Jezebel
We know the words "First Lady" lack the respectability of, like, "handbag designer" or whatever — and it's not as if it the job ever leads to anything — but we're still scratching our heads at the weird blogger outcry over Michelle Obama quitting her job:
Just as we watch curvy, healthy-looking singers and actresses like Lindsay Lohan become anorexic too-blonde hoochies before our very eyes, so we're now in danger of having to watch the political version of that process: Any day now, Michelle Obama's handlers will have her glued into one of those Sunday-go-to-meeting Baptist grandma crown hats while smiling vapidly for hours at a time...Few could stand up to the pressure she's facing, especially from blacks, to sacrifice herself on the altar of her husband's ambition.
Uh, earth to Debra Dickerson: That is not why Michelle keeps making all those weird passive-aggressive comments about putting the butter away. The reason we and other slightly more distinguished people named Maureen are so uncomfortable when Michelle Obama says stuff like "someday maybe he'll deserve all the attention" or "he's just a man" or calls him "the brother" even when she knows it makes the white folks uneasy is pretty simple: "The brother" fucked up!
It wasn't Gennifer or even Monica; it was probably just some one-night fling. And Michelle's forgiven him because the other woman totally wasn't even that thin, but it's just so hard to stay forgiving, because, I mean, what a total dumbass man-move to make, right? Isn't it just like a DUDE to sleep with some fawning, butt-ugly City Hall aide one night after budget negotiations and then persist in forgetting to put the butter away, leaving it melting vulnerably on the counter? As if the FUCKING DOG isn't fat enough already? Jesus, Barack! And you're supposed to be all "clean" and "fresh"? You totally remind us of our fucking ex-boyfriend.
Michelle Obama's Sacrifice [Salon]
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I'm getting married in August, and I cannot believe how much I am, basically, being taken for particularly when it comes to gift registries. A brochure from the Bed, Bath & Beyond wedding registry encourages its users to "start from scratch" and register for things they already have. I feel like I am the only bride that feels a small level of guilt about ripping my friends and family off. I mean, I know I can buy that same blender for sale at Williams-Sonoma (where I am registered) somewhere else for half the price. Where is the competition? And considering The Knot & The Wedding Channel are operated by the same company, when and how will competition be introduced?
Geez, some people like their jobs. I for one would go insane if I wasn't working.
Not all of us are misguided enough to actually idolize the celebutard lifestyle.
In Dickerson's world of no-one-is-as-good-a-feminist-as-me, Michelle is smart and independent enough to have a big, schmancy job but isn't smart and independent enough to make this decision for herself. Ummm...what?
GirlFriday, I think it's implied in Dickerson's article that there were numerous pressures and other factors that played into the CHOICE she made. If you read the full article, there is evidence cited that Ms. Obama is somewhat uncomfortable with her decision, and is very much miss the work that she found fulfilling.
"other slightly more distinguished people named Maureen"
I re-read the sentence, blinked 3 times, and did the whole knee-jerk feminist reaction and got unnecessarily upset for all of 5 minutes before I realized what I was reading where.
Oh, you girls at Jezebel. I can see that my RSS feed and I are going to be busy keeping up with you.
Wait, are we already engaging in wild speculation about the sex life of the most promising Democratic candidate? And we're announcing on our little blog that he must've fucked around because his wife seems kind of pissy? Sweet.
I doubt he fucked up with another woman. If so, Michelle Obama will not have her finger prints on the revelation. I assure you that someone with a bimbo-eruption skill-set as sharp as Hillary's is already checking out every possible link.
B.H. Obama's greater fuck up is being a promising black man, period. Michelle Obama's passive-aggression is standard equipment on her model.
He will be torn down in public like so many other black men, primarily by black women, Oprah aside.
Enjoy the show and remember who said it first.
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