'Handmaid's Story' writer says left assaults her greater than proper over politics

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"The Handmaid's Tale" writer Margaret Atwood advised CBS' "60 Minutes" that she receives extra backlash from critics on the left than from the correct for not pushing politics the proper method.

Whereas discussing her new memoir, "Guide of Lives: A Memoir of Types," the 85-year-old writer was requested about criticism her dystopian novel has confronted since its 1985 launch.

Although Atwood's work has been praised and embraced by people on the political left, she shocked "60 Minutes" correspondent Jon Wertheim by saying she has "at all times" confronted extra assaults from the left.

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Writer Margaret Atwood spoke to "60 Minutes" about her newest memoir. (Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Pictures)

"I feel the correct thinks I am irrelevant," Atwood mentioned. "The left thinks that I ought to have been preaching their sermon, no matter it might occur to be, and that I'm subsequently a traitor for not having accomplished that which they themselves would do."

She joked that any response she has to left-wing critics was "unprintable" however added that it concerned "a finger."

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Left-wing protesters have usually dressed as handmaids from "The Handmaid’s Story" to display in opposition to the Trump administration, most notably in response to the Supreme Courtroom overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022 .

Demonstrators dressed as handmaidens from "The Handmaid's Story" participate in an anti-Trump protest marking one yr because the re-election of U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 5, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

Through the interview, Atwood steered america was on the trail to totalitarianism, calling it "regarding."

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"There are particular issues totalitarian coups at all times do," Atwood mentioned. "One in all them is attempting to manage the media. However the different factor is making the judicial arm a part of the manager. In different phrases, judges simply do what the chief man tells them to."

"The Handmaid’s Story" noticed renewed recognition after Hulu’s sequence adaptation premiered in 2017, throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period. The present’s sixth and closing season debuted in April 2025.

Protesters have in contrast the U.S. underneath the Trump administration to the dystopian novel. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)

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Atwood launched a sequel to "The Handmaid's Story" titled "The Testaments" in 2019. A Hulu adaptation of "The Testaments" is about to premiere in March 2026.

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