Four Times The Handmaids Were Complete BADASSES | The Handmaid’s Tale

[@crimsonclover9871]

Offglenn blowing up the Red Centre will always be my favorite badass handmaid moment. That look of fearless defiance on her face, her arm raised over her head...such a powerful scene!

[@ii-fk8mo]

EXACTLY I JUST---

[@raana9586]

Oh my god, yes! Brought me to tears!

[@SparkleyStar02]

Raised over her head like Lady Liberty 🗽

[@rubyanne4909]

That and the fact that she pretty much gave the handmaid's a chance to run.

[@lindinle]

Women like you are to blame for this glut of shit "entertainment".

[@tootoolafroo]

Today I read something which completely terrified me. 'The road to the world of The Handmaids Tale is lined with people smiling and telling us to stop overreacting.' Can't stop thinking about it.

[@Jerico1900]

Stop overreacting

[@bradjenkins4319]

Sure heard that alot during the Trump years

[@dylancobalt7807]

Well attwood did write it about the Americans. Weve thought that country was awful for years. Mainly because we have to be next to them and they bring guns and violence into our country.

[@sophiamilas6259]

Fucking powerful.

[@pattibakshi8662]

@@tootoolafroo And we are getting closer and closer to it. Have you read up on Project 25?

[@LaLaAnn0.0]

Jeanine is a survivor in every sense of the world. She’s wiggled away from death at every turn.

[@miranda13c]

So true. I want Janine to make it out of this alive and FREE.

[@pluckybellhop66]

I think the only time she won't will be her choice.

[@GustavoSantos-uh5yl]

Yes! My only disappointment about the character is that the producers failed to her making her returnin' to Gilead after that bombing that splitted her from June. And about June, I know she's the protagonist, but it should share the protagonism among the other characters, like Emily, for example. Emily was too misused.

[@rubyanne4909]

Jeanine deserves her happy ending with her daughter. I am hoping at least she gets it at the end of the series.

[@majidifan5846]

I think it would have been powerful to mirror when Janine had her first baby taken from her, dropping the rocks and kneeling by her in a “protective”circle. The guards would have to end them all or none of them

[@laurenmahony2345]

Not fiction now. That's why Atwood made her book fireproof. All books should be fireproof.

[@gabbidurham]

Janine making jokes before what could have been her execution is iconic ngl

[@janedoe4471]

Not to hard guys.

[@enticingmay435]

She’s an icon, she’s a legend, and she IS the moment….now com’on now

[@cheekybabe666]

It's not so much a joke. It's heartbreaking since she's 'developmentally regressed', (possibly) pre, and post Gilead, and Handmaids training and it's trauma. 'disabled', part of why everyone especially Aunt Lydia had a soft spot for her. And she may not be truly able to conceptualise in that moment, that her friends where about (supposed) to actually kill her. That her mind told her she'll get punished with rocks but after that, another day. Like a figurehead of just how bad Gilead was. Aunt Lydia called them girls to infantalise them, but Janine, she was the infantile girl.

[@Bekka_boo13]

She’s my absolute favourite 💕

[@BrittKGM]

I think her losing an eye was her breaking point. Remember how defiant Janine was when she first got to the Red Center?

[@ForeverUrLeo]

Interesting how this popped up on my feed today of all days

[@susanplatt5331]

Everyone should read the book or watch the series.

[@ForeverUrLeo]

@ I love the series and have been on the edge of my seat waiting for the final season I plan to read the book once the series is done so I can rewatch and compare and contrast the two

[@joelrelova]

algorithm is working full speed.

[@debbylou5729]

Really? Why?

[@melissagraham5572]

And people are asking why? Clearly this is every woman’s fear under a Trump presidency x

[@aletheavoo7265]

There’s a reason why this popped up on our feeds. There’s a reason why this is so relatable. There’s a reason why we need to see this. Our body is our choice. Not anyone else’s. It’s not for anyone, but ourselves. No matter if you are a man, a woman, a girl, a boy, we choose for us. No one else does.

[@spookrockcity]

Murdering your baby is not a right. You had a choice to close your legs. Now take accountability.

