The Handmaid's Tale

A dystopian world of sexual revolution where women are subjected to just be baby-making machines other than be more than what they can actually be. 
It is definitely Margaret Atwood's vision of a feminist's nightmare. 
Offred, a handmaiden in the Republic of Gilead, tells her story filled with flashbacks of her in the past before the world she knew and loved once changed for the worst. In her past life, she had an affair with a married man, Luke then he got a divorce and married her and had a daughter together. Gradually time flew by when the chemicals and pollution caught up to society that fertility rates went down. To avoid the catastrophe of being extinct, a new government arose from the ashes and put a tight leash on Women's rights. The only status a woman were given were either to be Wives, Econwives, Marthas, Unwomen, Jezebels or like Offred a handmaiden. Handmaidens were sent to the Red Center to be taught by Aunts to realize their duty is to serve under Commanders and to bear them a child, nothing more nothing less.
Offred is on her third house, her last shot into being impregnated to avoid being an "unwoman" where they are sent to do hard labour 'till they are of no use and die. She serves under a Commander who is nothing but power hungry and is very ostentatious. The Commander's wife, Serena Joy, a name that which she isn't lived up to. Serena Joy hates Offred the minute she knew of her coming and despises her because she must subject to her husband basically making love to the handmaiden right under her nose--Literally. Offred on the other hand doesn't enjoy this at all, what Offred wanted and still wants is her freedom. Freedom to read, to write, to feel, and be a woman of her choosing. A society filled with restrictions and status that she resides in cannot offer any bit of it, it's do or die. 

The White Plague...

In the book Blindness by Jose Saramago, at first found it very difficult to read; I mean you're so use to names instead of titles and quotations instead of no quotations. But I now get that the blind couldn't really put a name to face because they can't see it. It didn't have quotations because they are putting voices to titles to differentiate people. Though I find it difficult to get how the moral of it all was, but I least got out of it a good read. Also, I believe it shows how people are really like if they know that no one can see them--consenual or nonconsenual sex in public, nudity to wearing less clothing, stealing, dancing in the rain, taking a dump here and there with no shame or even picking your own nose.

There are a lot of things that happens behind close doors or when the curtains close. Humanity in us can be taken from us, and when it is taken, we all be tested our very souls. In those times it is that pain that will allow people to look inside themselves. They reflect and see who they are and that one person will be the only one to see it all.

Handmaid's Tale

While Offred was in the the Red Center for becoming a Handmaiden, all other Handmaidens in training were to talk about their sins in front of everyone. Janine (Ofwarren), had the unfortune to confess her sin which was rape. And for that, all of the girls there were to judge her and tell her it was her own fault that she was raped to begin with. Is it really? Is it the women's fault that she was raped from the start?

Judge who said rape victim didnt put up a fight later apologized.

According to that article, “If someone doesn’t want to have sexual intercourse, the body shuts down. The body will not permit that to happen unless a lot of damage in inflicted, and we heard nothing about that in this case.
"That tells me that the victim in this case, although she wasn’t necessarily willing, she didn’t put up a fight,” the judge said."

Now, I don't know about you but that to me sounds like a bunch of bullcrap.

Children Of Men Reflection

I'm a movie freak from top to bottom. And sometimes I tend to miss out on what was the whole point or overall gist of the movies. Symbolism sort of wacks me off a bit. So I tank (yes, this was intentional mispelingig) Mrs. Saunders for opening my eyes to what those symbolisms were.

What interested me the most was that scene where Theo took Kee and her caretaker to the abandoned playground. Where Kee's caretaker mentioned that the world needed the laughter of children.

She is not wrong by a long shot.

The world needs the carefree of youth to brighten our worries. The problem in that society was that they lost something to protect. To censor the young from the terrors of what the world can bring at such tender ages. The absence of innocence leads to malice, cold, humorless world.

"Hi there! I see your quite the shopper!"

The Feed in my perspective any kind of device receiving information that is constantly being updated based off on your interests and such.

How I use my 'Feed' is through daily subscription emails from Hot Topic, Wet Seal, Forever 21, Marshalls and Charlotte Rouse. I know I'm not helping the female race much with being known as a complete shopaholic, but it is what it is.

Another thing I would have on my Feed is Facebook and DeviantArt, updating constantly.

1984 Discussion

"Who cares?" she said impatiently. "It's always one bloody war after another, and one knows the news is all lies anyways". -1984 (Pg. 154) by George Orwell

"Regular Show" to 1984

In the book 1984 by George Orwell, the children in his dystopian world are all corrupted with the idea that being Spies is cool and most disturbing fantasy in wanting to see public executions of enemines and traitors. The way that society exposes such extreme situations to children at very young ages is similar to ours. 
Such as the cartoon material that television channels show-
Adult Jokes in "Regular Show" (Season 1)

To think that the younger generation cartoon shows stooped this low.. *facepalm* 

I have no legit article or source to back this up (pretty much the video) but I'm sure everyone can agree that this is a little too much..

I'm all for against censorship and all but still, I believe the kids' shows these days have crossed the borderline of TMI.