The best shows to stream for Women’s History Month

It’s a world we never want to see, but one that, as the show suggests, could exist at the drop of a hat. Based on the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, but set in present times, a totalitarian regime has overturned the government and imposed its religious and societal views, which involves fertile women of child-bearing age working as handmaids for the wives of wealthy commanders. Others are made Marthas (maids) or sent to work hard labor, while those who have children find themselves ripped apart from them. The show’s subject matter is tough and often hard to watch with scenes involving torture, abuse, and even maiming. But the way the women come together to revolt, led by the fearless feminist June, is inspiring. Even when they don’t succeed, seeing them fight back against every atrocious form of abuse thrown at them will have you pumping your firsts in approval just as much as you shake your head in disdain at the situation.