Beyond Today - The Handmaid’s Tale: could it happen in real life?
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Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale , originally released in 1985, has become a modern-day phenomenon thanks to the recent TV series and explosion of feminist politics. Its sequel The Testaments was released this week with a Harry Potter-esque book launch on Monday, which saw fans queuing round the corner to get their hands on a copy.
We hear from Deborah Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist about how close Margaret Atwood’s story gets to reality. And Marnie Chesterton from Crowdscience gives us the facts behind the real-life global fertility crisis.
Producers: Jessica Beck and Philly Beaumont
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields
Published on Tuesday, 10th September 2019.
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