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author of much, including a S*bstack. I hesitate to include the link as I hear it would be blocked. But let's try: margaretatwood.substack.com
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I on the other hand am a cat. I just can’t get this human filter off.
In Nova Scotia with appropriately sloganed coffee mug...
My goodness, some of you are good at misreading! To be clear: when HandmaidsTale came out in 85, there was disbelief. I thought a religious-right takeover was possible in the US, and was Crazy Margaret. Premature, but unfortunately too close. That doesn’t make me happy.
Sorry about that...
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Wow @MargaretAtwood was prescient, based on our current situation in @USSupremeCourt #TheHandmaidsTale
Yes indeed to those who asked: I’m writing a sequel to The #HandmaidsTale. #TheTestaments is set 15 years after Offred’s final scene and is narrated by three female characters. It will be published in Sept 2019. More details: smarturl.it/TestamentsMA
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Join the club. I did a signing to which Nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help. :)
Some science here: "When Sex and Gender Collide." scientificamerican.com/article/the-ne #TransGenderWomen Biology doesn't deal in sealed Either/Or compartments.
We're all part of a flowing Bell curve. Respect that! Rejoice in Nature's infinite variety!
Working on it...
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Someone please ask @MargaretAtwood what happens to us next.
That is why I did not put anything into #TheHandmaidsTale that had not happened somewhere... including the snatching of children from their parents. Believable? Alas yes.
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Not even @MargaretAtwood could write the crap that's happening right now and have it sound believable. twitter.com/stephenking/st
Vicepresident of Argentina : don't look away from the thousands of deaths every year from ilegal abortions. Give argentinian women the right to choose! #AbortoLegalYa #QueElAbortoSeaLey #NiUnaMenos #AbortoEnSenadoYa
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To be also clear, there are no overtly #LBGTQ+ people in Gilead society in The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) because the regime has killed and suppressed them. As has happened and is happening in many times & places.
It’s an old playbook. Create chaos, remove validity from gov’t, create a demand for #authoritarian order, step in; OR force gov’t itself to use muscle, then yell Tyrant. Bingo, democracy doesn’t work! Enemies of it win. #blockades
Mahsa Amini’s brutal death may be moment of reckoning for Iran
I shouldn’t have, but I did. That’s Alex killing himself laughing. I didn’t run over anyone (this time). #wellington N Z: filled with temptations!
Ahem I got #vaccinated. (Old, you know.) Thank you front liners at St. Mike’s in #toronto. You were all great!
‘Enforced childbirth is slavery’: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion
Happy times, fingers crossed, better 2023, let's hope!
Thank you all for Birthday wishes!
Opening present in the great Canadian freezing socially distanced outdoors.. :D
Congratulations, American friends! I had the teapot ready for you, but I guess you won’t be fleeing now! Here’s to transparency and Truth.
After a hard day’s #gardening or indeed #writing, a little splash does no harm.. #ireland No falling into the wheelbarrow however.
Astonishing!
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"Handmaids Tale" protesters marching in formation down Tel Aviv's Kaplan Street this afternoon, looking exactly like they do in the miniseries. Chilling.
OK Twitterpals, as I crouch in my burrow, what would you like the most? a) comforting book reccos b) plague book reccos c) poetry book reccos d) stupid/weird/mundane things I have done to pass the time, which would have passed anyway...
Too close.
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@MargaretAtwood is this how the prequel to A Handmaid’s Tale starts?
Because it's in the world. (It's not just women who are controlled in the book.. it's everyone except those at the top. Gilead is a theocratic totalitariansim, not simply a Men-have-power Women-do-not world. Lower status men are told when and who marry, eg.)
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My crazy English teacher is making us write essays on #TheHandmaidsTale tale where we are supposed to answer why @MargaretAtwood put the theme of power and control in the book. We do not have telepathy with @MargaretAtwood so I guess twitter is a close second... Helpppp!!!
Thanks to all for birthday wishes! I am now officially “spry.” Sharing cake (provided by my little sister).
Glad some are realizing it could happen to them and maybe they should work to try to keep it from happening to anybody.
The life of glamour. Banished to a bench in the dungeons at in advance of guest arrivals. :(
Authoritarians are fond of using any kind of social unrest as an excuse for a coup or an elimination of opposition. See Stalin’s purges etc etc etc.
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You know in The Handmaid's Tale how it's never quite clear what happened to bring about Gilead? Are we about to find out @MargaretAtwood?
Here comes #handmaidstale Season 4: April 28! No I haven't seen it yet! I too will be surprised! (Where can I get one of these botanical specimens?)
OPINION | Trans rights? Yes. Toxic, in-your-face activism? No | CBC News
Two very clearly-explaining young people. Thank you,
clearly-explaining young people! You are very thorough.
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Here is a clear, concise and thoughroughly referenced (unlike JK’s peice) video that debunks and dispels the misthruths plaguing Rowling’s essay. If you want the LGBT+ community to hear your concerns then AT LEAST listen to the facts that are before you. youtu.be/6Avcp-e4bOs
Yes, I’m giving some thought to the #texas rat-out-your-neighbour-for-bounty-hunter-cash, bear-false-witness-with-impunity, mess-up-your-ex-with-a-false-accusation, state-owns-your-body Thoughtcrime Law. Clog up the justice system, will it? A tv plot there?
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Women Of Ireland To Watch Handmaid’s Tale To Escape Grim Reality
Right now, women in #Argentina are fighting for their rights and lives. #AbortoLegalYa #AbortoEnSenadoYa. If #irelandreferendum can do it so can Argentina. #NiUnaMas
Dang! and I had planned a little naughty weekend getaway in Moscow. Guess it will have to be Kyiv instead.
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@AndrewNorval @WaschukCanUA in good company with @MargaretAtwood @JimCarrey and others
Just discovered Glue Guns! What took me so long? !! Now I roam the world, seeking that which must be glued...
It’s called child stealing.
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This is unacceptable. If you've read @MargaretAtwood's Handmaid's Tale, you know that even in fiction, this is the hallmark or a society that has gone off the rails. If you don't vote for any other reason, vote for candidates who commit to fixing this stain. twitter.com/kylegriffin1/s…
The fight for women's rights in #Argentina: ABORTO LEGAL media sanción Afirmativa... ARGENTINA youtu.be/KcIrkdulsNw via #NiUnaMenos #AbortoLegalYa #AbortoEnSenadoYa #QueElAbortoSeaLey
(Sigh) First published in 1985.
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I really hope @MargaretAtwood sees this. twitter.com/parkermolloy/s
That is very sweet! Thank you! But I am tough like old pickled ox and have the immune system of a meercat, plus I stuff my nose with rose petals and hit too-close strangers with ski poles, so I should be ok unless I fall down in the bathtub. >:>}
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I’ll tell you what I’m worried about. I’m worried about @MargaretAtwood. Seriously. I do not want this virus to get @MargaretAtwood. (I’ll bring you groceries if that would keep you indoors.)
Congratulations to on publication of The Institute. “What fresh hell is this?” (Dorothy Parker.) Would YOU kidnap and torture children if you were told it was in aid of protecting your world? Well? Would you?
Twitter pals, I'm sorry I've been neglecting you. Trigger thumb (self-inflicted physical injury) plus US Election obsessive anxiety (self-inflicted psychological injury) have slowed me down... ):>(
If you are writing things you are a writer.
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@MargaretAtwood I want to be a writer. I have wanted that for 49 years. I am not one yet
Is there a platform that allows sharing of family pics etc. but does not allow lies and hate? Anyone know?
The Handmaid’s Tale comes to life in Alabama. Women must heed the warning | Zoe Williams
Why should women in #Argentina be forced to carry a fetus that is already dead + septic? tmblr.co/Ztdf-l2YT-P17 This is not Right to Life but a sadistic Rite of Death. #QueSeaLey #SenadoresQueSeaLea Senators, please change this unjust & death-dealing law.
Women are people. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :D
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I read @MargaretAtwood in High school and remember being amazed at finally seeing representation of the darker, psychological side of female interactions. It's something you rarely see in YA or beyond one token villain or stereotypical clique.
Thank you. A division between women's rights and human rights is a false dichotomy. One of my sources for #TheHandmaidsTale was Argentina under the Generals. So many women were killed and their babies stolen.
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This a good article, Margaret. I hope you know that many of us don’t consider you a bad feminist or a traitor.
Claudia Lopez, Bogota's first female mayor - CNN
Happy 4th of July, American friends.
May you soon become your best selves. Liberty and justice for ALL sounds pretty good. Make it so, then live well and prosper!
Interesting to see which politicians and would-be Prime Ministers are now openly against the rule of law. Of course if they achieve power it will be a different story. Always is. French Rev anyone?
Taking a break from being Supreme Being Goddess, omniscient, omnipotent, and responsible for all ills. Sorry I have failed the world so far on gender equality. Maybe stop trying? Will be back later. (Next incarnation maybe.)
I hoped not.
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I wonder if when writing A Handmaid's Tale @MargaretAtwood thought she could be predicting the future?
Wow congratulations
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You're not alone.
Congratulations #ElisabethMoss on your #GoldenGlobes win for Best Actress in a Drama Series for The #HandmaidsTale. #Globes75
Congratulations #ElisabethMoss on your #GoldenGlobes win for Best Actress in a Drama Series for The #HandmaidsTale. #Globes75
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They needed an "only," an "also," and a human rights definition of the F word, imho.
You dodged a bullet or two, USA. It was close. I was almost at the point of getting the cocoa ready, for when you swam across the river... Time for real Xians to stand up!
And while we're in the Not Yet Dead dept: Happy Holidays, Merry Xmas, and Joyful Solstice!
Who better to narrate #TheHandmaidsTale than Elisabeth Moss? I’m delighted she agreed to read the UK edition for . It’s powerful, haunting and authentic – I have been so lucky to have had her interpreting Offred. It’s out today – more info: po.st/OoRq1i
I am very very sad. What an immense imagination, what a strong and trenchant mind... twitter.com/TwitterMoments
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So many congratulations, Team -- What a terrific Writing Room by the way! So much of what you do is unseen.. It has been an all-out group effort from Day One. #GoldenGlobes2018
Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region
Happy Spring Solstice! Pleasure in small things, chins up, and here come the daffodils. It ain't all bad.
Man attempts to correct 'Handmaid's Tale' author on her own book and gets instantly vaporized
Amazing!
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Dear @MargaretAtwood We have beautiful news. Abortion will no longer be criminalized and will be legal in Argentina. In 10 days we will have the bill sent by the president @alferdez 
. cc @equalitynow @BarbaraJ_Esq
. cc @equalitynow @BarbaraJ_EsqWhat did #scheer not like about the new All Of Us national anthem? It is gender neutral. Would he change it back to Men Only? Or maybe to No Girls, or Not Them? What’s he got against Us? And All?
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Andrew Scheer obviously never took lessons from Marc Garneau - who has never lied about his employment or education before entering public life. One is an astronaut, one would likely lie about being an astronaut if he thought it would get him some votes. #cdnpoli #elxn43 twitter.com/CTVNews/status…
A fave book re: writing, 's #OnWriting, A Memoir of the Craft, is 20 years old: special anniversary edition! Our hero literally wades through maggots, +other hilarious+horrible real-life guck! A page-turner from a pro page-turner. We ❤️Tabby!
Nopers. I did not. twitter.com/Juan_Abbe/stat
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Thank you to the unknown man who paid for our two Iced Caps at the drive thru Timmies in North Bay Ontatio because someone paid for his. #randomactsofkindness
T-pals, do you want reading lists? Or maybe wait until we are less addicted to doom-scrolling + nail-biting? (Speaking for self.) If reading lists: Escape? Reality? History? Or?
(I don't really have a throne...)
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"Atwood long rejected calls for a sequel because, she says, she knew she couldn’t re-create Offred’s voice. But as she saw the world change, she realized Offred wasn’t the only way back into the story."
@MargaretAtwood is on the cover of @TIME! time.com/5667821/margar
Farewell, tiny blue Twitter verification mark! I shall never see thee more!