[@aletheavoo7265]

@ uh…first of all, WHEN DID I MENTION ABORTION?! Second of all, the context is in this video and in relation to America with the saying “your body my choice”. Third of all not everyone is able to even have the choice to “close their legs”, as you so aptly put it. In cases such as r@pe it’s never a choice. Same for when a kid who’s like ten gets pregnant because. In these cases abortion is needed.

[@wolfgangvetter4032]

@@spookrockcity”Close your legs.” That’s right, blame the woman, always, never blame the man for opening up his legs. You are part of the problem.

[@honestgenz4413]

For the people who are saying that this is fiction, yes I understand that this is a series that was based off a book, but you must understand that the things inside of the handmaids tale is based on things that actually happened at one point and is still happening today in some places. Stoning for example, that's pretty familiar, no? Let's not forget the main issue in this series that is still a great issue today, using God to justify your inhumane actions against those who you deem to be lower than you.

[@svenboelling5251]

God, in my opinion, is already the invention that was created to justify all evil aso. Which is not to say that there is no higher power. But the Buddhists, for example, have simply not given a character to this power that serves the ego and makes all evil sanctified. I am also beginning to believe that Jesus was a Buddha whose story was not to be understood physically, but psychologically. An attempt to explain with the scourging and crucifixion to somehow describe how it felt to be enlightened. And what caused it. The Buddhists also hold that there is not just one, but several, and that it is theoretically possible for everyone to reach this state. So quite simple, another place in the world, other cultures, myths, another attempt and corresponding parables to describe what happened.

[@Olive_O_Sudden]

Margaret Atwood was careful in the book to only include actions and attitudes that have precedent in human history.

[@SpaceBearEngineer]

Yep! People forget what Afghanistan and Iran looked like 40-50 years ago vs what they look like today. It is 100% possible for a "civilized" society to fall completely back into dark-ages style zealotry, theocratic tyranny, and barbarity. Let the wrong ones have too much power and this can be very real.

[@louisalasseur2721]

The change is slow…so slow we don’t see it right away. All changes to liberty are ‘justified’ by someone until all liberty is gone. In the U.S.A women’s liberties are being rusticated today…we are walking back in time. All it takes for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.

[@falconeshield]

Iranian revolution comes to mind first. ​@@Olive_O_Sudden

[@Bekka_boo13]

When Emily beat the s**t out of aunt Lydia…was one of the best moments

[@--ag]

This tv series is not fiction as long as it’s completely possible now. I watched it with a lump in my throat and my stomach turning.

[@dustinbird9170]

It's not even remotely in danger of happening in the west and it's only hysterical nutcases who pretend it is

[@davedalton1273]

Why, in the name of Heaven, did you delete Emily running over the guardian and severing his leg?! THAT was the best part.

[@silverblade357]

KZbin is super oversensitive about that sorta thing these days.

[@angelpunch0]

She ran over his head if i remember correctly

[@brandyG13su]

@@silverblade357 It's okay your videos are awesome

[@joelfranjevic5266]

he eieusbp

[@micheles.1179]

Too graphic for KZbin

[@kpphotog1]

I love the badass women of Gilead. One of my favorite scenes is in "Liars" when the Marthas at Jezebel's clean up the room and erase all all signs of Commander Winslow's existence as Offred and Lawrence wait for the Eyes to come for them.

[@ranaevalentine9876]

I don't like that you gave Emily her credit but not Ofglen. "They" didn't do shit, OFGLEN blew up the Red Center. There was no "they," she was the hero and she alone. Even June was only focused on survival and finding her daughter until Ofglen sent the Red Slave Center up in smoke. Ofglen inspired June to become what she became.

[@jojackson1573]

Good point 👍

[@anikasmith8361]

Agreed! Martyrdom at its finest!

[@juliaalexander5788]

They didn't draw attention or ruin her plan either ;)

[@raana9586]

You are 100% right. Of glen was a badass and went out in the most fitting and empowering way possible but j really wish we got to spend more time with her. She is an icon. Period.

