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    telegramsam: Well, but what has Michelle Obama actually done lately except appear on magazine covers, talk about clothes and visit some schools/federal agencies? I... more »
    sangmo: Your article about your frustrations about the superficial coverage of Michelle Obama is just ADDING to the sum of this irritating trivialization of w... more »
    queenieinmanhattan: OMG, Michelle Obama is wearing clothes that REAL PEOLE can actually AFFORD! What an affront to the fashion industry and everything it stands for! Plea... more »
    tscheese: Am I the only one who's getting a little oversaturated over the media's constant hollering about OH MY GOD LOOK WHAT MICHELLE OBAMA IS WEARING TODAY!!... more »
    Rooo sez BISH PLZ: If any journalist ever asked her policy questions -- which, you know, she might just possibly be qualified to answer as a double Ivy League graduate a... more »
    sybann: You know, since they DON'T more »
    wedropscience: black people who don't conform to absurdist stereotypes confuse white people. i know this from experience. more »
    JerkoftheMonth is changing her name!: Oh, geez. I am so sick of designers thinking they are actually important. Go suck on it, de la Renta. more »
    sybann: Dear Oscar, Has the Queen put her arm around you? I thought not. STFU. more »
    kityglitr: "(C)onfident, self-defined, beautiful and black…" Maybe it's because I was born in the late 70's, but my mother raised me to be exactly like that. A... more »
    peachplum: "...nor by being the good, middle-class Negress who conforms to the norms of white women." Well, I am confuzzled. I don't know what these "norms" are,... more »
    ellaesther: Ok, question for the African-American Jezebelles, and then I'm running out, but I'll check back later, I promise: One thing that I admire and envy in ... more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Sigh. "Shocking News! Women are Individuals!" "More Shocking News!! BLACK Women are individuals!" "Unrelated: Thousands Confused and Alarmed, Turn ... more »
    Trulymadlyme: She dresses like as a stylish forty-something profressional with small children. People's problem isn't with the clothes. Obama was a working woman be... more »
    haguenite: Perhaps people would stop this asshattery if she ran barefoot across a half-frozen Ohio river while holding Malia. *sigh* more »
    clonie: I hope I'm never the First Lady. My daily attire consists of jeans, sweater and Converse and I'd rather be comfortable than fashionable. I'd also sit... more »
    Eeva: If Michelle were overweight [...] America would likely embrace her more affectionately as our own… ...and no designer would be complaining about her... more »
    DutchessOfDork: Dear Designers, The First Lady and the rest of the world owes you no allegiance. So stop with your self-entitled bullshit and learn to suck it up and... more »
    superconnected (is it time to leave?): And here I was all excited to send this card to someone: [www.someecards.com] They're not the same sexist critiques after all. more »
    Gretchen now has TWO kittens: Why can't we see stories about her incredible education? Or her successful career? Sweet Moses, we heard more about Laura's career as a librarian t... more »