For everyone who watched Sunday's series finale of Game of Thrones, perhaps a better show to get a handle on what's happening inside America is Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale.
People aren't going around greeting their neighbors with "Blessed by the fruit." But there's an argument to be made that news headlines from the past week are eerily similar to the fictional transpirings that gave way to Handmaid's Republic of Gilead.
Today, we consider Alabama's new ultra-conservative abortion law, President Trump's desire for barriers along the Mexico border to be painted black with spikes, and the ousting of administration officials opposed to a White House plan to conduct mass raids of migrants in 10 major U.S. cities, among other recent events.
Is comparing them to Handmaid's make-believe dangerously unhinged? Or is it right to be concerned that we may be heading down a potentially Margaret Atwoodian path?
We'll take your calls.
GUESTS:
- Sarah Jones - Staff Writer for New York Magazine whose 2017 piece in The New Republic is entitled "The Handmaid's Tale Is A Warning To Conservative Women" (@onesarahjones)
- Molly Roberts - Editorial writer for The Washington Post whose piece, "Why it's time to retire the Handmaids," was published May 17. (@mollylroberts)
