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'''The Handmaid's Tale''' is a novel set in the near future in which [[conservative]] [[Christianity]] has achieved ascendancy over the [[United States of America]]. Though often thought of as a dystopia, the novel aspects some consider positive, such as the outlawing of [[abortion]] and [[feminism]], and the abolition of the [[separation of church and state]].
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'''The Handmaid's Tale''' is a distopian novel by Margaret Atwood set in the near future in which an oppressive authoritarian government has achieved ascendancy over the [[United States of America]]. She apparently intended it to be a fable about a backlash against feminism. It was made into a movie in 1990.

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The Handmaid's Tale is a distopian novel by Margaret Atwood set in the near future in which an oppressive authoritarian government has achieved ascendancy over the United States of America. She apparently intended it to be a fable about a backlash against feminism. It was made into a movie in 1990.