‘I told you so’: The Handmaid’s Tale author delivers message after Roe’s overthrow
Ffollowing the overthrow of Roe vs. Wade, The Handmaid’s Tale Author Margaret Atwood sent a not-so-subtle message to subscribers.
“I told you so,” read a mug held by Atwood in a recent social media post.
“Coffee in Nova Scotia with a mug of coffee with the appropriate slogan…” she wrote.
The Handmaid’s Tale a dystopian novel published in 1985, features an oppressive and totalitarian society called Gilead, in which women are forced to reproduce.
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“Although I finally finished this novel and called it The Handmaid’s Tale, I stopped writing it several times, because I found it too far-fetched. I’m stupid. Theocratic dictatorships are not only in the distant past: there are a number of them on the planet today. What will prevent the United States from becoming one of them?” Atwood wrote in May in reference to the draft notice leaked in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“My God, some of you are bad at reading! To be clear: when HandmaidsTale came out in 85, there was disbelief. I thought a takeover by the religious right was possible in the United States , and it was Crazy Margaret. Premature, but sadly also shut down. Doesn’t make me happy,” she tweeted on Tuesday.
My God, some of you are good at reading badly! To be clear: when HandmaidsTale came out in 85, there was disbelief. I thought a takeover by the religious right was possible in the United States, and that was Crazy Margaret. Premature, but unfortunately too close. It doesn’t make me happy.
— Margaret E. Atwood (@MargaretAtwood) July 12, 2022
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An “unburnable” copy of the famous novel sold at auction in June for $130,000. Proceeds from the auction went to anti-censorship organization PEN America. The book was designed with flame retardant materials to raise awareness of restrictions on certain books.
