Caitlin Flanagan , the mother-writer for Altantic and the New Yorker, has a new book out. It seems to be a collection of her old essays about modern motherhood, all of which I’ve read.

Pamela Paul reviews Flanagan’s book. Paul has nearly the same assessment of Flanagan that I do. She contradicts herself left and right. She doesn’t have a worldview of her own. But she is also very entertaining and says true things that others are too chicken-shit to say. Flanagan gets a mixed review from Paul and myself.

Tim Burke had a similar assessment last week. Ann Bartow gives thumbs down to the review and Flanagan. Amanda Marcotte gives a giant thumbs down to Flanagan.

I’ve got a sore throat again. I’m going to make this into an open thread. Something about Flanagan really gets people all batty. So, rant on here.