Margaret Atwood on "The Handmaid's Tale" in Trump's America (NY Times)

yes, it changed overnight just after 8 years of bliss with Obama

I don't understand the point of idiots like R1.

Is that a rationalization, an apology, a defense, or what?

It's trolling r2

I am a Canadian so Margaret Atwood is a NATIONAL TREASURE.

The babbling old fossil makes me puke.

She is a fucking treasure. That essay is amazing.

Her writing is brilliant and her prose is impeccable and nuanced, lacking the extravagance of many modern writers.

Atwood does not get nearly the accolades she deserves as a novelist.

I love her writing, she's a bitch, but good for her for being one

damn, this is good

Love her.

Where is that person who gossiped about literary figures and was hounded off the threads?

R1 yes, 8 years with Obama with utter bliss.

No one appreciated it until the second Trump got inaugurated in proceeded to eliminate rights and praise white supremacists

If she really wanted to write something that's actually relevant, she would write about how in pretty much ALL Islamic countries women and girls have basically no rights and are seen as little more than slaves.

R11 Margaret Atwood (the NATIONAL TREASURE) tells her chauffeur to avoid those Toronto ghettoes where those people are spawning.

Didn't she just criticise the #metoo campaign?

She's all over the place. Very inconsistent. I have very little respect for her.

I was in Toronto years ago for a scienc fiction con - which happened to be on the week before Book Expo Canada - the annual bookseller & publisher convention. I had some UK publishing friends going along to that - so decided to stay and tag along. Was a lot of fun and met some wonderful Canadians - and a couple of times over the weekend I spotted Atwood at a couple of locations in and around the convention centre. I was quite awestruck - much to the amusement of some of m new Canuck chums - who were a little bit over it. I mean - all respect to her for her writing, et al - but the National Treasure apect had worn a bit thin for them. Apparently one of the Toronto newspapers had coverage of Atwood showing up to events and functions almost every other day, and my new friends felt there might has well have been a regular feature called ‘Meg’s Diary’. Lots of Atwood overkill going down. Big fish/small pond an’ all that. Imagine it’s still much the same? Any Canadian DLers wanna weigh in?

Yes she did R13.

I watched a documentary on her not long ago (it was from the early 80s) and she seemed to be on the spectrum or just off.

And Canadian ugly.

Some of her writing is great though.

^ Is Atwood's writing worth reading. Is her cleverness in her prose or her plots?