Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has put the fear of God into me, or more accurately the fear of theocracy. This book is like 1984 only more scary, I think, perhaps because it is more recent and hits closer to home. Earlier I was watching Bill Maher being hilarious on DVD, and he did this diatribe on how “feminized” values in America are. Lots of things he said were true, but combined with Atwood’s awful misogynistic dystopia and the fact that I’m a little feverish right now, it’s all kind of freaking me out. Men are bastards! Eeek! (Compare with “I wanna marry a career man” of two weeks ago.)
High point of today: Merle called. She’s all adorable and British now. It is way neat.
Oh, speaking of important things, I actually saw Return of the King. Go me! Go pop culture! It’s a fun movie, though. Ghost army: coolest ever.
ooo i had to read that book for lit last year, i loved it! yeah some of the stuff is pretty scary, like not even being allowed to read… and the wall of people who’d just been hanged (ahh) but it was so beautifully written
I haven’t read that book…but now I am very interested. The only book by Atwood I’ve tried to read was “The Blind Assasin”, but it got really dry…so I stopped. Anyway, I love that picture you have on the main blog…
Lovely though our conversation was, my promised reward of a shopping event at Harvey Nicks in return for good grades is now being used to pay the phone bill! Who knew international mobile calls were so bloody expensive. I argued they could not punish me for something in which I was kept in ignorance but being in a dictatorial family was merely laughed at. sigh. ce n’est pas juste! So no more entertainment on 45min bus journeys and getting weird looks when spouting my theories on sex. House phones seem so banal in comparison. xxx