How The Handmaid’s Tale Changed the Conversation About Women

Bruce Miller

In conversation with Lorraine Ali

April 14, 2022

Since Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was adapted for television by creator Bruce Miller, the conversation about women in society has shifted. In some ways, women have made great strides to break that glass ceiling, and in other ways, the progress for American women has taken a retroactive turn that makes this show all the more relevant and telling of what the future could hold. This is juxtaposed against shows like VEEP, Shrill, and Killing Eve, that show how far a woman can go and the breakthroughs women are making in leadership, from the boardroom to the White House. The fight for women’s rights, from the wage gap to body autonomy and access to healthcare are currently facing unexpected highs and lows. Join ALOUD for a conversation with executive producer and creator of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Bruce Miller, and television critic of the Los Angeles Times’ Lorraine Ali, on the role women have politically, culturally, and economically, and how that growth could be easily threatened.

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