A Trump-endorsed candidate for Michigan legislature believes birth control should be illegal

[BakerB]

And so we’re here again-The Loophole by Garfunkel and Oates - YouTube

[jyoti]

But those infertile couples and post-menopausal people aren’t real, entire humans so it doesn’t matter, silly! /s

[anon61221983]

@OWYAC

her church used to call women lay pastors “handmaidens”.

Clearly, they’re using the term wrong!

But in comparison to the show, I’d say she’s more a Serena Joy - more an architect of the thing…

@Brainspore

One of the interesting things that Atwood did in the second novel was to tell the story of “Aunt Lydia,”

Yeah… I found it pretty good and can see where they’re going to go with the sequel series based on that.

@Brainspore

I wish I could believe that Amy Coney Barrett was a double agent preparing a Machiavellian plan to destroy the Militant Right from within but all signs point to her being exactly what she appears to be.

Oh, that’s certainly the case.

@Robert_Matthews

It’s a dog whistle.

Except it’s more a foghorn now. They are openly saying this shit because they believe they’ve already won.

@Robert_Matthews

Opposition to abortion has always been the thin edge of the wedge: once that’s been pried open, all sorts of other rights will be next.

Some of us have been in fact saying that for a long time, and have been called hysterical or bigots against the far right white evangelicals who have been advocating for an ethno-theocracy.

[Melizmatic]

@Brainspore

Never forget that a century ago this country experienced a successful political movement to outlaw alcohol

And that led to the ensuing blood baths that followed.

[Brainspore]

Feels like “will lead to bloodbaths” is the intent behind a lot of GOP-led legislation these days.

[Melizmatic]

Sho’ you right.

Though they never seem to think that any of the blood shed will be theirs…

[dabeyc]

and the words were spoken for all to hear: MIND YOUR OWN GODDAM BUSINESS

[nickpheas]

My God is powerful enough that he can make the condom slip if it within His Great Plan. After all, He made the heavens and Earth, all things seen and unseen. It would be no big deal for Him.

I am always surprised that people should worship a deity without that kind of power.

[Jesse13927]

Meanwhile, Zeus be like: “Of course I put the condom on, baby.”

[Otherbrother]

@Brainspore

I still haven’t watched the TV adaptation but I did read the novel

A burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' goes up for auction

This is a cool idea but unfortunately the book is far from indestructible. The pages are made of an aluminum-based material, and aluminum melts at about 660 degrees. Better than the 451 degrees it takes to burn paper, but still well below the 900 degrees or so of a medium sized camp fire. So if you were burning a large pile of paper books and threw this in it probably wouldn’t last very long.

[gatto]

@Otherbrother

So if you were burning a large pile of paper books and threw this in it probably wouldn’t last very long.

i had to look that up and apparently yeah, even the edges of a paper fire can be 800 degrees and the center 1500(!)

Does Paper Really Burn at 451 Degrees Fahrenheit?

@nickpheas

My God is powerful enough that he

i like this line of thinking. “you mean your god can’t see the future and avoid giving souls to fetal cells from an abortion?” not a very powerful god after all, i guess

[edit] and when they respond, “god lets people make that choice”. then the proper response is: “then why are you taking pregnant people’s choices away?”