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April 18, 2025
Lacie Marsh-Carroll
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April 03, 2025
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Lacie Marsh-Carroll
The Handmaid's Tale and Protesting - A Response To Some Ruffled Feathers
Hey Misfits!
It’s Bobbi again... this time writing to you from the hot seat (aka Lacie’s chair), because apparently yesterday’s email ruffled some feathers.
In my email, I shared my love for The Handmaid’s Tale: the show, the message, and how it eerily reflects some of what we’re experiencing in real life. I also talked about how carefully choosing where to spend your money can be a form of resistance. Apparently, the message didn't sit well with some people...
One response in particular caught my eye. So I turned on the camera and sat down to share my thoughts, and make sure my message is clear.
Because sometimes, what looks like “just a show” is actually so much more.
Sometimes resistance starts on your couch. Sometimes, watching sad, triggering TV is the thing that makes you more powerful, not less.
Want to hear the full story? Click below and watch my response. It’s part rant, part reflection, and all real.
Thanks for listening, thanks for showing up, and thanks for letting me borrow the rant throne for a day.
Stay Malicious!
Bobbi
Marketing Manager & Professional Feather-Ruffler
Comments (13 comments)
Elizabeth
The only thing I didn’t notice until you mentioned the “ruffled feathers” was… The Handmaid’s Tale was actually a book first. Written by a woman. I don’t know how much Margaret Atwood had to do with the TV show, but in retrospect, I wonder if that would have been good to include in the email. No shade at all to the show though (I haven’t watched it or read it yet, but I do mean to, and I think it is an important story no matter what the medium is).
Lisa Y
All of us on this side of the battle need to be more, “Yes and…” rather than criticizing how perfect our forms of protest are. We are all in this together and we can all do something.
Lisa Y
All of us on this side of the battle need to be more, “Yes and…” rather than criticizing how perfect our forms of protest are. We are all in this together and we can all do something.
QueenT
Yeah, LAUREN.
Thank you for a great response. Well thought out and well presented. <3
Leesha
While protesting CAN be helpful, often times it leads to just a bunch of crappy, entitled people throwing a slight fit because they are not getting their way. I have never watched HMT, just never seemed interesting to me, regardless. Why “shame” someone for discussing, promoting, watching a show because its not “their thing” or they CANT watch it for whatever reason. And who is to say a show will not change the world somehow? Just because someone cant understand how to make something apply to “changing the world” then sit back and watch others use their minds and create something that coul be beautiful.
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