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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 04:40 PM

    Circle Jerk (Female Division)

    Ho fuggin' hum. Upwards of 90% of the folks on this planet (FAR upwards) don't a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of, much less time to out-douchebag-dilletante one another. Caitlin is a sorority girl with a good vocabulary and a whole staff of domestics to prop her bony ass up. Woo hoo. What's the more revolting is the amount of bile, mine included, that rises to this stinking bait. I choose to ignore Ms. Flanagan, closet republikan. She's only one short step removed from the botoxed babes that appear on fuxxsnooze and the 700 club.

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