[@raana9586]

I swear, I don't know how the showrunners were able to do it, but they did. In the midst of an oppressive regime, we get some of the most empowering women's rights scenes in recent television history. These characters are the embodiment of bravery and make me proud to be a woman.

[@jeannerogers7085]

What repressive regime?

[@raana9586]

@@jeannerogers7085 in the show. The handmaids live in a society that oppresses women's rights.

[@fabplays6559]

@@jeannerogers7085 You think Handmaids being treated as breeding stock is not a repressive regime?

[@lanzm3195]

​@@fabplays6559it's his fantasy that's what he wants for us now. Definitely a trump voter

[@triecampbell1159]

I think the 1st comment was in response to the poorly worded original. It looks as if the commenter is saying the showrunners made a powerful series in spite of an oppressive regime, rather than the regime in the show itself.

[@Sun.Shine-]

- Red Centre scene is still goosebumps worthy! [Although i wish they showed similar scenes like those] - Angels flight had me in tears by the end of it. - The van escape in season 4 was ❤‍🩹 - June's mafia boss moment which broke offmathew 😎

[@DaanMacGillavry]

What a time for the algorithm to recommend me this

[@MultiSmaland]

Same! I can see Handmaids stuff going viral very very soon. Shame it wasn’t last week!

[@DaanMacGillavry]

@MultiSmaland I suspect Margret Atwood will soon receive a spike in royalties

[@alexandraw.4012]

I think they have had far more than "four badass moments"!

[@eat_pray_porg8450]

Exactly! One of the most recent moments just happened this last season, too!

[@ShinyBurrito]

😂 women can't be "badass". They're girlies not intimidating 🤭

[@slj5055]

If June would have made a statement like: He who is without Sin, cast the first stone. Then drop your stone that would have been incredible moment. They use the scriptures to have religious control domination over these girls. God meant the scriptures to be used to set his people free.

[@Sun.Shine-]

Something similar would've been a nice add. But they don't follow the actual bible!

[@marigold973]

So many layers. You are correct. Then again, for these women having faced bondage, terror, and trauma in the name of religion, I can also see this as their own act of defiance. For just one moment, they seek no approval from a god or a man but create their own justice, acting and speaking for themselves.

[@tanyajustine3223]

I thought the exact same thing. It would have been so much better to twist their own beliefs on them by drawing from the Bible itself.

[@MrSparkula]

The Scriptures are used by whoever is in power to suit their own end. That’s all they’ve ever been intended for.

[@pluckybellhop66]

@@MrSparkula You're like 10% correct.

[@rhenriques1048]

The Center explosion was number 1 for me

[@thegamerator10]

"Let she who is without sin cast the first stone. I'm sorry, Aunt Lydia. I am not without sin."

[@johnheppenstall4904]

The book and adaptations made me more fearful for humanity's future than any zombie apocalypse I've ever seen or imagined.

[@dustinbird9170]

It's just twisted fetish material

[@soonwillbefree]

Emily driving is my favorite. Such a powerful.

[@vrvralu]

The best TV series I have ever seen, so powerful.

[@freiheitz.t5136]

زن، زندگی، آزادی✌️ Frauen, Leben, Freiheit✌️ Women, life , Freedom✌️

[@pluckybellhop66]

Amen

[@professionalcomplainerandf3006]

Dont let the bastards grind you down , for me the best line .

[@Dammm2503]

One of the most amazing shows I have ever seen.

[@lisev415]

0:30 saving her from the river so they could kill her is sick

[@alisongorski3664]

Passive resistance at it's finest!

[@lizcarter8139]

I remember the first time i saw the angels flight scene my eyes were swollen from crying. I can only pray im that strong if it came down to it

[@smooth._.criminal]

Ofglen 2 bomb scene is my fave moment in the show.

[@aprettygothichick]

Angel's flight will always be my favorite Handmaid's Tale moment. It was a moment of hope for the future

[@raegenarmer2351]

Never had anything make me want to watch this before but now I kinda do

[@GustavoSantos-uh5yl]

I miss the part where Emily stabs Aunt Lydia on the back. That was too badass! When I watched that I cheered up so loud and got so vibrated 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rebeksyo]

I find it too difficult to watch this show with the current state of affairs for women in anti-choice America. But this montage is so epic. They’re defiance is astounding.

