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<div class="at-above-post-homepage addthis_tool" data-url="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/misogyny-fxs-feud-bette-joan/"></div><p>By <a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/contributor/melissa-bradshaw/">Melissa Bradshaw</a></p>
<p>With the long-awaited adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em> finally streaming on Hulu, viewers are immersing themselves in the terrors of a dystopian future where religious extremists control what is left of the United States, imprisoning fertile women and forcing them to bear children for their wealthy masters. There is something cathartic about watching Atwood’s unflinchingly feminist nightmare unfold, because even as the parallels to our own current political landscape are discomfortingly strong, we’re not there yet. Watching, we can measure the freedoms we haven’t lost yet, the degree of autonomy we exercise over our bodies and our sexuality. For now. <a href="https://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/misogyny-fxs-feud-bette-joan/#more-4021" class="more-link">Read more</a></p>
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The Misogyny of FX’s <em>Feud: Bette and Joan</em>

The Misogyny of FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan

Melissa Bradshaw, Ph.D., is an advanced lecturer in the English Department at Loyola University Chicago, and author of “Amy Lowell: Diva Poet.” She is a Public Voices Fellow.