From spinster

I don't think Margaret Atwood was ever really a feminist. Yes, she wrote The Handmaid's Tale, but its more focused on the dangers of religious fascism than it is about women's rights. In her other books she writes about women, sometimes, but she doesn't purposely try to push, or even examine, any particularly feminist agendas. Some of her books - Oryx and Crake comes to mind - are actually pretty anti-women. And in interviews she's repeatedly resisted the label of "feminist," both for herself and for her books. She's also shown that she will not stand with women against men when it does not suit her personally to do so.

Point being, I'm not surprised she's taking this position. She's an academic and heavily involved with the Canadian woke-left. Of course she would support the party line. It would be nice if she showed a little critical thinking though