tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post8956996423670309086..comments2023-11-19T21:42:17.901-08:00Comments on My Path to Mommyhood: Huh. I See Myself in Serena Joy Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-52493452857768247442018-07-25T10:31:43.141-07:002018-07-25T10:31:43.141-07:00I waited to read and respond to your post until I ...I waited to read and respond to your post until I finished the season (last night). While last season was SO well done, the last few episodes of this season were even tougher to stomach and watch (esp the rape scene). CP watches with me, but said that he may not continue after this season, so you can point to at least one male that has watched.<br /><br />Random thoughts:<br />I absolutely feel for Serena Joy and her lack of an ability to have a kid, but I certainly wouldn't be okay with Gilead in order to get a kid through a Handmaid. I think that June was trying to throw the fact that she had a previous baby shower in SJ's face. I too sobbed when Hannah drove away as June is trying to put on a brave face, thinking THIS IS F*ING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW in our country.<br /><br />We were a little disappointed in the ending of the season (no spoilers), but I do look forward to season 3.Non Sequitur Chicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268138421234170972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-87000762056026923922018-07-24T18:49:08.833-07:002018-07-24T18:49:08.833-07:00Have you finished the season?? I can't wait to...Have you finished the season?? I can't wait to see which Serena shows up for Season 3 -- the kind & sympathetic Serena or the bitch...! loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-86059848609722356212018-07-15T22:33:18.324-07:002018-07-15T22:33:18.324-07:00I've watched the whole thing, but I'll be ...I've watched the whole thing, but I'll be careful with spoilers. I promise! <br /><br />I have to admit that I've only occasionally related to Serena, and I think that has to do with healing and menopause/hysterectomy. I'm so far removed from those emotions of possibility, of wanting a baby NOW - emotions I stopped letting myself have a long time ago - that I remember it, but it doesn't feel like me much anymore. <br /><br />My grief has been dealt with, but the sense of injustice in my current position has not. So mostly I am filled with anger at the way she has treated Offred/June, at the way women are valued or not only by their positions as dictated by their bodies, by biology, as mothers, breeders (the Handmaids), or slaves. It reminds me so often of the way women without children are treated, dismissed, trivialised, and some of that is where my anger comes from. It reminds me of when I got married when I was young, and I was asked when we would have children, not what I was going to do with my career. At all the assumptions because I had a uterus (a useless uterus, as it turned out), not because I had a brain, a personality, and my own wishes. <br /><br />But yes, it's must-watch TV. The last few episodes are fascinating. That's all I'll say!Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-6526876894237268472018-07-15T16:29:54.168-07:002018-07-15T16:29:54.168-07:00I stopped at your spoiler alert because I have to ...I stopped at your spoiler alert because I have to wait for Season 2 to be available at the library (could be awhile). I appreciate the alert!<br /><br />I'll come back to your post. From you title, I'm very intrigued (and I think I know where you're going with this).Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-60744373471113909422018-07-13T21:52:06.945-07:002018-07-13T21:52:06.945-07:00I haven’t watched The Handmaids Tale nor do I have...I haven’t watched The Handmaids Tale nor do I have any desire to. I’m pretty much of a mind with Bryce lol. Still, it’s an interesting question: when does the very natural and laudable desire for a child become a corrupt and ugly caricature of itself. All I know is that it is important for me to be honest with my children and I do not want to have to tell them a story I feel ashamed of. We all have to live with ourselves and nobody gets away with anything. Anyway, even if you identify at times with the antihero if the story I don’t believe your experience with infertility has corrupted or damaged you. I don’t think you could have moved in from it in the healthy way you have if it had.torthúilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738803052167620020noreply@blogger.com