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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 10:49 AM

    Burn the heretic

    I have to agree with kijjjis above: what a mean spirited article. So Flanagan says that mother love is important. Well, guess what, it is!

    So, she finds the mommy wars confusing and contradictory; from the evidence of the letters above, so do we all.

    I also agree with anonymous that this review sounds like a member of the inquisition calling out a heretic.

    I am also amazed at how many of the letter writers who agree with Walsh, HAVE NEVER READ Flanagan. Go and read her; you'll see she is much more nuanced than jealous little (I mean "tough") Joan Walsh would suggest.

    I loathe this kind of hatchet job.

    —Bibbety

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