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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 01:00 PM

    Flanagan

    You know, Flanagan can dress up all of her activities in anyway she pleases, and anyone who chooses the autobiographical form should be aware that it is the trickiest--but what I have read of hers just makes me think that she started out as a spoiled brat and has never really changed. She likes good service and she likes to have things her way, and good thing for her she doesn't have any daughters. They would settle her hash in about a day.

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