The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) +TALK: Make Atwood Fiction Again w/@the_blochian

The Republic of Gilead is a right-wing totalitarian state where women are subjugated and powerless. Rife with disease and infection, few women remain who can have children. Those who can are taken by the government and christened ‘handmaids’. Kate, a handmaid, is sent to the house of Fred, the Commander. There she must submit to his demands, and those of Serena Joy, his jealous, vindictive wife. But some things cannot be controlled by The Republic – like Kate’s growing feelings for The Commander’s chauffeur Nick. Or the secret resistance, who meet under darkness…

Before the film, Dr Caroline Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck, University of London, will consider the impact of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in the context of Hulu’s TV adaptation and the Trump administration.