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02/11/09
seriously, I loved reading these posts about michelle O.
my mother is emotionally invested in her in a way I've never seen in my 41 years. this at a time in her life when she's allowing herself to become isolated and a little quity. I am greatly thankful for someone who has broken through to her, and your posts choked me up a bit. I'm gonna read through some of them with her asap.
thanks to the lot of you
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I'm countered that it's not that SHE'S claiming to be some fashion icon. She's an iconic woman whose fashion sense is being examined and lauded. Two different things.
I'm not sure they heard me, tho. This Vogue cover's gonna irk them something awful. Heheh, too bad!
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what a world it would be if the focus was always turned off of someone's appearance, and more towards their personality/intellect.
02/11/09
Last night, I had to take my son to the store to get some stuff for school. As we waited in line, I noticed him looking at the cover of that gossip magazine with the two pictures of Jessica Simpson and the tagline "Bullied for her weight."
I let him take it in for a minute or so and then said "What do you think about that?" He said "About what?" I said "The fact that some people are saying that in this picture, she looks fat." He laughed and said "Anyone who says that is just stupid." Then I asked him "Which do you think is a worse insult? Stupid, fat, or annoying?" He said "Well, I think it would be 'stupid'."
Hope?
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I just like the idea that a lot of the great musicians, dancers, artists that I appreciate might get this level of validation and exposure in our highest office.
(Also, the filipina chef is still there from the last admin.! Woot!)
02/11/09
And this! "If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves..." Oh, Michelle, thank you! My little girl is growing up now, and I so want this is the world!
And yes, I, too, haz a girlcrush.
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Oh, I'm sorry, I was possessed by the illiterate spirit of the red states there. My apologies. What a charming and elegant woman, bravo.
02/11/09
You know they're going to get after you just for this, right? :D
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Oh God my head is sploding from all teh love. Excuse me while I wipe my brain(s!) particles off the screen.
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"What Michelle Obama is less focused on-in direct inverse proportion to the focus of the public-is fashion. Which isn't to say that she doesn't appreciate good clothes. Or that the fashion choices of a woman whose image will shortly be-or already is-among the most recognizable in the entire world aren't iconic."
Whaaaaaaa? Aren't direct proportion and inverse proportion different from each other? Sorry, Living Legend ALT, I don't want to read your writing and you can't dress me either.
Ms. Obama, I like. :)
02/11/09
If you're having difficulty with the subordinate clause used as an insert, please consider the possibility that may be a style preference of yours and/or that it's your attention span - as opposed to his syntax - that's at issue here.
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(goes to get more coffee)
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"First and foremost, I wear what I love. That's what women have to focus on: what makes them happy and what makes them feel comfortable and beautiful. If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion."
PREACH ON. Fashion is about what makes you feel good, and if you feel good, you look good.
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