross interprets the book & show as having natalist sympathies.https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/867529730186203136 …
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Replying to @HeerJeet
I wouldn't phrase it that way. I would say the book and the show both manifest fertility anxieties.
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Replying to @DouthatNYT @HeerJeet
"Natalist sympathies" suggests that the story points to a conservative policy agenda; it doesn't.
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Rather there's anxiety around what low fertility means for the future of liberalism and feminism (and, of course, civilization).
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Replying to @DouthatNYT @HeerJeet
As in, "watch out, this could be the thing that lets the patriarchy back in ..."
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Contrast w/Children of Men: James is primarily interested in childlessness and secondarily in political ramifications; Atwood the reverse.
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Yes, a difference rooted not only in weight they give to politics but also their political leanings themselves.
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