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Why the White House wanting women to have more kids will lead to outlawing same-sex relations

Opinion: Telling women to have more children opens the proverbial bedroom door to the eventual overturning of Lawrence v. Texas, writes John Casey.

8 Celebrities Surprisingly Skeptical of #MeToo, Time's Up

Ostensibly progressive people like Matt Damon and Margaret Atwood are oddly conflicted about the movement for consent.

The Real Housewives of Gilead

Meet the women who want to bring us back to the Dark Ages -- or to a future envisioned by Margaret Atwood.

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Megan Rapinoe's Star Continues to Rise as a Glamour Woman of the Year

The soccer star was chosen along with Charlize Theron, Ava Duvernay, Yara Shahid, and Margaret Atwood, among others. 

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.

The Handmaid's Tale Trailer Calls Out Apathy as a Cause of Its Totalitarian Regime

Hulu has released the first full-length trailer for its series based on Margaret Atwood's eerily accurate dystopian novel. 

Handmaids Protest Alleged Pedophile Roy Moore

A group of women dressed as handmaids from Margaret Atwood's iconic novel came together to protest the Senate candidacy of Republican Roy Moore.

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

LGBTQ Books Most Challenged in Libraries

The American Library Association's annual report finds a rise in coordinated efforts against books with affirming LGBTQ themes and characters.

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. 

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.

At the Globes, Women Spoke Out About Abuse. Men Didn't

Men went out on a limb and wore black to the Golden Globes in solidarity with #MeToo but not one winner addressed it his speech. 

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. 

Op-ed: Doris Lessing, the Patron Saint of Outsider Writing

The literary world mourns the loss of a unique icon.