Welcome to Gilead, where ordinary is just what you’re used to
“My name is Offred.
I had another name, but it’s forbidden now.
So many things are forbidden now.”
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Are you ready for some dystopian horrors that feel just a littletooreal?
The series premiere shares a title with our central character: Offred (Elisabeth Moss).
She’s not a personshe’s a possession.
But how did Offred/June get here?
Of course, they don’t make it to the border.
domestic workers who cook and clean.
(“I think I heard that joke once.
This wasn’t the punchline,” Offred muses to herself, cuttingly.)
But ordinary is just what you’re used to.
This may not seem ordinary to you right now, but after a time it will.
This will become ordinary."
Do you feel icky yet?
At first, it feels wrong, but if it happens enough, it becomes normalized.
It’s just your everyday life.
(“We’re breeding stock, you don’t need eyes for that,” Moira mutters.)
“Who led them on?”
Aunt Lydia asks the group.
“Who’s fault was it?”
The women surrounding point their fingers at Janine: “Her fault.”
When Lydia poses the next question (“Why did it happen?
Nevertheless, she plans to persist.
“Someone is watching here.
Someone is always watching.
Nothing can changeit all has to look the same.
Because I intend to survive.
“Her name is Hannah.
My husband was Luke.
My name is June.”
