To Hell with All That
Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife

The writing is amusing and engaging, but this book is just irritating. Flanagan tries to laud and defend the decision of women to stay home with their kids through her own example. She makes some decent "division of labor" arguments, but it's just impossible to take her seriously because this book i......more

Caitlin Flangan is possibly the most controversial author writing today: someone who writes for high-level culture magazines like the New Yorker and the Atlantic and yet is truly hated by many intellectuals. Her infamous Atlantic essay on nannies pissed off the entire world---including me, though I......more

Flanagan has a sharp wit and can write some enjoyable prose. But she really comes across as a Stepford Bee-otch in this book, so it was hard for me to appreciate. On the one hand, she has all the fond rose tinted memories of childhood that I love as well. I recall a simpler time (don't we all?) when......more

I loved this book. The reviews I read from other people on this site who are not on my friends list are pretty negative. I think they are quick to be offended without understanding the real purpose of this book. I think this book does a wonderful job of being completely non-partisan. She explains th......more