Caitlin Flanagan
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 0-316-73687-2).
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]
Some of 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] One of her critics has noted "what Flanagan does best: the fine art of the literary insult."[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Hulbert, Ann (2006-04-25). "Mother's Hypocritical Helper: Why Caitlin Flanagan drives her readers nuts". Slate.com. http://www.slate.com/id/2140544/. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "To hell with all that magazine writing". Salon.com. 2006-11-22. http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/22/flanagan/. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
- ^ "Feminist Law Professors » Blog Archive » Caitlin Flanagan on “Why the Democratic Party is losing the housewife vote”". Feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu. 2006-05-03. http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=510. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor". Theatlantic.com. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200109/flanagan. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "A Recipe for Living". Cbc.ca. 2006-05-08. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/recipe.html. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Raising Fatherless Boys". Theatlantic.com. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/raising-fatherless-boys. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Yes, Caitlin Flanagan, You Can Stay a Democrat!". Huffingtonpost.com. 2006-05-02. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joan-walsh/yes-caitlin-flanagan-yo_b_20252.html. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Who you calling white trash? - Broadsheet". Salon.com. 2009-08-12. http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/12/flanagan_gurley_brown/index.html. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
[edit] 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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