Caitlin Flanagan

Caitlin Flanagan and Joan Didion: Writers and Mothers

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Joan Didion Blue Nights, Joan Didion, Caitlin Flanagan, Nora Ephron, Mommy Wars, The Atlantic, Girl Land, Pauline Kael, Media News
Nancy Doyle Palmer

Caitlin Flanagan goes there -- the third rail of women talking about other women -- the kind of stuff we lower our voices to share -- she goes after Joan Didion's portrayal of herself as a mother. With all due respect.

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The Atlantic's Woman Problem

Caryl Rivers | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Marriage, Caitlin Flanagan, Oprah Winfrey, End of Men, Earning Power of Women, Feminist, Sex, The Atlantic, The Bitch Is Back, Perception-of-Women, Women in Media, Mothers, Media News
Caryl Rivers

One day I would like to pick up the Atlantic and see a well-reported article about American women that's without the "What the hell are they up to now?" brand of alarm.

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The Tragedy of Karen Owen

Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, The Hazards of Duke, Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, Karen Owen, College, Young Women, Kate Fridkis, The Duke Lacrosse Team, Duke University, Sexuality, College News
Kate Fridkis

Women have been having casual sex for a long time. But what kind of casual sex was Karen Owen having? She tells us in disturbing detail -- disturbing for reasons she clearly doesn't understand.

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Duke v. The Atlantic Monthly: Student Calls Recent Article A 'Hit Piece'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Duke, The Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan, The Hazards of Duke, Duke University, The Atlantic Monthly, Hazards of Duke, College News

Writer Caitlin Flanagan recently took Duke University to task in the Atlantic Monthly -- and now Duke students are fighting back. The 5,000-odd word ...

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The Hazards Of Duke

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Duke, The Atlantic, Powerpoint, Karen Owen, Caitlin Flanagan, College News

No matter what your opinion of the now notorious online "thesis" of the recent Duke graduate Karen Owen--a comprehensive and often pornographic report...

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Caitlin Flanagan is Still Wrong: New Proof of Why School Gardens Matter

Kurt Michael Friese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Michelle Obama, Caitlin Flanagan, Schools, Childhood Nutrition Act, School Lunches, Food News
Kurt Michael Friese

As well as helping children lead happier, healthier lives today, gardening helps them acquire the essential skills they need to fulfill their potential in a rapidly-changing world.

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Maui's Edible Garden for Children

Lorna Sass | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lorna Sass at Large, Edible Schoolyards, Caitlin Flanagan, South Maui Sustainability, Michael Steinman, Edible Schoolyard, S. Kihei Children's Edible Garden, Garden, Alice Walters, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Alana Kaopuiki, Corby Kummer, Sharon Castile, Gene Weaver, School Lunch, Kirk Surry, Emily Goss, Kihei Elementary School, Edible Gardens, Youtube, Lorna Sass, Nio Kindla, Maui, Kathy Becklin, Green News
Lorna Sass

It surprised us to learn that despite the many farms on the island and trees dripping with citrus, many of the children living on Maui don't have access to fresh fruits and veggies and have no idea how they grow or where they come from.

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Atlantic's Caitlin Flanagan Blames Arugula for California's Failing Schools

Samuel Fromartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Samuel Fromartz, School Gardens, Public Schools, Caitlin Flanagan, Alice Waters, California, The Atlantic, Media News
Samuel Fromartz

Pinning the ills of the state's educational system on school gardens? What's next? Blaming the deep recession on Michelle Obama's White House garden because it takes the president's attention off more weighty problems?

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Down the Rabbit Hole:The Hijacking of the Edible Schoolyard

Elissa Altman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monsanto, Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, Hartford, Edible Schoolyard, Salt Lake Tribune, Alice Waters, America's Heartland, Ammonia-Laden Beef, Utah Farm Bureau, Federal School Lunch Programcorn Syrup, Green News
Elissa Altman

What is it exactly that is so threatening about the concept of in-school food and agriculture education like The Edible Schoolyard? What is it that so peeved Caitlin Flanagan in a now-famous rant in The Atlantic?

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