Mmm Babies

Heads up- 26 days until the Alpacalypse. There were so many things I wanted to do with my life, and it seems I'm running out of time. SIGH the end is near.

Anyway, about the Handmaid's Tale. It is MESSED UP. It's like surrogacy to the extreme, without the rights afforded to surrogate mothers now.

This is a baby. It's funny that this is the thing that Serena Joy and the other Wives want so badly. Just look at it. I mean, it's kind of cute and babies do funny things, and hey, if you can get someone else to have it for you, all the better! But is it really worth ruining someone else's life by basically enslaving them to achieve your prized baby?
I think not! The level that this society takes it is unreal. I am all for surrogacy, but as long as the mothers having babies for others get rights, everything is alright. Here is an article.  In India, commerical surrogacy is a huge business but there is some coming legislation to set conditions on it. These legislations don't necessarily spell out rights for surrogate mothers, though.

If Serena Joy needs a baby, she should go out and find one. Go to the baby store or something. Or pay Offred to have a baby or don't keep her in her room and make her avoid all contact with people. Don't rip her from her existing family. Gosh, I just get angry about it. Women deserve more rights than they've been given in this society. WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED?

When the time comes for me to have a baby, if that time comes, most likely I will adopt. Or find a surrogate. And you know what? I'll be nice to my surrogate. I will bake her cookies and hug her and thank her for holding a child in her womb for 9 months just so she can give her baby up to me. Unlike Serena Joy, I will not totally degrade my surrogate or be creepy about it. Because I am better than Serena Joy. She's a meaniepants.

Respect surrogates because they're willing (or not willing like the handmaids) to have your baby. If not for the surrogates, do it for the children. Do it for the babies. Babies rock.