Handmaids are now circled around an anti-GOP healthcare plan rally that MoveOn, PP and others are k

[riversedge]

Oh, I wish I was in DC....



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Handmaids are now circled around an anti-GOP healthcare plan rally that MoveOn, PP and others are kicking off

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[Squinch]

1. That is frickin' beautiful!

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Beautiful!

On point ladies! On point! Brava!

[Equinox Moon]

3. Great.

I need a little here understanding the symbolism of handmaids with red cloaks and nun-like white hats. Can someone spell it out for me? I don't get it.

[Hekate]

7. Google The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood. She wrote the novel some 20 years ago...

...and it really stuck in people's subconscious. Especially women-people. Now that Netflix (I think it's Netflix) has produced a tv series, the book is in reprint and widely available.

The premise: fertility has crashed, the US has been taken over by a fanatical cult, and young women who are presumed fertile are enslaved to procreate on behalf of the "rulers and their barren wives." This the the required uniform of the Handmaids. Fail to reproduce and you join the rest of the slaves at hard labor in the countryside.

Creepy then and creepier now.

[smirkymonkey]

11. Actually, it's on Hulu, fyi.

Pretty easy and cheap to sign up if you don't mind the occasional commercial. You can also get it without commercials for a little more.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. There was a 1990 film before the series on Hulu

(I know some folks have hated on the movie but it did put the context of the book out there with an all-star cast)

[Equinox Moon]

17. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.

I did not know about it.

[Tetunot]

10. Series & Novel

The series is available on HULU, not Netflix. The novel is a free download on Amazon.

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

but you have to know that the GOP are seeing those get-ups and thinking "Not a bad idea".

[Tatiana]

5. This is what I was thinking!

The wingnuts are going to think this is a fantastic idea. We're nearly halfway there, anyway!

[Solly Mack]

6. It's scary how close we are.

I am, not exactly enjoying the series, but I am appreciative of the stark effort (while fuming the entire time) to educate people - but I know some right-wingers are watching and taking notes. They have probably bought the book just to get more details.

[Lonestarblue]

9. Would right wingers buy the book?

I'm not sure right wingers read. After all, they the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Alex Jones to tell them what to think.

[Scalded Nun]

16. They would, but only as a possible how-to manual

They salivate at the possibility of a world like that.

[Solly Mack]

19. Some have read it and they got angry because they claim that's not how they are about women.

I laughed when I heard it.

[ismnotwasm]

8. K&R

[mainstreetonce]

13. I would love to see them

At a Trump rally.

[zentrum]

14. Brilliant.

Will get media coverage.

[Dawson Leery]

15. k/r

The Rethugs would love to see the Handmaiden's Tale come alive.

[niyad]

18. k and r