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Despite the protest, both bills eventually passed, and were sent to the Texas state House for approval.

It’s unclear whether this protest had any connection to another recent Handmaid’s Tale-themed stunt, where women dressed in similar red dresses and white bonnets silently creeped around the streets of Austin during SXSW. That was to promote Hulu’s upcoming limited series based on Atwood’s book, so the connection is presumably tangential. But as far as uses for leftover SXSW swag goes, it’s a good one.

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[via The Huffington Post]