Coconuts & Treason 🥥☠️

With an estimated 27.6 million victims worldwide at any given time, human traffickers prey on people of all ages, backgrounds, and nationalities, exploiting them for their own profit.

The country study by Global Slavery Index estimates that:
There are 1,091,000 people living in conditions of modern slavery in the USA.

In 2021, 10,359 situations of human trafficking were reported to the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline involving 16,554 individual victims. Shocking as these numbers are, they are likely only a fraction of the actual problem.

Our data shows that trafficking victims are generally recruited by someone they know - such as a family member or caregiver (33%), an intimate partner (28%), or an employer (22%).

In the United States, traffickers compel victims to engage in commercial sex and to work in both legal and illicit industries and sectors, including in hospitality, traveling sales crews, agriculture, janitorial services, construction, landscaping, restaurants, factories, care for persons with disabilities, salon services, massage parlors, retail services, fairs and carnivals, peddling and begging, drug smuggling and distribution, religious institutions, child care, and domestic work.

and looking forward to seeing the rest (I think) Maga knows this is an Orwellian Dystopia, right, and not a DIY Series? (I hope) I'm avoiding spoilers, so I'll see you on the other side (I'll bet)

Looked awfully familiar

I do not enjoy watching Luke onscreen and find him to be downright boring.

I think this is less of the storyline and more of the actor himself at times. He and Elizabeth have zero chemistry on screen. All of the flashback scenes of them being in love are so empty.

Whereas when she is onscreen with ‘Nick’ the chemistry is sizzling. They work amazing together. Charisma through the roof.

I personally believe that Nick has done unforgivable things. I do not think he’s a good guy trapped in Gilead. However that steamy passion on screen with June makes me forget his own complicity. I don’t think he’s a demonic commander by any means but he’s also not being held hostage. In my humble opinion.

I also think this applies to those who seek for Serena to have a redemption arc. June and Serena’s onscreen chemistry is just fantastic.

K I’ll shut up now. TLDR: I think the acting is what makes me hate Luke and be forgiving to Nick.

It’s possible that Janine was taken to Jezebels and that’s why we have that still of Aunt Lydia there? She’s probably looking for her..

https://www.instagram.com/p/DCReZUWNgOk/?igsh=cDJ2aTRlNjBoMW9j

Excited is an understatement! It is so soon!!!

Does anyone remember when season 4 was being filmed when they sent out a teaser? I feel like it was during when filming was still happening?

I’m from Hamilton and have waited years to see them film again lol. I’m having trouble finding filming times and locations. Last season I was able to see them filming at the wall and saw aunt Lydia and Lawrence!! If anyone has any info you would literally be my favourite person in the world.

Credit : Ziegler Boutique, Crystal Beach

you clearly see the Gilead Eye under the " NB "in the gate ...

In Germany, the scound's bridle was a sign of oppression and a way to keep women from speaking out. The scold's bridle is a terrifying tool for punishment that was first used in Germany in the 1600s on people, mostly women, who were thought to be too loud or annoying. In Britain, this painful tool was often called a "branks." It had a big nose piece, a sharp mouth guard, a neck ring that could be hinged, and a bell that hung down. It was meant to shame and restrain the person who wore it. Women accused of crimes like gossiping or nagging were the main targets of this harsh punishment, but history records show that men were also punished in this way. Many people in Northern Europe used the scold's bridle, which shows how common patriarchal norms were and how hard people worked to silence dissenting or nonconformist opinions, especially those of women.

Hey all, I’m Jason Cabassi, host of The Handmaid’s Tale Podcast on the Podcastica network.

Recently we put out an episode called “Let’s Not Have The Handmaid’s Tale for Real” (https://podcastica.com/podcast/the-handmaids-tale-podcast/episode/23-lets-not-have-the-handmaids-tale-for-real) where we laid out:

• How the United States has become more like The Handmaid’s Tale since Roe v. Wade was overturned; things like young girls being forced to carry their rapists’ babies to term, or women suffering and even dying needlessly because they couldn’t get reproductive care until they were at death’s door. 

• How things could get much worse if Trump is elected, summarizing some of the Handmaid’s-Tale-related elements of the Project 2025 conservative action plan written by many of Trump’s former cabinet members and associates. Things like further marginalization of LGBTQ+ people, and stricter restrictions on reproductive care (among many other things).

• What Kamala Harris would do; namely try to reinstate Roe v. Wade and codify IVF protections into law.  

• What listeners can do about it; check their voter registration status, register to vote if needed, vote for Kamala Harris and Democrats up and down the ticket, donate, and volunteer to help get out the vote, with links to all resources (vote.org and votesaveamerica.com are big ones). 

We encourage all you HT fans to listen even if you're not sure you fully agree. But actually, much more importantly we hope everyone in the US votes for Kamala Harris and Democrats up and down the ticket!

Our network, Podcastica, is usually never overtly political, but in this case we made an exception. Why? Because Margaret Atwood wrote The Handmaid’s Tale as a warning against some of the things that are now coming to pass in the United States. And we think it’s so important help do our part to help prevent that. We were kind of anxious about doing it, but we had an almost universally positive response, and it felt really good to do something.

Cheers!

Jason, Daphne, and Wendy

PS You all probably know this, but if you’re not sure you agree that Margaret Atwood thinks overturning Roe v. Wade was a step towards making The Handmaid’s Tale come true, here’s an article she wrote for the Atlantic, entitled "I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/supreme-court-roe-handmaids-tale-abortion-margaret-atwood/629833/

Gonna hafta look at this thing for an entire month. Brutal reality.

Atwood’s dystopian society focused on cleaning up the climate and reducing pollution… I feel like I am in an alternate universe where the Handmaids’s Tale Gilead at LEAST wanted to cleanup the environment and drastically reduce pollution… Meanwhile…IRL…Project2025 Gilead is ready to destroy clean air, soul, and water. What a time to exist😰