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In reply to the discussion: Amy Coney Barrett is not a handmaid [View all]boston bean
(36,221 posts)24. True. But when it comes to forced rape pregnancy of a handmaid, she is the enforcer of rape and
Pregnancy. Not a handmaid at all.
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Except for the time when she served as what is known as a handmaid in People of Praise.
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#1
Thank you. Sounds like a more highly successful version of Tulsi Gabbard. Do you have some links?
Hekate
Sep 2021
#35
The author of the Handmaid's tale was aware of Catholic cults and adopted the term for her novel. nt
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#18
More people are familiar with the series than Phoney Barrett's church/cult affiliation
FoxNewsSucks
Sep 2021
#28
Also, mapping the HT universe onto current events erases the reality of a lot of people who aren't
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#10
THT focuses on the experience of white women and posits a dystopian future,
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2021
#32
True. But when it comes to forced rape pregnancy of a handmaid, she is the enforcer of rape and
boston bean
Sep 2021
#24
Thank you....been trying to explain that here and to others saying that in conversations
Pachamama
Sep 2021
#34