Handmaid's Tale
Definition
A 1985 dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood, depicting a near-future theocratic regime in which fertile women are conscripted as 'Handmaids' for reproductive purposes under extreme patriarchal control.
A critically acclaimed Hulu television series (2017–present) adapted from Atwood's novel, exploring themes of oppression, resistance, and feminism in a totalitarian society.
Examples
Her blind date was so awkward, it felt like the opening chapter of a Handmaid's Tale reboot.
In this economy, my side hustle feels less like entrepreneurship and more like auditioning for the Handmaid's Tale.
He binge-watched the Handmaid's Tale and now quotes it at every family dinner, much to everyone's silent horror.
Surviving that group chat drama was my personal Handmaid's Tale – all oppression, no offred.