Episode 58: A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Welcome back to the Fake Ass Book Club!! This week Moni and Kat take a trip to the Republic of Gilead in Margret Atwood's acclaimed novel "The Handmaid's Tale. What a trip!!! The ladies are grateful to be in studio with @ericdizzy of the Black Widow Podcast; the audio is impeccible this week. Like always the conversation moves around…they discuss the book and make comparisons to the HULU adaptation. They also make their way to topics like theocracy (Religion ran governments, think Saudi Arabi and Iran), ratchet bible stories, patriarchy, the January 6th attempted coup in the US, and the similartittes Atwood's story has to…you guessed it… Slavery!! Bet you didn't see that coming!! Tune in for some thoughtful dialouge and a few laughs. Enjoy the show.

**Dedication: **Moni dedicated the episode to the listeners, Planned Parenthood, bodily autonomy, and reproductive freedom.Kat dedicated this episode to Harriet Jacobs aka Linda Brent author of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl

Warning: Adult Content and Language please be advised this show is for adults 18 and up.

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Notes

Jim Baker and Tammy Fey Baker:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker

Genesis 30:1-3 (Verse quoted in Handmaid's Tale before the ritual)
As Genesis 30:1-3 goes, “And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her” (King James Bible).

Bible Story Rachel/Jacob/Leah
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Old-Testament

Bible Story: Abraham
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham

Movie: "Not Without My Daughter: Based on a True Story
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102555/

Stranger than fiction: Women Sue Netflix for outing them in new documentary "Our Father"
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lawsuit-marion-county-indiana-netflix-blumhouse-productions-our-doctor-donald-cline/531-c41ea649-032c-4d45-8218-1456767e4c81