afgavinstan wrote:Missus had that Girlboss on Netflix playing. The show is made for her considering her job/interests, and I did buy her Sofia Amoruso's book of the same name. Aye, quite funny in places. Super cameos from the dean from Community.
Dinostar77 wrote:Just watched ch4 doc from Saturday Man Made Planet:Earth from Space . Some amazing imagery from IIS and various satellites. Also very humbling at times, with clear signs of the impact of man on our planet.
Brooks wrote:afgavinstan wrote:Missus had that Girlboss on Netflix playing. The show is made for her considering her job/interests, and I did buy her Sofia Amoruso's book of the same name. Aye, quite funny in places. Super cameos from the dean from Community.
The trailer for this made me want Trump to nuke everything past present and future.
mk64 wrote:The leftovers is back on and mad a fuck still. Love t.
Tempy wrote:They really do encourage this shit. Interesting mild furore over it a few days back as well as writers and cast actively distancing thenself from its feminist roots. It's an Atwood novel ffs.
poprock wrote:Tried episode one of The Handmaid’s Tale. Fucking hell, it’s bleak. I’ve never read the book, so I’m going in cold … and I’m not sure whether I want to continue. It’s so emotionally fucked. Might need to read a synopsis of the novel, because if everything stays so dark I don’t think I want to watch any further.
You know all those ‘young adult’ novels that feature a plucky heroine railing against a totalitarian society? Now I know what they’re a dumbed down, prettified version of. This is the real deal. The utter hopelessness and intense ugliness of an entire gender being subjugated by the state.
Tempy wrote:Atwood is great, read Oryx and Crake too
Tempy wrote:Probably for the best. I've only read the original. I read it on my own, newly single on New Yeads Eve, all in one go. It's brilliant and I've never felt the need to expand on it'. The Handmaiden's Tale is what, the third most famous dystopia novel after 1984 and Brave New World?
Tempy wrote:The Handmaiden's Tale is what, the third most famous dystopia novel after 1984 and Brave New World?
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