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Things We Saw Today: Margaret Atwood’s Handmaidens Protest Texas’ Reproductive Rights Laws

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Published: Mar 20, 2017 05:52 pm

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A group of people dressed up as handmaidens from Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale showed up at the Texas Legislature today to protest the state’s continually restrictive stance on reproductive rights. It’s a chilling reminder of the fact that while the concept for the show might seem neat and entertaining, there are some very stark parallels between our world and that horrifying dystopia.

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What’d you see today, dear pal-o-mine-oh?

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Jessica Lachenal is a writer who doesn’t talk about herself a lot, so she isn’t quite sure how biographical info panels should work. But here we go anyway. She's the Weekend Editor for The Mary Sue, a Contributing Writer for The Bold Italic (thebolditalic.com), and a Staff Writer for Spinning Platters (spinningplatters.com). She's also been featured in Model View Culture and Frontiers LA magazine, and on Autostraddle. She hopes this has been as awkward for you as it has been for her.
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