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The handmaid's Tale and language

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IHATEPeppaPig · 13/08/2018 00:08

qz.com/969112/the-handmaids-tale-it-takes-only-five-years-to-go-from-the-world-today-to-a-horrifying-dystopia/

I've just read a really interesting article about stifling language and how we can 'rob a society of its identity' by limiting language. This is a way in which reinforces Gilead's regime - by robbing women of their language we reduce them to nothing. Given the current climate, a dystopia is becoming a reality? Terrifying.

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UpstartCrow · 13/08/2018 00:35

Have you heard of cultural genocide? One way to destroy a population is to destroy its culture; language plays a big part in this.

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