The Handmaid’s hysteria Heather Wilhelm, National Review Friday, April 28, 2017 Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, is now a TV series. It’s all about a future Christian theocracy that uses women as chattel. The media are breathless in saying, “It’s sooo true!” © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
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The Handmaid’s hysteria
Heather Wilhelm, National Review
Friday, April 28, 2017