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I Swore I Wouldn’t Watch the Handmaid’s Finale — But Then I Did.

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Amanda Goodwin
Jun 01, 2025
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I told myself I wouldn’t watch the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale.

Too dark. Too real. Too close to the current mess of American politics.

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But then TikTok fed me a few scenes that felt, somehow, almost uplifting. Which made me suspicious. So I…

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