This post includes spoilers for “The Other Side” (Season 1, Episode 7) of The Handmaid’s Tale. It also includes spoilers for the book. As usual, the link on the left has full summaries of all of the episodes that have aired so far. One of the things that always bothered me about the original version of The Handmaid’s Tale… Read More
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The Handmaid’s Tale: A Woman’s Place
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This post includes spoilers for “A Woman’s Place” (Season 1, Episode 6) of The Handmaid’s Tale. As usual, the link on the left has full summaries of all of the episodes that have aired so far. This post is going to be divided into two sections to discuss what went on with Serena Joy and Offred in episode… Read More
Why I Love to Read Speculative Fiction
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Speculative fiction is an umbrella term for everything from science fiction to dystopians, fantasy to horror. I’ve been thinking a lot about speculative fiction in general since The Handmaid’s Tale began last month. This specific storytelling style has appealed to me for as long as I can remember for several different reasons. Honesty Books like 1984, Animal Farm,… Read More
The Handmaid’s Tale: Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum
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This post includes spoilers for “Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum” (Season 1, Episode 4) of The Handmaid’s Tale. As usual, the link on the left has full summaries of all of the episodes that have aired so far. While this episode included several important world-building moments, it wasn’t as action-filled as the previous episodes have been. The picture… Read More
The Handmaid’s Tale: Introducing Offred’s World
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This post includes spoilers for “Offred” (Season 1, Episode 1) and “Birth Day” (Season 1, Episode 2 )of The Handmaid’s Tale. As I mentioned last month, I’ll be blogging my thoughts about this show. New episodes air on iTunes five days after they do on Hulu, so this series will be published about a week after… Read More
5 Things I Want from The Handmaid’s Tale
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There are only two days left until The Handmaid’s Tale premiers on Hulu. The word excited doesn’t even begin to cover how I feel about this show. I know that some of my readers are scrupulously avoiding spoilers, so I’m going to honour that with today’s post. Everything I’ll be talking about is strictly from what happened… Read More
Why I Love to Reread Books
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Earlier this year I reread The Handmaid’s Tale in preparation for the miniseries based on this story that is coming out next week. Stay tuned! I am planning to blog about that series after I’ve seen it, but today I’ll be talking about rereading books in general. Over the last few years I’ve also reread: The… Read More
How to Convince Someone to Try Something You Love
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One of the first things my spouse introduced me to after we moved in together was the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I don’t remember exactly what he said about it when he mentioned wanting to watch it with me, but I do remember his excitement. He was sure I was going to love that… Read More
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