The Handmaid’s Employer’s Tale

It reads like the Real Wives of South Hampton. It’s also a good case study on the upper class perception, mainly their obtuseness. For one thing, she writes of not wanting a surrogate in the South because she wold have to explain to her son why he was born in a a state where he wasn’t conceived. As if parents typically share the location of conception, and her son would never achieve the literacy skills online and otherwise required to read his mother’s NYT article. And of course, I’m also not impressed by the picture of the AA maid standing in military style attention in front of the antebellum home.

Although at times sad, that was not a particularly worthy piece to me. Part of it because of the somewhat [extremely] snobbish airs of the author. I was, however, slightly saddened to see Obama’s and CU’s name in there even in passing. What’s with people… first Keith, then Michelle Rhee, now this one. Stop tarnishing names. BUT, much as I disliked the general tone of the writer, I would not like to pass judgement since I have not been thru the experience. So I will pass on commenting. But who is the woman anyway? is she famous? And good point, Kat, I was not crazy about that picture either. I thought I was being too picky, glad somebody shares that feeling.

After viewing the photo….at least she isn’t a wet nurse. This is what people do for money. I didn’t see off camera but I doubt that there is a Southren Gentleman holding a shotgun on the nurse making her stand at Parade Rest! The real story should be if the said nurse is an American Citizen or is she here illegally and not paying taxes. I’m not a journalist but I thought it was your job to find out these sort of things or is it she is a Demoicrat and it isn’t worthy of following up on? Any case, big deal!!

The photograph of her with her son is kind of surprising. After going through years of anguish to acccomplish her dream, she chooses to show a photograph of herself displaying her trophy while mammy in the background watches on. I would have thought that a more conventional mother-son bonding photo was more appropriate – maybe she doesn’t have any because the baby is always with the nanny?
As a woman who struggled with fertility issues and multiple miscarriages, I actually enjoyed the article. I wasn’t, however, one of the fortunate few who could afford $150,000 to have my problems resolved. I hope she enjoys the great gift that she has been given.

I read the first couple of sentences of her article, and couldn’t go further. Self-indulgent drama queen. She must have struggled over every word to get that kind of goo on the page, NOBODY thinks that way…do they?
And the nurse was there to take the baby as soon as the flash ended. That much is very obvious. The child was and is a trophy when needed for display, an inconvenience otherwise.
This creature should be shamed and laughed out of the public eye.
And yes, I will judge her “without knowing her,” she put everything out there like it was right and acceptable.

Is it for real? Was it a joke? That was my take — I only looked at the photos and the big type things.

I believe this is a whole new industry in India, sort of a ‘rent a womb’ for western women. All the women are in a ‘strict and medically supervised’ setting, and, ostensibly they have the permission of their parents to avoid any possible cultural or religious problems.