The XX Factor : Caitlin Flanagan

Only Caitlin Flanagan Could Make Mark Sanford Look Good

Samantha Henig — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:18:00 GMT

A guest post from Linda Hirshman: With a cover story by working mother scourge Caitlin Flanagan, next week’s Time Magazine takes the occasion of South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s staggeringly banal adultery to tell America that “Marriage Matters.”...(read more)

Hello, Young Lovers

Emily Yoffe — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:42:00 GMT

Jessica, my husband and I have been married for 15 years. Last weekend, we drove from Maryland to New Jersey and during the many hours of crawling in traffic we wrote a rap song together about the Delaware Toll Plaza. We stay up too late talking to each...(read more)

Caitlin Flanagan's Defense of Marriage Bums Me Out

Jessica Grose — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:54:00 GMT

It's been a rough couple of weeks for marriage. First, Sandra Tsing Loh came out swinging against the institution in the Atlantic (and we discussed it ad nauseam ), and simultaneously Mark Sanford and John Ensign and the Gosselins paraded their broken...(read more)

Michelle the Mall Rat

Jessica Grose — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:27:00 GMT

Can we talk about Caitlin Flanagan's underminer-y commentary on Michelle Obama's hostessing? Flanagan contributed a short essay to New York Magazine 's cover story package on Mrs. O, and the entire thing is a litany of backhanded compliments: Michelle...(read more)