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The Handmaid's Tale
December 5, 2019
Magazine
Kristen Roupenian
The Uneasy Uplift of
The Testaments
Why Margaret Atwood’s sequel lacks the power of "The Handmaid’s Tale"
May 31, 2019
Rachel Syme
Relevance Ruined
The Handmaid’s Tale
In its pursuit of the zeitgeist, the Hulu show forgot about storytelling.
May 24, 2017
Sarah Jones
What Ross Douthat gets wrong about
The Handmaid’s Tale
.
April 20, 2017
Magazine
Sarah Jones
The Handmaid’s Tale
Is a Warning to Conservative Women
Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel lays bare the horrors of collusion with the patriarchy.
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