#atwood

[skeltrr]

@likgiltig's Ventrue, Atwood 🖤 I'm back on my bright red bg bullshit. Expect a lot of it until I get bored.

[maplewhims]

model arizona thurmond steps out on the arm of lance atwood as his plus one for the 97th annual oscar’s red carpet

[book-of-pandora]

"I hunger to commit the act of touch."

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

[likgiltig]

Atwood freaks out if he considers the presence of one (1) hypothetical microbe in his vicinity, and thus only feeds from people he's watched bathe, and the only way he's managed to get by both in life and post-Embrace is profiting off of people's addictions and dependencies. He barely has sex not because he's asexual or rizzless but because he is profoundly touch averse and thinks he's proving something about self-control if he gets hard and refuses to get off, it's not even an orgasm denial kink he's just bizarre.

Then there's his sister Ann who speaks four languages - one of which is Latin - she studied architecture in France at a time where women were supposed to simply get married and give birth, she's been the sexual awakening for many beautiful lesbians, she's athletic, her ambition is to construct and manage a building so grand it becomes a historic Elysium, and her refined taste is creative women.

And Atwood still thinks HE should be the Prince.

[academic-vampire]

hi how are u?? I was curious abt ur opinion on handmaid's tale cause I've not talked with a guy who's read it before, and I wonder abt ur perspective since it's such a gender issues heavy book??

hope u have a good day <3

Great question, my dear. I was just reading some of it this afternoon. From a plot perspective, the book is fantastic. The only thing that’s been disappointing so far is Atwood’s prose. From my perspective, it’s like she’s trying to make every sentence “quotable.” Her prose is very stream of consciousness, which isn’t inherently bad, but Atwood tends to trail on and on for a long time. I respect her as a successful writer with an incredible, crucial message, but so far, her writing style is driving me a bit crazy.

The story and its issues are extremely prevalent today, especially among feminine-identifying people. Let’s hope Atwood’s book doesn’t become an instruction manual.

Thank you for asking, darling 🖤🦇

[warningsine]

I keep seeing such comments on my notes which makes me wonder: what did I miss?

"The Handmaid's Tale" draws on global histories.

Atwood was inspired by what happened:

during the Iranian Revolution (1978-1979),

in Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos,

in Germany (The Lebensborn project),

in Romania under Nicolae Ceaușescu,

in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge,

in Stalinist Russia.

She was also inspired by what happened to Argentinean women during Jorge Rafael Videla's military dictatorship which was backed by the US.

But killing the pregnant women was a crime that even Argentina’s military men – who referred to themselves in self-aggrandising speeches as defenders of “western and Christian civilisation” – couldn’t bring themselves to commit. Instead, they kept pregnant activists alive until they gave birth, murdering them afterwards and handing their babies to childless military couples to raise as their own. It was, in a macabre sense, the military’s ultimate victory against a despised enemy they had decided to annihilate completely. It is estimated some 500 children were born under these circumstances.

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And what happened to Spanish women under Franco.

Known as the lost children of the Franco-era, as many as 300,000 babies are estimated to have been abducted from their mothers under General Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain from 1939-75, and in the decades after.

The theft of newborns began in the 1930’s after the Spanish Civil War as an ideological practice, stripping left-wing parents or Franco-opponents of their children as a way of ridding Marxist influence from society. But in the 1950’s, the practice expanded to poor or illegitimate families who were seen as economically or morally deficient, Agence France-Presse reports.

New mothers were often told their babies had died and the hospital had taken care of the burials. These babies were allegedly sold for adoption and involved a wide network of doctors, nurses, nuns and priests, according to AFP. The system carried on after Franco’s death in 1975 until 1987, when a new law was implemented regulating adoption.

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"When I wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale', nothing went into it that had not happened in real life somewhere at some time," she said.

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Joni

In one another, we found safe haven We fortified our bond Over hours-long conversation We took off the masks and bore our faces I used to look at you that way But now I want to hide and run You've shown my shame to everyone It'll never be as it once was You aren't my friend, you're in my way You've played the game from both sides now Both good and bad, and isn't it sad That it's your illusion I recall? I guess I don't know you at all...

[lets-get-lit]

Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.

- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale