i mean that's essentially what the Walter Scott tape was—a total snuff film, captured completely on tape.

and you should be. i'm not sure i am happy about the verdict but i'm not unhappy about it either. she told him to get back in the car. people who are suicidal are virtually always ambivalent. she pushed him over the edge.
i don't think i think she should go to jail for 20 years or anything, but SOMETHING should happen.

THEN justice would be served. Especially if one of the jurors was Helena.

AGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

the US is unlikely to turn into Gilead overnight, it's true. but there are lots of threads already at play here: http://io9.gizmodo.com/10-r…
don't underestimate how far the religious right will go to strip women of autonomy.

call your reps.

in that case i apologize deeply for ruining the suspense #showkiller

but they don't have guns! and most importantly they don't have trump!

so are mine—I'm in MA—but the caucus is apparently split on whether to withhold consent and fight with everything they can. we need to pressure our Dems into doing LITERALLY ANYTHING to stop this bill.

CALL YOUR SENATORS. for serious, they are trying to pass Trumpcare with no public hearings, without most people looking at the bill…pretty soon we're all fucked. Call them every goddamn day. Tell your GOP senators that this is a vote that will lose them elections and do they really want to put their seat at risk for a…

will Canada take us now? Because the US is not shaping up to do so well.

YES NARRATIVE AS WEAPON. i love this so fucking much.

that's what i assumed—that kids taken from families pre-Gilead were put into boarding "schools" to be re-educated about how crappy their parents were and how great this new society is and what their roles in it will be.

Off. Cutting his hand off.

i really need some sort of chart that shows me who is who in what factions and what factions have what goals because i am totally lost.

Yes this. He is—like a lot of men who are active participants in a patriarchal and racist system—determined that he is a Good Guy, and he will overlook anything to keep up that self image.

lots of people are confused about what rape is: https://yesmeansyesblog.wor…

oh god.

that's a good point—i'd forgotten about that detail in the book.

GOD THIS SHOW.
the baby surrendering ceremony was just heartbreaking.
predictions about what they'll do to janine? i'm thinking something similar to emily, so she can still procreate.