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The Handmaid’s Tale – emotive torture porn
In the epilogue to Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale a group of intellectuals argue whether Offred’s account of Gilead’s brutal theocracy was reliable. There is no ambiguity in the television adaptation – so far. The viewer is given full omniscience, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aunt Lydia, Brexit, Can we be trusted?, Elizabeth Moss is boss, Fascism, Fred and Serena, Gestapo, Gilead, June Osborne, Margaret Atwood, Misogyny, Moderates are negligent, Nazi Germany, North Korea, Offred, Orwellianesque, Putin, Saudi Arabia, Sophie’s Choice, Stalinism, Stasi, Theocracy, Torture porn, Totalitarian, Trumpian alt-right wet dream, Trumpian wet dream, Wall's built, Westboro Baptist Church, What does Vegas look like in Gilead
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You want rid of Katie Hopkins and her ilk? Ignore them.
Setting up petitions against Celebrity Culture’s worse facets won’t change it. Ignoring it will. Sad and bewildering as the Clutha pub tragedy was, once again the part that social media played in developing the reaction to its aftermath, was, shall we … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Celtic, Clutha, Katie Hopkins, Louis Theroux, Rangers, Sectarianism, Television, Twitter, Westboro Baptist Church, YouTube
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