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The Handmaid's Tale
GOP Rep Delivers Floor Speech Ripped From ‘Handmaid’s Tale’
BLESSED BE THE FRUITIn a speech before the House that seemed lifted right out of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he wants the U.S. to go back to 1960.
Margaret Atwood ‘Shocked’ Over Alice Munro Abuse ‘Bombshell’
SECRET PAINThe “Handmaid’s Tale” author tells The Daily Beast of her shock after it was revealed that Munro stayed with her husband despite knowing he abused her daughter when she was 9.
The Stunning, Game-Changing Episode of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
UNDER HIS EYEThe latest episode featured a showdown between June and Serena that was terrifying, emotional, and, ultimately, healing. The show may never be the same.
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I Hate ‘Great British Baking Show’—and Can’t Stop Watching
SOGGY ROCK BOTTOMAfter “Mexican Week” on “GBBO,” we interrogate what it is that keeps us devoted to shows that make us angry, from RuPaul to Che Diaz, and everything in between.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Finally Realized How Unpleasant It Is
NO PAIN, NO GAINThe relentlessly dark Hulu drama has spent a half-decade torturing its traumatized female cast. In its penultimate season, it tries to atone for all that over-the-top cruelty.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Gets Final Season Ahead of Spinoff
PRAISE BEA sixth and final season of the series has been announced, but it’s not the end.
The Last Thing the World Needs Is More ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
UNDER HIS EYEA new, incredibly irritating trailer—an indie cover of Christina Aguilera’s “Fighter” (!?!)—is a reminder that we’re long past there being value to this dystopian cautionary tale.
School Battle Over ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Ends With Book Ban
RESTRICTED ACCESSThe graphic novel version of Margaret Atwood's novel became embroiled in controversy after one parent complained about its sexual imagery.
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Author Slammed Over Gender Tweet
NEVER TWEETMargaret Atwood shared another writer’s op-ed that asked, “Why can’t we say woman any more?”
Ann Dowd: From ‘Handmaid’s’ Villain to ‘Enemy of the People’
VOTE COUNTAnn Dowd, Aunt Lydia in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” stars in an epic reimagining of Ibsen’s “Enemy of the People.” And “The Watering Hole” investigates race, memory...and piano dancing.
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