To some, the novel and Hulu show The Handmaid’s Tale is a searing study of gender, power, and politics in a dystopian society. To Kylie Jenner, it’s the perfect inspiration for a birthday party theme. Wait, what?

Hollywood Life reports that Kylie Jenner celebrated a friend’s birthday (Anastasia Karanikolaou, who turned 22) by throwing her a Handmaid’s Tale-themed party. On Saturday, she and guests posted several photos from inside a gathering where they watched the show’s season three premiere dressed up like its titular handmaids in red robes.

If you’re not familiar with the source material, The Handmaid’s Tale TV series is based off of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 bestselling novel, in which women preserve the nuclear family (man marries woman; they have babies; lather, rinse, repeat) through government-mandated abuse. While the show ventures beyond the end of the novel for further seasons in its fictional nation, Gilead, it doesn’t leave out the terror its characters experience while they’re forced to conceive and carry children (among other things).

This party made Gilead look less futuristic hellscape and more Bachelorette rose ceremony: Guests entered the party through an entryway lined with curtains. They were greeted by staff dressed in servants’ uniforms and repeating an oft-quoted phrase from the show: “Praise be.” Inside the party, each guest received a red handmaid’s robe, a white bonnet, and roses. Red roses also decorated the dinner table, and there were also floor-to-ceiling posters bearing Gilead’s insignia.

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