The Handmaid's Tale post

There has been so much talk on the latest show the Handmaid's Tale. Many people are seeing it as the result of all that is happening in the world now. In fact, the show does build off of current life that is slowly manipulated by white, Christian males. I compared the coverage of the off-feminist show from the New York Times and Quartz the blog.

From Quartz, courtesy of Reuters
The strong, but short, opinion piece by Quartz Blog makes ties from Mr. Trump's last Mother's Day speech to the ideas at the center of the Handmaid's Tale. The article includes quotes from the current President, as well as those from Mother's Day during the Obama and Bush presidencies. The post is short, but drives home the points that Trump commends women on being mothers alone, not the great powerful ones themselves. Similar to the New York Times' article, Quartz makes the same conclusions on the current state of women's health care in America and the view on women in the dystopian society.

From Huffington Post, courtesy of Saul Loeb

The New York Times reviews the show in the context of the Trump Presidency and the status of women's issues in the U.S. right now. The article goes into detail on the premise of the show, the sexist attitudes and incentives of the people in it, and the change of life from being free women to those who are enslaved for lack of a better term. Then author James Poniewozik flows into the current state of our political system. Many of benefits women receive are being taken away, just as they were in the Handmaid's Tale. The story is supported by Tweets and photos from both the White House and the show. While it is more of an opinion piece, Poniewozik does a good job tying the current political situation with an important part of current pop culture. 

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