Caitlin Flanagan (born 1961) is an American writer and social critic.[1] She is a former staff writer for The New Yorker and a contributing editor and book reviewer at The Atlantic Monthly.[2] Her book To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife was published by Little, Brown in April 2006 (ISBN 0316736872).
Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Flanagan holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Art History from the University of Virginia.
Flanagan is a breast cancer survivor.[3]
Before she found success as a writer, Flanagan was an English teacher and college counselor at the elite, private Harvard-Westlake school in North Hollywood, California. [4]
Her essays underscore the emotional rewards and social value of a traditional housewife's role, and she herself works from home, albeit with the help of a nanny and a housekeeper.[5][6] Consequently she has received criticism for misrepresenting her life choices, and then condemning other women for not choosing the more traditional lifestyle.[7]
References
- ^ Mother's Hypocritical Helper: Why Caitlin Flanagan drives her readers nuts
- ^ To hell with all that magazine writing
- ^ Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Caitlin Flanagan on “Why the Democratic Party is losing the housewife vote”
- ^ Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor
- ^ A Recipe for Living
- ^ Raising Fatherless Boys
- ^ Yes, Caitlin Flanagan, You Can Stay a Democrat!
External links
- Biography and Articles at The Atlantic Online
- Articles published in the New Yorker
- Interview by Jen Lawrence at LiteraryMama.com
- Flanagan on the Colbert Report
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