VIDEO : Margaret Atwood On Why She Didn't See Much of Hulu 'Handmaid's Tale' Profits

In a new essay on financial discrimination against women and her own relationship with money, Margaret Atwood says that, contrary to popular perception, Hulu's adaptation of her best-selling novel The Handmaid's Tale has not padded her bank account. I sold the rights to MGM in 1990 to make a movie ? so when the TV rights were sold to Hulu, the money went to MGM," Atwood wrote in a story published on Wealthsimple, in which she also discussed eating whole potatoes, onions and hot dogs to save money and being told to get married, rather than go to graduate school, by her undergraduate adviser. In contrast, Hulu's series won eight Emmys and two Golden Globes in its first season and helped boost subscriber signups to Hulu by 98 percent in 2017.