Well then, all the Catholics, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Muslim—heck all the religions the rest of the cast adhere to need to be implicated in the same kind of denouncement you're suggesting for Scientology; and all the actors/actresses involved in this series need to have their feet held to the fire in the same…

Exactly. And like those two, once the men get what they've used her to help them achieve, they shut her out and relegate her back to "property" status. We get a very nice scene showing us exactly that in episode 3.

Atwood's made a career out of examining the way women are forced to behave in power dynamics where they are considered second (or third or fourth class) citizens. Less than human than men. If you ever have any doubt about Atwood's politics, all you have to do is read her—she's a feminist, dyed-in-the-wool. It's…

Serena Joy is powerless in this society, but she is still privileged above other women within it. Her voice is just as silenced as Offred's. She may have done her bit to bring this society to where it is, but we see by the way she's treated that she's now considered just property. Property that's more valued than…