Q COSTARICA
On Sunday, a group of women dressed in costumes like those worn in The Handmaid’s Tale took to the polls to cast their vote in Costa Rica’s presidential election.
The eight women dressed dressed in the bright crimson robes and white bonnets made famous by the book and Hulu television series the “Handmaid’s Tale”, which is based on a Margaret Atwood novel, as a way to demonstrate against policies and politicians they feel are are oppressive to women.
The message was directed at Fabricio Alvarado, the presidential front-runner’s stance on women’s rights and gay marriage.
Fabricio, an evangelical whose political stock soared after he came out strongly against same-sex marriage.
Today we celebrate rights through voting, but we also defend and fight those that are still needed.
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