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The Handmaid’s Tale: could it happen in real life?

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:18:50
Publish Date: 2019-09-10 16:45:00
Description: Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale , originally released in 1985, has become a modern-day phenomenon thanks to the recent TV series and explosion of feminist politics. Its sequel The Testaments was released this week with a Harry Potter-esque book launch on Monday, which saw fans queuing round the corner to get their hands on a copy. We hear from Deborah Frances-White of The Guilty Feminist about how close Margaret Atwood’s story gets to reality. And Marnie Chesterton from Crowdscience gives us the facts behind the real-life global fertility crisis. Producers: Jessica Beck and Philly Beaumont Mixed by Nicolas Raufast Editor: John Shields
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