The Handmaids Tale
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If you ever want some unsolicited advice, tell people youre having trouble breastfeeding.
Serena is, not surprisingly, a member of the Breast Is Best brigade.
To her its natural and therefore desired, just like forced sexual intercourse as a labor stimulant.
Formula was made by man and not by God; its the devil in powdered form.
Except the babys presence is, for many mothers, the prime stimulus that keeps milk production going.
Thats not how it works, Fred!
One leaky moment isnt the golden ticket to quart after quart of stashed-away breast milk.
She has, in her mind at least, magically become a mother through the grace of God.
Holly will never be hers.
Thats what makes a good villain, after all.
Her performance at her execution, however, is all Eden.
She sticks to her conviction that love, even outside of marriage, is something God understands and forgives.
Right off the bat we know this guy is either a really sadistic bastard or a strange bird.
But the society is, economically speaking, a wonder.
Econo-families have plenty to eat and live in relatively comfortable circumstances.
How the hell is this possible?
The answer is Bradley Whitford, with his shocking white beard and head of hair.
But the vibes here are good aside from the small matter of the Commanders wife.
Its hard not to see theJane Eyreallusions here.
She discovers a hysterical (yep, used that word on purpose) wife upstairs, essentially locked away.
The wife wants to spread the message that her husbands past is full of misdeeds.