[@dustinbird9170]

*anti abortion

[@rachieshaulsandthings]

Show is amazing , remember all these clips , always glued to the tv screen when this is on 👍

[@hudsonsilva2804]

One of the best series I´ve ever seen! Fine acting and all despite the subject

[@carriemiranda1918]

I bawled when the plane flew over her head. I’m not gonna lie…

[@thebaldwoman]

Janine and Emily are best of the best!they are amazingly strong!

[@no_peace]

You have power if they need you And you have power if you are armed

[@ReginaHockwin-Thalmann]

Mit Trump, Musk, den konservativen Evangelikalen bleibt dies hier kein Film

[@misterhot9163]

What about June slapping the Commander? And Emily stabbing Aunt Lydia?

[@jonw7214]

Wait is this a movie or Texas in 2022?

[@t.h.8475]

It's Texas, you caught on.

[@calinasagilitypartner4444]

Yes

[@jadziadax5365]

It's Texas! Enjoy your stay.

[@DavidMcNeill-yd4ce]

Welcome to Howdy Arabia, at least if you're a white male

[@jaya1000]

Texas doesnt even put props on the ballot. They're going to regret that real real soon

[@lanzm3195]

How can men sit by watch their wives daughters moms be treated like this even in real life can never understand

[@VeraBrightfeather]

Because they see female family members not as people, but as property.

[@garconimunster]

Because it's not happening at all. Literally nothing like this has happened. Boohoo you can't murder babies because it's "inconvenient" for you anymore. You can still drive, vote, have your own bank account, marry who you want, divorce your partner and take everything he has (even if you cheated btw). American women are the most PRIVELDGED women not only in the world, but IN HISTORY. I genuinely don't understand the BLATANT hysteria behind this "project 2025" shit as if the RNC hasn't put out one of these every election cycle since Reagan in the 1980's.

[@pattibakshi8662]

It’s sad that a certain party is trying to use this as a blue print for our country

[@calinasagilitypartner4444]

But worse since we would be "worshiping" Orange Jesus.

[@durabo7612]

Not sad. It is terrifying, and the silent majority will let them.

[@pattibakshi8662]

@@durabo7612Not if we get out and vote!!!!!

[@jasonscott5791]

There isn't a single political party in this country that's at all interested in emulating this.

[@pattibakshi8662]

@@jasonscott5791 Which party has celebrated the overturning of Roe V Wade, attack planned parenthood (You do know they do other things besides abortions), trying to ban contraceptives, IVF and life saving procedures. Which states have had an increase in Maternal deaths due to inability to access medical care. And which party controls those states? Just asking for a friend.

[@nursemain3174]

It’s sad how realistic this is

[@billbombshiggy9254]

Where? Please point out where in the world it's like this without exaggerating, please.

[@nursemain3174]

@@billbombshiggy9254 you’re just too dense to understand and that’s ok, but we could sit here and talk about the very messed up abortion laws that are currently going on that this work is inspired by. Or the fact we as woman have no agency over our body in society or the justice system were shamed to a heavy extent and called very derogatory terms only for woman

[@16ieebet]

@@billbombshiggy9254 have you ever heard of the middle east? I don't know if you heard why were people protesting in Iran. Also Afghanistan and Syria are such a wonderful place for women

[@billbombshiggy9254]

@@16ieebet oh, I didn't know that they forced women to have rich men's babies, and then sent them away to someone else. Oh that's right. They don't.

[@billbombshiggy9254]

@@nursemain3174 we don't? Funny, I wouldn't trade places with a man for any amount of money. Oh no, some states won't let us kill our babies! IM LITERALLY A SLAVE. Here's a novel idea. Don't have sex if you don't want babies. It's easy. See, when I was younger, I kept popping them out because I wouldn't stop having sex (I'm no whore. They all have the same father.) But then I finally stopped and got sterilized. I actually didn't want the youngest so I didn't kill it, but did the super easy responsible and not morally reprehensible thing, and gave him up for adoption. He's 17 now. I'm glad I didn't murder him for selfish needs.

