Margaret Atwood wants to know exactly what you mean when you call her a feminist writer. Everything is relative to its place in history; where there is explanation and context, Atwood wants them. You’re going to have death, you’re going to have illegal abortions and, once upon a time, you had the situation in which people were having unwanted children and parking them with the nuns. When did it become the norm to expect somebody to act like a porn star on the first date? I think that’s really the bottom line.”Trump of OzSeason two of The Handmaid’s Tale is in the works but it is now out of Atwood’s hands.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2018 06:00 UTC