Hi hello people who've not recently read Atwood! There seems to be some confusion about what "Aunt Lydia" means exactly and whether it's a remark on a woman's appearance! (Spoiler: It's not but lemme explain why!)
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(Actually, since this show's live right now, here is a whole thread of spoilers so maybe mute or something, but it's relevant and it's been out for ages, so. Soz.)
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Now, the premise of A Handmaid's Tale is that we are living in a dystopia shortly after a patriarchal religious takeover, in which women who can have children are 1. Rare, and 2. Used as breeding stock by the aristocracy in weird religious ceremonies.
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(OK seriously how fucked is it I had to delete a tweet describing the Handmaid's Tale reality because some fucking dude might actually think I was endorsing it and I didn't want it to be standalone RTable though)
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Women in A Handmaid's Tale take on the names of the men in their households, so for example my name would be Linda Ofthomas because I'm married to a Tom. Now, as women are not actually breeding stock, the new regime decides it must force them to their place in society.
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Kind of like incel utopia?
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