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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Meet Serena Joy, 'The Handmaid's Tale' Villain Behind Olivia Rodrigo's Most Outspoken Song

Rodrigo's 'Serena Joy' borrows Atwood's villain to warn women who back oppressive systems: the patriarchy you build will eventually imprison you (Credit: TitiNicola/Wikimedia Commons)

Olivia Rodrigo's surprise single 'Serena Joy' channels its anger through one of fiction's most divisive villains, using the story of a woman who helped build a totalitarian state, only to be trapped by it, to power what is being described as her most openly political song yet.

The track, released to raise money for reproductive rights groups including Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights, is already being framed as a sharp step into direct activism.

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