Margret Atwood.

Hey guys, it's Adventure Van here with a blog about Margret Atwood, the author of books such as The Handmaids Tale, Alias Grace, and Oryx and Crake. She's a popular author, whose talent has spanned from around 1985 to here and now. And, she's quite comedic if she sets her mind to it. I had the pleasure to attend a talk by her called 'A night with Margret Atwood', where she talked about the arts and how important they are to not end up like in a case of The Handmaids Tale. She had some great points, and she is quite comedic when it comes down to it. She talked about things like the #AHandbagsTale, which circulated after she took her purse with her onto the Emmys, and despite the fact that many people are stating the Hulu film was politically motivated, there were basically no digs or jokes involving politics in the slightest.

She talked about how the Humanities, things like art, history, and music are being cut out of the picture for STEM, and how that's not a good thing. A healthy balance is what we need to create humans, STEM is what we need to create a work force. That's not saying that we should only do Humanities, but it does mean we shouldn't cut any one part out of the picture. She made several points talking about how Gilead, from her book The Handmaids Tale, was the result of completely cutting out the Humanities, and focusing solely on creating a working class that couldn't question. She made a very compelling argument to keep the art in schools.

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