A Q&A with Peter Slevin, Author of Michelle Obama's New Biography

Before Michelle Obama was the First Lady, a position defined by partnership and parenting, she was a career woman with twenty successful years under her belt before her husband dreamed of running the country. In fact, when Barack pitched her the idea, he had to enlist her family to convince her. Peter Slevin, author…
Michelle Obama’s Black Girls Rock Speech Is the Pep Talk You Needed
First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama graced the stage of BET’s Black Girls Rock on Sunday night to champion the accomplishments of three teen girls. For some, her words were problematic, but for others—like the other little black girls in the audience—all that mattered was that the first African-American…
White House Easter: Obama Tells Screaming Kids 'Bees Are Good'
On Monday, at the White House Easter Egg Roll, President Obama’s reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was interrupted by bees. The children in attendance screamed, because children and bees are natural enemies. The President urged them to stop screaming, because “bees are good,” and besides, wild…
The First Thing Michelle Obama Will Do When She Leaves the White House
When her husband took office, First Lady Michelle Obama was notoriously reticent about moving into America's most famous address. And though she's warmed to it a bit, the thing she's most excited about doing when she's out of the White House may surprise you: as she told Ellen Monday, she really just wants to open…
Michelle Obama Fighting Junk Food with Other Celebrities
The first lady is getting celebrities involved in her excellent campaign to promote healthy foods to unhealthy America. According to Politico, participating celebrities for the campaign to get mothers and teens to eat better includes actresses Jessica Alba and Kristin Bell, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin…
Congrats to Cooking Light for Their Exclusive with Michelle Obama!
For the first time ever, Cooking Light magazine has done something crazy for their cover: they've put a person on it, namely First Lady Michelle Obama. Who do they think they are to be reinventing the wheel – Oprah?
Malia Obama, Rap Tastemaker, Might Attend College in New York City
Malia Obama, known 90s rap enthusiast and Joey Badass fan, is looking at universities this week—and cool New Yorkers who work very hard at being cool and calm are losing their shit because she's undergraduate shopping in the Big Apple.
Michelle Obama's Bare Hair in Saudi Arabia Isn't a Real Controversy
President Obama and the First Lady visited Saudi Arabia this week to pay their respects after the death of King Abdullah. Predictably, that ignited controversy: Abdullah presided over some tentative human rights reforms, but Saudia Arabia also has a brutal history of executing homosexuals, abusing migrant workers,…
Caption This Photo of the Enthusiasm of Michelle Obama
Caption this: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama greets local school children before reading a Dr. Seuss book to them in the East Room of the White House on January 21, 2015 in Washington, DC. As part of the 'Let's Read, Let's Move' initiative, the first lady read 'Oh The Things You Can Do That Are Good For You' and…
First Lady Inviting Ordinary People to Join Her For State of The Union
Are you sitting by your phone? Good, because it's possible that First Lady Michelle Obama is trying to reach you right now to invite you to sit in her box at tomorrow's State of the Union Address. She's asking ordinary citizens whose letters have touched her the chance to meet her and the president and her camp has…
70 Years of First Ladies Standing in Front of Christmas Trees
It's an American tradition that every year, no matter how dismal, the White House invites a bunch of photographers to capture some feel-good seasonal snapshots of the president's pad decorated for the holidays. Generally, it falls to the First Lady to doll herself up, park herself in front of the tree, and smile for…

