Hello, friends, I hope you are having a great May day today.
I wanted the chance to say Mayday but I’m not in distress – in fact I’m very comfortable and in deep obsession/fascination with The Handmaid’s Tale. Have you read the book and/or watched the Hulu series" It’s a dystopian story by Margaret Atwood, set in the Republic of Gilead (what used to be the United States), where women known as handmaids are forced to bear children for the the most powerful men. Life in Gilead was altered and shaped by pollution and toxic waste, a fertility crisis, a theocratic military dictatorship, and the common practice of politicizing and controlling the bodies of women. It’s terrifying.

Some people say it’s also eerily familiar. What’s even more chilling for me is that it is set in New England. More specifically, the immediate location of the book is Cambridge, Massachusetts (where I live). In the Hulu series, they mention the T (train) stops Davis and Alewife. In the book, “the wall” is part of Harvard University, and the Secret Service of Gilead is in the Widener library, which is one of my favorite places to take tourist friends and where I spent hours studying when I was at Harvard. Pretty chilling. If you are as into it as I am, or you want to start reading up on it, here are some great articles to read about the Handmaid’s Tale.
But what does this have to do with ice cream" Nothing, really. Sorry. Ex...