What It Means To Be A Parent In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Bringing new life into the world is complicated in the Republic of Gilead. There are the handmaids, who are tasked with breeding children; the Commanders, who father said children during…
Kamala Harris Raised $160,000 For Abortion Groups In Wake Of Alabama Abortion Ban
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) raised more than $160,000 for abortion rights groups on Wednesday, after Alabama passed legislation that essentially bars women from obtaining the medical procedure in the state.…
Ann Dowd On Aunt Lydia’s One Regret And Attempting A Gregorian Chant In ‘Hereditary’
For approximately 80 minutes on a sweltering New York morning, Ann Dowd held my hand. It was tentative at first, intermittent. A graze here or there. But by the time…
Ann Dowd: Aunt Lydia ‘Would Make Mincemeat’ Of Sarah Huckabee Sanders
On Thursday’s “Late Night,” actress Ann Dowd — who plays the ruthless Aunt Lydia in Hulu’s TV adaption of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel — claimed her character “would make mincemeat”…
Game of Thrones, Westworld, The Handmaid’s Tale dominate Emmy nominations
Game of Thrones tops the list of Emmy nominations announced today with 22 nods, followed closely by Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale, which is partially … source
There Were Zero Things Better This Week Than These Grandma Twins
Welcome to Good Stuff, HuffPost’s weekly recommendation series devoted to the least bad things on and off the internet. The best thing I saw this week was this photo of…
The Teen Girl You Ignored On ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Could Change Gilead
Warning: This post contains spoilers about “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Season 2. “She’s just a teenager,” Sydney Sweeney impressed upon me when we spoke over the phone. Sweeney was talking about…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Lays Bare The Utter Hell Of Raising A Daughter In Gilead
No child is safe in Gilead. Well, more accurately, no girl child is safe in Gilead. In Season 2′s penultimate episode of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Serena (Yvonne Strahovski), June (Elisabeth…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Doesn’t Sanitize Anything. Its Birthing Scene Was No Exception.
Warning: Spoilers for “The Handmaid’s Tale” below! Imagine giving birth to a baby girl in a place where even the richest and most powerful women are subjugated, oppressed and physically…
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Confronts The Cruelty Of Ripping Children Away From Parents
Warning: Spoilers for “The Handmaid’s Tale” below! If there’s one constant in Gilead, it’s the knowledge that life can always get bleaker. As we head into the final stretch of…