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Caitlin Flanagan
Flanagan's Atlantic articles have been named as finalists for the National Magazine Award five times, and her essay "Confessions of a Prep School College Counselor," which ran in September 2001, was included in the 2002 compilation of Best American Magazine Writing. Her work has also been included in Best American Essays 2003 and Best American Magazine Writing 2003. She is the author of the book To Hell with All That—an exploration, based on her Atlantic articles, of the lives of modern women. Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Flanagan earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Art History from the University of Virginia. She now lives in California, where she spends her time writing and raising twins. Recent articles by Caitlin Flanagan: The Uses of EnchantmentBarbara Walters got the story by giving her subjects what they wanted. A Woman’s PlaceKatie Couric’s long day’s journey into evening. No Girlfriend of MineOne woman’s estrangement from Hillary Rodham Clinton. Babes in the WoodsAnybody could be tracking your children online. Even me. The Sanguine SexAbortion and the bloodiness of being female. The Age of InnocenceWhen girls leave home for college, it affects them far more deeply than it does boys—and there’s no way parents can protect them once they go. How To Treat the Help?The age-old problem of the rich has become the brand-new problem of the middle class. Are You There God? It's Me, MonicaHow nice girls got so casual about oral sex. Boys Will Be BoysThe latest in the ever growing field of "You go, girl!" studies. How Serfdom Saved the Women’s MovementDispatches from the nanny wars. Do as I SayDr. Laura's counsel is caustic and oftentimes hypocritical, but it is also persuasive. The Lonely PassionA Sex and the City writer looks for love. Sticking TogetherComing (slowly) of age in the Big City. Housewife ConfidentialA tribute to the old-fashioned housewife, and to Erma Bombeck, her champion and guide. The Wifely DutyMarriage used to provide access to sex. Now it provides access to celibacy. The Mother LoadMany of today's working mothers have upper-middle class lifestyles but middle-class aspirations. Home AloneIt's all too easy to deride Martha Stewart, but the attacks on her often point up how much there is to admire. What Price Valor?Bravura displays of reproductive technology may shortchange the children. Leaving It to the ProfessionalsClearing away clutter is no substitute for keeping house Costumes from CamelotJacqueline Kennedy's true style lay in the ways she allied her femininity with her tremendous strength. Confessions of a Prep School College CounselorOur author looks at books about college admissions—and at the unexamined prejudices fueling the "elite" college admissions frenzy. The Tabloid HabitRelentless celebrity coverage is a phenomenon as old as the movies. The Wedding MerchantsMarriage is in Chapter Eleven, but the white wedding is in the black. |
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Caitlin Flanagan began her
magazine-writing career, in 2001, with a series of extended book reviews
about the conflicts at the very heart of modern life—specifically,
modern domestic life as it is lived by professional-class women. Flanagan
has quickly established herself as a highly entertaining social critic unafraid
to take on self-indulgence and political correctness, and her reviews provide
penetrating and witheringly funny observations about the sexes and their
discontents.