I majored in English in college (I wish my STEM teachers in high school had encouraged me more). Fortunately, this was before the English department became a dumping ground for gender studies before it got a department of its own. I took a lot of literature classes. There were great classes on Russian literature and dystopian literature. And then there was feminist literature. One of the books we discussed was Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale," which was pretty new at the time and was meant as a warning of the growing theocracy south of the border in Ronald Reagan's America. It seemed like a bunch of hysterical crap to me, and it would have been forgotten if some Bozo at Hulu hadn't decided in the 2020s to make a TV series out of it.
I admit I've never watched an episode of the TV show, although apparently a lot of women have, like the handmaid we talked about earlier, who was holding a Palestinian flag and was oblivious to the irony. White liberal women will be wearing burkas in the not-too-distant future and explaining to us how it's a good thing.
I'd forgotten that Jennifer Bendery was still around, and she's writing about politics for HuffPost. She didn't take this powerful photo, but someone shared it with her. It's two delusional women in handmaid's garb being protected from crime by four members of the National Guard at Union Station in D.C.
A DC resident shared this photo she took at Union Station yesterday. Looks like a scene from the Handmaid's Tale, but no, just another day of Trump's militarization of DC right now. #UnderHisEye pic.twitter.com/lXJaAFmohU
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) September 3, 2025
#UnderHisEye … yeah, under his eye, D.C. went a whole week without a homicide.
No, it doesn't look like a scene from "The Handmaid's Tale." It looks like two idiots feeling safe enough to cosplay in Union Station.
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He's literally waving at the camera.
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) September 4, 2025
You can buy handmaid's tale costumes for $10 at Walmart.
— Elections Have Consequences (@PaulGaier1) September 4, 2025
Wow pic.twitter.com/WjWEO92kNM
— Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) September 4, 2025
Yup, matches up😏 pic.twitter.com/xXLUoZaRqP
— Lady von MAGA (@CallieS56554616) September 4, 2025
I wish you were as oppressed as you think you are.
— Kyle (@KylePostingOnX) September 4, 2025
They would have been too scared to hang out at Union Station a month ago.
— Joe (@TheVeryBestJoe) September 4, 2025
So much journalisming
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 4, 2025
You know those feminists are choosing to wear those symbols of oppression, right?
— Penny (@pennyelizabeths) September 4, 2025
That you’re not embarrassed to publicly share this thought is wild
— Combat Sleeping (@CombatSleeping) September 4, 2025
Pitiful.
— JWF (@JammieWF) September 4, 2025
He looks so evil! pic.twitter.com/z6ToDK453r
— Bluesky Libs (@BlueskyLibs) September 4, 2025
It probably looks like a scene from A Handmaid's Tale because two broads put on costumes and are cosplaying as Handmaids. Just a shot in the dark here
— definitely not Splexy 🥀 (@SplexyWho) September 4, 2025
We're literally living in "The Handmaid's Tale" because states are forcing women to give birth. If I remember the book correctly, that was their function, but these broads don't look like they have to worry about it.
They can now wear whatever they want because they're actually safe now.
— Cristo (@C_StMichael) September 4, 2025
The women are in costumes. The men are in uniforms. Learn the difference.
The women are the ones who.look ridiculous and out of place. The guard look happy and approachable making the environment safer. Not sure what you see, Sir.
— Valdamar Archuleta (@Archuleta4CO) September 4, 2025
The men are making it safe for the women to pretend they're oppressed when they now have more freedom than ever.
I wish I knew who made this picture, because it's a much more accurate portrayal of what's happening here:
— Rob (@parlfunk) September 4, 2025
Remember when Wolf Blitzer peed his pants at the sight of a Humvee outside Union Station?
A Florida resident shared this photo she took.
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) September 4, 2025
Looks like a scene from Jurassic Park, but no, just another day in Ron DeSantis’s Florida. pic.twitter.com/RsffwIOwMT
Speaking of feminist literature, don't show that to Joyce Carol Oates … she'll think it's a real dinosaur.
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