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Please Stop Calling The Handmaid’s Tale “Prescient”

The Handmaid’s Tale is typically categorized as speculative fiction, but it’s very much rooted in the realities of life in countries where sexism informs governance. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Between the Hulu adaptation and renewed interest in feminist activism, I’ve been glad to see readers flocking to Margaret Atwood’s enthralling classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, about a […]

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Mike Pence Casts Tie-Breaking Vote to Gut Family Planning Funding for Planned Parenthood, Like We Always Knew He Would

Pence REALLY wants to legislate women’s health, despite apparently only knowing one woman personally. Mark Wilson / Getty Woman-hating ghoul Mike Pence was called to the Senate today, along with ailing Republican Senator Johnny Isakson, to cast a tie-breaking vote to withhold family planning funding from Planned Parenthood and other organizations that provide access to […]

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