The making of a Margaret Atwood true-crime mystery

Happy Weekend! No Images? Click here       According to Merriam-Webster, stridulate is a member of the word family that has its ancestry in the Latin word stridulus, meaning "shrill."     The Making Of ‘Alias Grace,’ A Margaret Atwood True-Crime Mystery How “American Psycho” director Mary Harron brought a harrowing story of female servitude to Netflix. Here's a teaser: "Sarah Polley said that 'Alias Grace' is where we come from, and 'Handmaid’s Tale' is where we might go," Harron told HuffPost. "It’s important politically to know where you come from in an accurate way. The same thing is happening with how we look at slavery or the Confederacy and the Civil War. It’s important for us to dig back and say, 'We have certain versions of the past, but are there other versions we need to be aware of?' In this case, there’s a somewhat idealized view of the country house, and the happy servants who love their masters and the masters who care for their servants. Is this true? No! Those servants were unbelievably exploited. Especially the young women, who were sexual prey to all the young men. They’d get pregnant, and that was the end of them. What was it like to get an abortion back then? Well, we’ll show you." READ MORE     2,000 Women Are Speaking Out Against Rampant Sexual Harassment In The Art World Over 2,000 women and gender non-conforming artists, writers, curators, gallerists and educators signed an open letter titled “Not Surprised” on Monday, condemning the power structures that condone and cover up sexual misconduct in the workplace. It reads in part: We are artists, arts administrators, assistants, curators, directors, editors, educators, gallerists, interns, scholars, students, writers, and more ― workers of the art world ― and we have been groped, undermined, harassed, infantilized, scorned, threatened, and intimidated by those in positions of power who control access to resources and opportunities. We have held our tongues, threatened by power wielded over us and promises of institutional access and career advancement. READ MORE The National Book Awards Are Next Week! In anticipation, read some of the winners from last year! (Or catch up on the 2017 finalists here.) From 2016: 📚 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 📚 Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi 📚 The Performance of Becoming Human by Daniel Borzutzky 📚 March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell READ MORE     . Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ Is One Of Film’s Best Coming-Of-Age Stories If you're looking for a film to see this weekend, choose "Lady Bird." From our film reporter Matthew Jacobs: "Gerwig shows excellent command as a director. She’s crafted a film not about the messy melodrama of youth but about the measurable melancholy of an age when we are blind to our own limitations. It’s a perfect storm of innocence lost, from hoarding Communion wafers at school and debating the quality of clove cigarettes to virginal trysts and incessant criticism from peers and parents alike." READ MORE   Sia’s Christmas Album Title Contains An Awkward Grammatical Error We are here to discuss the glaring and seemingly unintentional grammatical error in the album’s title, “Everyday Is Christmas.” Yes, “Everyday” should be “Every Day.”   READ MORE Get Ready for Nitehawk Cinema's Short Film Festival A unique array of short films are headed to Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Shorts Festival next week. Check out the full schedule here, and a few recommendations from HuffPost here.   READ MORE    . From The Archives: Meet The Queer, Anti-Fascist Author Behind The Freakishly Lovable ‘Moomins’  "Jansson created Moomins in Love in 1956, 11 years after she first introduced the mouthless creatures in a 1945 book titled The Moomins and the Great Flood. She started the series amid the backdrop of World War II; the lighthearted stories mollified her grief and anxiety in the face of political turmoil. They typically revolve around benign trials of domestic life ― family disagreements, money troubles, loneliness, romance gone haywire, sometimes grief. Though there are occasional floods and natural catastrophes, more often the conflicts are banal, and rarely rose-tinted. The characters constantly misunderstand and disappoint one another, teetering between happiness and melancholy."   READ MORE    .   Read more: 21 Recommendations For Anyone Who Wants To Read Books And Chill   Level up. Read this email and be THE most interesting person at your dinner party. Like what you see? Share with a friend. Can't get enough? Here are two other emails you'll love: HuffPost Entertainment and HuffPost Must Reads. ©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe