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The author of The Handmaid’s Tale tweeted a column defending the word ‘woman’ and the woke are outraged HotAir

Margaret Atwood is the Canadian author whose most famous creation is the dystopian novel The Handmaid s Tale about a future American theocracy in which women have no rights. The book was published in 1985 and more recently became a popular television show starring Elizabeth Moss. The show, which premiered in 2016,  inspired a lot of political activity, especially during he confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh when women in red handmaid cloaks were a frequent site at protests. Atwood s creation has really become part of the American political zeitgeist.

Today, Margaret Atwood did something that has some people on the left freaking out. She shared a column on Twitter:

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