Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story [View all]
Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel The Handmaid's Tale was yanked from some shelves due to the province's sweeping new rules.
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In a social media post on Sunday, Atwood said since the literary classic is no longer suitable in Alberta's schools, she has written a short story for 17-year olds about two "very, very good children" named John and Mary.
"They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits," she said in the beginning of her story.
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"They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex."
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"But while they were doing that The Handmaid's Tale came true and [Premier] Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job," she said, referring to the high-ranking wives of commanders in her book who wore blue while the handmaids, in red garments, were subjected to produce children for elite couples in a totalitarian and theocratic state.
"The end."
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-library-books-1.7622459
I adore Margaret Atwood and this is but one example of why. She takes no prisoners, ever!
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