[@user-wi9hv2pb2q]

Emily driving after they all forgot they could 😂😊

[@RottedDollface]

I....I think Im gonna watch this show.

[@mfh7707]

It's Intense but a freaking good drama

[@billbombshiggy9254]

Don't. 99% of the time it's fucking boring as shit with awful character development. Everyone is one dimensional with one motivating factor. The only ones who are actually kind of deep and more than one dimensional are Serena and Lydia. Everyone else is lame. Emily is gay and that's her motivation. She along with June just totally forget they have spouses and go off whoring around and falling in love with other people (especially Emily) when they should be worried about getting to their families.

[@travisdavis1206]

Americas future looks scary af

[@Frugal_fitchic]

Fight back sisters

[@kirstenbarrales6910]

Blowing up the red center always makes me sad when you see the Handmaids at the top floor being blown into the glass

[@hyperfixationfanatic]

It’s tragic, yes, :( but sadly necessary

[@TheTragedyMachine]

I think you should've included the part where Oflgen spoke up about the stoning in the first place. Otherwise it might have never given the handmaids the courage to disobey.

[@rodrigodonosoperalta302]

Lydia and Fred are the worst monsters

[@nikrose5229]

Serena too

[@pluckybellhop66]

Lawrence is worse than all those. He made Gilead and with cold indifference he made sure it kept running.

[@rubyanne4909]

​@nikrose5229 Yes, Serena the sneaky one. She plays that innocent wife at the same time she herself was part of creating that world. She had Tuello convinced that she only did those things because she was an abused wife. Even in the flashbacks she was very independent and outspoken. By end of the latest season she not only had her baby, but her freedom from the mess she help create. Like if anyone that doesn't deserve the happiness its her.

[@soton5teve]

02:53 *CPAC CONVENTION 2023 ONWARDS* TIS THE "RED CENTRE" AFTER ALL

[@jeannerogers7085]

Good analogy.

[@laourse1751]

I love you, sisters.

[@DemeterTelphousia-Erinyes]

I read this book when it came out, seeing it as a dystopian novel and a warning of what could happen because of attitudes to women at that time. Now it’s sobering to know that it is happening.

[@ElanaVital83]

No it isn't

[@wolfgangvetter4032]

@@ElanaVital83Yes, it is.

[@ElanaVital83]

@@wolfgangvetter4032 It's happening out east. Not in Canada or the US, and definitely not in the UK.

[@erikswanson5753]

‘Let He Who Is Without Sin Cast the First Stone’ -- John 8.7

[@draconicfeline6177]

So essentially, men are at war with women - it's right there in the symbolism.

[@tommylundholm9146]

With Trump as President this will not be that far away. So think about it.

[@oddish4352]

Only if we let it.

[@calvinparker8049]

What are you talking about lol oh no guess there will be affordable food

[@wolfgangvetter4032]

@@calvinparker8049Wait until his tariffs make food more expensive. And when it does, you won’t be able to blame the Democrats this time.

[@Biotoze]

Actors and acting is such an interesting thing. The person that plays the protagonist is a Scientologist and would probably enjoy a world like this.

[@geminienigma4421]

Gilead can rot . But the handmaid's rule

[@MrSaxophonist23]

Handmaid used explosion. It was super effective

[@WisamAbouHarb]

Tu eres adictivo amigo!! I mean it! 🤩🙌🏽👏🏽💪🏽

[@stephens1726]

This WILL be America if the GOP are allowed to hold power.

[@orion2250]

Lol..meanwhile women aborting babies that would grow up to be women..a tad poetic..killing their own future. Where are the choices for aborted females?

[@lj-iv5rx]

@@orion2250 oh wow, another man who only cares about women when they’re unborn clumps of cells.

[@sarahprice659]

The power of a will and a stone.

