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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.
By Joan Walsh

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006 09:16 AM

    The straw-woman

    I stopped paying attention to Caitlin Flanagan after reading her histrionic screed on teenage sexuality in The Atlantic a few months ago. If anyone ever needed a reason not to take her seriously, this has to be it:

    "I have never made a solution composed of one part bleach and nine parts warm water … I have been married a total of sixteen years to a total of two men, and never once have I been asked to iron a single item of either man's clothing or to replace even one popped button."

    Two marriages in sixteen years, eh? Well, there's no one more strident than a convert, even when it comes to "traditional" marriage - whatever the hell that means.

    —James Elliott Read James Elliott's other letters

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