I've not checked the legitimacy of the photo, but the premise is important to note
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When Margaret Atwood wrote the Handmaids Tale she made sure not to include anything that hadn't actually happened in recorded history. A lot of plot points were taken from this situation.
Wow. I didn’t know that.
I can't find the interview where she speaks in depth about Iran, it was important for the novel because it was a situation where women experienced going from modern equality to having absolutely no rights.
In this interview she briefly mentions Ayatollah Khomeini (the leader of the Iranian Revolution that created a theocracy and removed women's rights), but she's going over dozens of newspaper clippings of other events that inspired the story.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-testaments-real-life-inspiration
That was a nice read. Now i'm interested in checking out the series.
It was just one novel.
Later: scuse me turns out there was a 2019 followup I didn't hear about!!
The testaments is amazing I highly recommend it!
The TV show isnt as good as the books