{"id":905563,"date":"2021-10-21T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=905563"},"modified":"2021-10-21T11:14:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:14:43","slug":"handmaids-tale-author-under-fire-for-tweeting-article-that-asked-why-we-cant-say-woman-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handmaids-tale-author-under-fire-for-tweeting-article-that-asked-why-we-cant-say-woman-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Handmaid\u2019s Tale\u2019 Author Under Fire For Tweeting Article That Asked Why We Can\u2019t Say \u2018Woman\u2019 Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhandmaids-tale-author-under-fire-for-tweeting-article-that-asked-why-we-cant-say-woman-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=905563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>You can never be woke enough.<\/p>\n<p>Beloved feminist author Margaret Atwood, famous for writing \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u201d was blasted online for daring to tweet out an article from someone questioning the use of gender-neutral language. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2021\/10\/15\/why-cant-we-say-woman-anymore.html\">article<\/a>, called \u201cWhy can\u2019t we say \u2018woman\u2019 anymore?\u201d and written by Rosie DiManno, begins by replacing some well-known lyrics about women with some of the various, dehumanizing replacements used by the excessively woke:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou Make Me Feel Like a Natural&nbsp;Person with a Vagina.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMan! I Feel Like a&nbsp;Person who Menstruates\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOh, Pretty&nbsp;Person with a Cervix\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The opinion piece argues that inclusion is a worthy goal, but erasing women in the process causes harm.<\/p>\n<p>Atwood simply tweeted out the article, without adding her own comment. This led to a backlash from fans online, the Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/handmaids-tale-author-margaret-atwood-slammed-over-gender-tweet\">reported<\/a>, including mocking comments: \u201cOh no you\u2019re right I just tried to say it and a bunch of non-binary people stormed into my apartment and made me throw out my dresses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atwood tweeted the article on Tuesday, and spent time that day responding to those angry at her for sharing it, mostly telling them to actually read the piece before responding. She also at one point said DiManno is \u201cnot a terf,\u201d a term that means \u201ctrans-exclusionary radical feminist\u201d and has been used to dismiss feminist opinions about transgender issues that don\u2019t align with current woke orthodoxy.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/feminists-turn-icon-margaret-atwood-after-she-emily-zanotti\">reported<\/a>, this is not the first time feminists have turned against Atwood for not standing in lock-step with them. In January 2018, Atwood suggested the burgeoning #MeToo movement accept due process, which supporters of the movement decried as anathema to justice. From The Daily Wire:<\/p>\n<p><em>Earlier this week, Atwood&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/am-i-a-bad-feminist\/article37591823\/\">penned an introspective article in the Globe and Mail<\/a>&nbsp;titled, \u201cAm I a Bad Feminist?\u201d praising the \u201c#MeToo movement for taking down longtime alleged sexual aggressors like Harvey Weinstein, and calling the movement \u201ca massive wake up call\u201d for powerful men who saw themselves as untouchable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But Atwood went on to criticize #MeToo, claiming that vigilante justice \u2014 making claims about harassment and then demanding men be punished without trial, destroying careers and ending families \u2014 violated the accepted civilizational norm of affording due process, and turned radical feminists into tyrants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf the legal system is bypassed because it is seen as ineffectual, what will take its place? Who will be the new power brokers?\u201d Atwood wrote, likening her support for her colleague as he faced allegations of sexual harassment to<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can never be woke enough.Beloved feminist author Margaret Atwood, famous for writing \u201cThe Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u201d was blasted online for daring to tweet out an article from someone questioning the use of gender-neutral language. The article, called \u201cWhy can\u2019t we say \u2018woman\u2019 anymore?\u201d and written by Rosie DiManno, begins by replacing some well-known lyrics about women with some of the various, dehumanizing replacements used by the excessively woke:\u201cYou Make Me Feel Like a Natural\u00a0Person with a Vagina.\u201d\u201cMan! I Feel Like a\u00a0Person who Menstruates\u201d\u201cOh, Pretty\u00a0Person with a Cervix\u201dThe opinion piece argues that inclusion is a worthy goal, but erasing women in the process causes harm.Atwood simply tweeted out the article, without adding her own comment. This led to a backlash from fans online, the Daily Beast reported, including mocking comments: \u201cOh no you\u2019re right I just tried to say it and a bunch of non-binary people stormed into my apartment and made me throw out my dresses.\u201dAtwood tweeted the article on Tuesday, and spent time that day responding to those angry at her for sharing it, mostly telling them to actually read the piece before responding. She also at one point said DiManno is \u201cnot a terf,\u201d a term that means \u201ctrans-exclusionary radical feminist\u201d and has been used to dismiss feminist opinions about transgender issues that don\u2019t align with current woke orthodoxy.As The Daily Wire has reported, this is not the first time feminists have turned against Atwood for not standing in lock-step with them. In January 2018, Atwood suggested the burgeoning #MeToo movement accept due process, which supporters of the movement decried as anathema to justice. From The Daily Wire:Earlier this week, Atwood\u00a0penned an introspective article in the Globe and Mail\u00a0titled, \u201cAm I a Bad Feminist?\u201d praising the \u201c#MeToo movement for taking down longtime alleged sexual aggressors like Harvey Weinstein, and calling the movement \u201ca massive wake up call\u201d for powerful men who saw themselves as untouchable.But Atwood went on to criticize #MeToo, claiming that vigilante justice \u2014 making claims about harassment and then demanding men be punished without trial, destroying careers and ending families \u2014 violated the accepted civilizational norm of affording due process, and turned radical feminists into tyrants.\u201cIf the legal system is bypassed because it is seen as ineffectual, what will take its place? Who will be the new power brokers?\u201d Atwood wrote, likening her support for her colleague as he faced allegations of sexual harassment to standing by the accused during the Salem Witch Trials.\u201cThe public \u2014 including me \u2014 was left with the impression that this man was a violent serial rapist, and everyone was free to attack him publicly, since under the agreement he had signed, he couldn\u2019t say anything to defend himself,\u201d she added. \u201cA fair-minded person would now withhold judgment as to guilt until the report and the evidence are available for us to see.\u201dAtwood was accused of \u201cwarring against women\u201d for suggesting mobs don\u2019t get to accuse and judge someone without evidence or a chance to defend themselves.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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