[@holgerbrunken3602]

Welcome to project 2025

[@paigeturner2799]

Up to Season 4, this show was amazing.

[@shelinakandala7705]

Generational curses on your families for destroying those of others

[@syrinx221]

Ummmm How could you not include when they get Waterford in the forest‽

[@tinachandler3091]

How dare they take the symbol of the Great Goddess and pervert it so disgracefully. These women were the Goddess Incarnate.

[@dreamscap3s]

8:36 just realized this was Poussey from Orange is the new Black !

[@susannehuber3996]

I could never read the book because it hits so close to home

[@Craighnadun1743]

June ma préférée ❤❤❤❤

[@lynryall1317]

America under trump and christian nationalists.😂😂😂

[@MathCAIL]

It is kind of weird for me to hear June's real voice, I am so used to the French dub and the VA has such a deeper voice.

[@felipezago8059]

realy good

[@lesliebe5249]

I mean they could have stoned Janine themselves if they wanted to after the handmaids refused.

[@lizanna6390]

That would give them a martyr, they don't want handmaid's to think about who the real enemy is.

[@lunawiggins8251]

America , supposed to be free from all religious prosecution.

[@nsbd90now]

Page [...] Project 2025

[@stephanieselby9288]

What did the little girl say at the end- I couldn't understand her- " she said something like Ms. Like is???????? Can someone please tell me

[@Ater_Draco]

Is this the place where I can wear what I want

[@brownlace]

However, if they had suddenly decided to throw the rocks at Lydia, it would’ve also been a great scene.

[@DennisMcKeefery]

what season and episode is the first one?

[@erwanplaquin9886]

S1 Ep 10

[@user-kf6lu4dn2r]

They should have all said Thou Shalt Not Kill.

[@wanda6188]

This is basically Afghanistan when you really think about it. It’s all Muslim countries but Afghanistan specifically

[@beybladebaby]

No it's America

[@garconimunster]

@@beybladebaby I didn't know women in america were so oppressed like the women are in afghanistan. I never knew not being able to murder babies in the womb was the same as being stoned to death for walking outside your house without a man.

[@latiecejackson278]

He without sin cast the first stone.

[@morrighandarksoul6334]

Emily is new Kubica or Hołowczyc🥰

[@robertavila8165]

This is Trumps world vision

[@calinasagilitypartner4444]

Pretty much. He wants to be worshipped.

[@haylene7521]

Freds death

[@mamacass8970]

IVF And Surrogacy!!?!

[@bonnienichalson5151]

This book was written before Abortions were Legal in Canada 🇨🇦 It was written by a Canadian author in the 1970's I remember seeing the movie on Late night TV 1976 The world became a better place with Choice, Health Care available for most women in North ! America ! Never give up !

[@nsbd90now]

The author has said that everything in the book was, or is happening somewhere on the planet. It is all based on truths.

[@lucianazanoni7195]

Brazil, 2024...

[@Tartarian-51]

Why?????

[@Craighnadun1743]

Com on la saison 6 svp

[@ETAW-k5n]

Reminds me of a religion I once belonged to...a religion that owns more land in America than any corporation and is the 3rd largest land owner in the world...that owns one of the largest food corporations in America and the Brethren are predominantly Maga

[@zitronentee]

Watching this show, it makes me thinking that being conservative can be communist.

[@VeraBrightfeather]

Authoritarian. The word is authoritarian.

[@serazvi5387]

Considering that most large scale implementation of communism in history resulted in devolution into all-out authoritarian dictatorships, which are markedly socially and fiscally conservative....yep lol

[@jengiessman2413]

Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone....... no stone is thrown thanks to June's bad@$$ness

[@snoox27]

Religion amirite 😂😂😂

[@sophiefredrickson9370]

God wouldn’t ask them to murder

[@wanda6188]

This is basically Afghanistan when you really think about it. It’s majority of Muslim countries but Afghanistan specifically

[@renatefinelli9396]

this is right in line with Trump and project 2025 ! enjoy Gilead

[@vsevolodpoddyh8191]

Mic drop

[@eohrefare7346]

So fucking cringe