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Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:00 AM

The happy hypocrite

I never cared that Caitlin Flanagan calls herself an at-home mother, even though she's a magazine writer with a staff of helpers. But now she's using her battle with cancer to denounce feminism and extol her traditional virtues -- and I've had it.

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 04:28 PM

    tyler

    I think you are missing something.

    Caitlin Flanagan is a woman-basher. She of great privilege and dubious stay-at-home credentials hits those of us who admit to be working mothers with the most unkind cuts of all. we don't love our children as much as she loves hers. our husbands don't love us and would not carry us to chemotherapy the way hers did.

    And not only does she bash, but she has been given the most coveted fora in which to do so.

    I don't blame people for getting upset. In fact, I can't imagine a more natural response. People tell me I am not a good mom or a good wife, I tend to get a little -- warm.

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