What I Believe About Our Response to the Epidemic

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The Politics of the Handmaid's Tale

So I’ve been watching the series. I’m on episode 7. At first glance it seemed to be about the patriarchy or a condemnation of religious fanaticism, maybe even Islam. But as it goes on, the layers reveal themselves and show first perceptions to be small thinking. That it was women whose rights were taken using religious zealotry as an excuse is not the important point. You could use the same plot and substitute any subgroup and excuse. It reminds me very much of Europe during WWII. The poi…