{"id":709,"date":"2019-12-19T16:47:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T22:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T22:49:19","slug":"advent-calendar-19-margaret-atwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/19\/advent-calendar-19-margaret-atwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent calendar #19: Margaret Atwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"233\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/16\/of-arts-and-crafts\/lampcut\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lampcut\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I still can&#8217;t bring myself to read or watch <em>The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale<\/em>, because, well. I can observe plenty of nightmares going on round here without seeking the same out in my fiction. However: I know that Atwood is snarky and brilliant, so for today&#8217;s Advent window I give you a short essay of hers that I read 25 years ago and appreciate better now than I did when I was an undergraduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/m\/mqrarchive\/act2080.0029.004\/00000017\">The Female Body<\/a>, it&#8217;s called. (Honestly, &#8220;my topic feels like hell&#8221; should be a regular tag.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, it&#8217;s the day&#8217;s deep midnight, and I&#8217;m looking forward to the crescendo again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still can&#8217;t bring myself to read or watch The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale, because, well. I can observe plenty of nightmares going on round here without seeking the same out in my fiction. However: I know that Atwood is snarky and brilliant, so for today&#8217;s Advent window I give you a short essay of hers that<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/19\/advent-calendar-19-margaret-atwood\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- entry-read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Advent calendar #19: Margaret Atwood\nIn which I pull out an oldie but a goodie. #authorblogging #adventcalendar","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[16,129,5,148],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/payFy4-br","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":710,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}