Someone tried to mansplain The Handmaid’s Tale – to the author
Twitter is a natural home to armies of mansplainers, ready to dive headfirst into a woman’s mentions to tell her she’s wrong about everything. Notable mentions go to the guy who mansplained space to an astronaut, and his comrade-in-arms, who mansplained vaginas to a female gynaecologist – which must surely count as a double mansplain.
Joining these two heroes on the roll of honour is @Modbrat, who did this:
Even under normal circumstances, it’s not a great look for a man to chime in on women’s reproductive rights, but there was an added dimension to this comment, because the woman he challenged, Margaret Atwood, wrote The Handmaid’s Tale. She had been responding to an article in the Guardian by Zoe Williams, on the loss of bodily autonomy by women in Alabama.
Twitter users dropped by to give him a heads up.
She literally wrote the book, Chad.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) July 2, 2019
This Chad maidsplaining A Handmaid's Tale to Margaret Atwood is the pinacle of Twitterdom. https://t.co/I3IG9x6vx5
— Jenmonkey 🙉🙊🙈 (@SaruNinjaDesu) July 3, 2019
Idiot tries to mansplain The Handmaid’s Tale to Margaret Atwood.
MARGARET. ATWOOD. https://t.co/jWCZ4sQb1W pic.twitter.com/pi6DIlPEta
— Dennis Detwiller (@drgonzo123) July 3, 2019
So what show were you watching? Because there is no way the author is the one that is confused here.
— Marie (@marielynn502) July 2, 2019
Seriously? You're aware she's the author of the book the show was based on? Do some research, dude … 🙄https://t.co/trSG62Dnzq pic.twitter.com/MgtHfhHoXZ
— Laura Dümpelfeld (@Athalant) July 2, 2019
A lot more simply wanted to take the piss.
This is historic. I thank the gods that I was alive to see this https://t.co/tN9Ai9prg9
— grahamsw (@grahamsw) July 2, 2019
Things you should read this summer, Modbrat:
1. the novel
2. the Google
3. the room— Dr. MMC (@mckaycanter) July 2, 2019
Wow. Well, Chad. You’ve now entered a dubiously notable Twitter club as a go-to example of “mansplaining.”
— Henry Gale (@Henry815gale) July 2, 2019
Dude. Nah. pic.twitter.com/LQBMdjXUTF
— Buckle-up Buttercup (@NancyBarrera) July 2, 2019
Wow…this is beyond mansplaining. It's Splainception.
— (((Sameach L. Jackson))) (@ChronsOfNon) July 2, 2019
Twitter user, Possum B, had an understandable question.
This is satire right?…is this satire?
— POSSUM B (@buggiesmumsb) July 2, 2019
No, Possum B – sadly not.
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