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Leaked Emails Show GOP Lawmaker, Anti-Trans Activists Discuss Holy War

The level of religious rhetoric included in the messages makes for a script from the dystopian story, The Handmaids Tale.

'Handmaid's Tale'-Inspired Lingerie Sparks Outrage

A sleepwear company has named a silk set after a sex slave.

'Handmaid's Tale' Protesters Greet Trump in Poland

Women dressed as Handmaid's Tale characters protested Trump in Poland, chanting, "We will never be handmaids! We won't allow it!"​

Hulu Announces Season Two of The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale was the streaming service's most watched series premiere ever, according to Variety.

'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops Timely and Terrifying Teaser

Adapted by Hulu for television, Margaret Atwood's dystopic vision of a world where women have been stripped of rights strikes a chord with real-world fears.

Why This Trans Woman Can't Identify With 'The Handmaid's Tale'

There are battles that cis women face that trans women don't -- and vice versa. That doesn't mean we shouldn't be invested in the struggles of all women, writes Jessie Earl. 

The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 Trailer: A Nightmare Dystopia

The award-winning series is coming back more relevant than ever. 

Clea Duvall Joins 'Handmaid's Tale' for Season Two

The But I'm a Cheerleader actress is playing another fiery queer character.

The Handmaid's Tale's New Teaser Depicts a Frightening Then and Now

The latest teaser for Hulu's upcoming series The Handmaid's Tale, based on the feminist dystopian novel, draws timely, frightening distinctions between life before the new regime and life after. 

'The Handmaid's Tale' Drops Season 3 Trailer and Premiere Date

Offred is fighting to topple the patriarchy.

Handmaid's Tale Protesters Silently Resist Brett Kavanaugh for SCOTUS

Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh poses a threat to women's reproductive rights if confirmed, and women dressed as handmaids are fighting it. 

The Women of Gilead Rise Up in The Handmaid's Tale's Second Season

Samira Wiley and Alexis Bledel speak with The Advocate about solidarity, sisterhood, and taking on the patriarchy. 

Hillary Clinton Invokes The Handmaid's Tale in Speech to Planned Parenthood

Clinton's remarks came as Trump's 'health care' bill names rape as a preexisting condition. 

Samira Wiley: Handmaid's Tale 'Is No Doubt a Feminist Work'

Wiley defended the series as "feminist" in no uncertain terms in an interview with The Advocate.

Hulu's 'Handmaid's Tale' Cast Bizarrely Eschews the Label 'Feminist'

Elisabeth Moss and costars of Hulu's version of The Handmaid's Tale comments have rankled fans of the novel.

Ad for 'The Handmaid's Tale' Is Last You'd Expect at Super Bowl

While gorging on beer and wings, enjoy this ad for the miniseries based on Margaret Atwood's classic rebuke of male authoritarianism.

Hilarious and Spot-On Handmaid's Tale Parody Skewers Men's Rights Groups

Meet Manfred, one of "handmen" stripped of the right to treate women like objects. 

Yvonne Strahovski's Handmaid's Tale Character Resembles Female Trump Voters

The actress spoke about creating the villainous woman who suffers under the rules she helped create. 

Good Guy Bros Are Complicit in Women's Oppression in SNL's Handmaid's Tale

Saturday Night Live takes the oppression of women to the next logical conclusion in its version of the series.

Hulu's Handmaid's Tale Amps Up Novel's Anti-LGBT Terror

The dystopian world of Hulu's series is less racist but even more homophobic than the one portrayed in the Margaret Atwood novel on which it's based.

Women Wear Handmaid's Tale Costumes to Protest Texas Abortion Bills

The political protest is meant to illustrate the increasing oppressive restrictions on women's reproductive rights in the state.