Trans backlash on Atwood shows that while women have been freed from the control of men, they’re now controlled by men in dresses
Being woke is hard work. One day you’re playing ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ dress-up to protest cuts to abortion services; the next you’re taking to Twitter to condemn that same novel’s author. One day you’re marching for women’s rights in a full-length red cloak and white hood; the next it’s Margaret Atwood you’re protesting, and you have no idea what to wear.
Despite her world-famous dystopian novel having become synonymous with women’s protests against Donald Trump, Margaret Atwood is no stranger to political vitriol. Back in 2018, she was slammed by the #MeToo movement for the crime of defending due process. Her view that even men accused of sexual misconduct deserve to be assumed innocent until proven guilty was deemed blasphemous by the mob, and Atwood was cast out of good feminist circles.