It was shocking when she stood up to speak. Serena is intelligent and creative in a world where she is not sopposed to be. When ypou must soffocate all your the creative and intellectual instincts it's maddening. So she broke the rules. She outdid the men with her cold and cruel intelect. Treating the handmaids as…

So presumbly she has a male secratary? Writing things down for her and reading them to her at her requesr? Maybe even finding information for her about what is going on the world (since haer husbands answers to her questions is basically "don't worry your pretty little head about it")? That might be a very interesting…

It might be unimportant but how exactly would Serena Joy or any other woman for that matter be able to plan a grand party for the embassador with out reading or writing? No To-Do lists, no shopping lists, no schedules etc. And how would she know the percentage of the reduction of carbon emissions in their society? She…