The Handmaid’s Tale, a Hulu series, enters its final season. The show premiered back in 2017 and follows June Osburne, played by Elizabeth Moss(Shining Girl, MadMen), who was taken away from her normal and forced into a center that specializes in keeping women under control. As birth rates plummet around the country, the few fertilized women are kept hidden and forced to give birth to repopulate the nation. The Handmaids are subject to strict control, constant surveillance, and ritualized abuse. The series started as a novel written by Margaret Atwood(Cat’s Eye, The Robber Bride).
The series explores the topics of power, gender oppression, religious extremism, and resistance. The chilling fact is that freedom can be lost and be subjected to power and control. The final season is all about revolution the trailer from YouTube shows that the Handmaids are done being silenced and are ready to take control. The uniforms used as a sign of control are now used as a sign of strength for the final season. On YouTube, users have shown their excitement for the new season. “They should reward our patience with all episodes at once,” one user said. Another wrote, “I gotta rewatch the whole series because it’s been so long. ”
According to MXDWN, “The production of the show was held back due to the writer and actor strike as they failed to pick up filming again on their scheduled date and started in fall 2023. Negotiations took place, and writers and actors won better contracts for the media companies they worked for”. On the topic of women’s rights being stripped. House Republicans have introduced an act called the Save Act. The Act wants all registered voters to show proof of citizenship(Real ID or Military ID will be prohibited), ending all third-party votes, ending all online voting, and overwhelming election officials.