Caitlin Flanagan is a contributing editor for The Atlantic and a former staff writer for The New Yorker. Her writing, on subjects including college life, adolescence, feminism, motherhood, and fame, has also appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and a wide variety of magazines. Flanagan is the author of two books, To Hell with All That and Girl Land, and her essays have been widely anthologized, including in the Best American Essays, Best American Travel Writing, and Best American Magazine Writing series. Previously a high school English teacher, she is the winner of a National Magazine Award for Reviews and Criticism.
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In aggregate, men in America are suffering. As many as ten million are missing from the workforce; jobs their fathers and grandfathers held have been automated and outsourced....
What is feminism, and is anyone doing it right? As the movement has gone mainstream and come under greater scrutiny, it seems any consensus on the meaning of “feminism” has be...
The #MeToo movement has forced America into a transparent conversation about sex and power. From clear cut cases of assault, harassment and misogyny to poor communication, bad...