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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 07:49 AM

You didn't have to be so nice.

Ms. Flanagan's typically self-referential work is neither original nor insightful because she lacks sufficient honesty or self-awarness to acknowledge the sheer extent of her own privilege -- a woman who is a "stay at home" mother without responsibility for household drudgery and who manages a challenging career with no commute. Her stock in trade is harsh judgments against others who, unlike her, haven't landed in life's sweet spot. After a while, it comes across as just so much pathetic bragging. I don't read it anymore.

—BR Read BR's other letters

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