Canadian writerMargaret Atwoodappeared to cryptically urge women to cast a vote in the upcoming U.S.presidential electionwith a repost Friday on X of aThe Handmaids Tale-themed U.S. presidential election cartoon.
The work by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Luckovich at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows women entering a U.S. polling booth attired in the red cloaks and white bonnets worn by the enslaved women forced to bear children in Atwoods dystopian 1985 novel.
As they come out the other side, having voted, the cloaks and bonnets are flung off and they are wearing modern-day clothing.
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Atwood saw her profile and that ofThe Handmaids Talerise during Donald Trumps first term in office after its adaptation by Hulu captured the zeitgeist of a rising anti-abortion movement in the U.S., which was bolstered by the overturning back in 2022 of Roe Vs Wade and the rolling back of abortion rights.
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