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More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by...

Set in a future society that has reverted to, and gone beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans, this story is told through the eyes of Offred, a so-called handmaid. While her job as a surrogate mother to a sterile marriage conveys an elevated status, she longs to escape.

On the day the government decrees that women are no longer allowed more than one hundred words per day, Dr. Jean McClellan is in denial. This can't happen here. Not in America. Not to her. This is just the beginning. Soon women are not permitted to hold jobs. Girls are not taught to read or write. Females no longer have a voice. Before, the average person spoke sixteen thousand words each day, but now women have only one hundred to make themselves...

When Esther Thorel, wife of a master silk weaver, rescues Sara Kemp from a brothel, she thinks she is doing God's will, but her good deed is not returned. Sara quickly realizes the Thorel household is built on hypocrisy and lies and soon tires of the drudgery of life as Esther's new lady's maid. As the two women's relationship becomes increasingly fractious, Sara resolves to find out what it is that so preoccupies her mistress. Esther has long yearned...

Situada en unos Estados Unidos donde la mitad de la poblacion ha sido silenciada, Voz es una historia inolvidable y repleta de tension, en la que una mujer se enfrentara a los poderes establecidos para proteger a su hija y a si misma. Cine al dia. Ni una mas. Esa es la cifra de palabras que la neurolinguista Jean McClellan y el resto de mujeres tienen derecho a pronunciar cada dia. Una sola palabra por encima de esa cifra y cientos de voltios de electricidad...

Giving The Devil His Due features stories about men who commit violence against women and how they get their comeuppance. The anthology will have a Twilight Zone vibe to send a clear message that misogyny, toxic masculinity, and violence against women is unacceptable. These compelling stories will get the conversation started among book lovers and fandoms worldwide about violence against women. Proceeds from this project are going to support the Pixel...

Frat house Delta Tau Chi is on the verge of being banned from the school after being accused of offensive, sexist behavior. With one shot at a scholarship to the school of her dreams, Cassie pitches an unusual research project: to pledge DTC, take on the boys' club and provide proof of their misogynistic behavior. After meeting some of the pledges, Cassie realizes things aren't as simple as they appeared. With her academic future on the line, and...

El cuento de la criada narra la vida en el estado distopico de Gilead, una comunidad totalitaria en lo que antes era Estados Unidos. Gilead esta gobernado por fundamentalistas que hacen uso de opresion militarizada para “volver a los valores tradicionales” mientras se encuentran al borde de un desastre ambiental y una tasa de natalidad desplomada. Siendo una de las pocas mujeres que todavia son fertiles, Defred es una Criada en la casa del Comandante...

In a dystopic future where a religion-based autocracy rules the country, women are second class citizens and after attempting to escape, June is sentenced to be a handmaid whose role is to bear children for childless government officials.