the body politic

posts about #thebodypolitic more →
Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
Would "Seeing" An Actual Abortion Change Your Mind About It?

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

randomnessish
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
Michelle Obama, First Lady of Fashion? Um, no. Inasmuch as I love her, that title belongs to the great Jackie O.
Reply

randomnessish was starred randomnessish was unstarred

LaFemme
02/28/09

@randomnessish: Agreed. She always looks amazing, always. But she doesn't do anything revolutionary aside from not looking super dated and always looking appropriate and great. Which is wonderful, but having a fashion book based around her style is like saying "pick up a copy of the J.Crew catalogue and any D.C. based society magazine." In short, don't dress like someone 20 year older than you are, wear color, and make sure you are always appropriate for the event.

Michelle shines. But Michelle shines because she is Michelle, not because of her clothes.
Reply

LaFemme was starred LaFemme was unstarred

Eeva
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
Crazy multi-sized text makes me CRAZY. Choose a font size! Just choose one, for fuck's sake!

PS. Michelle Obama is not a pinhead. Please adjust your drawing to reflect this fact.
Reply

Eeva was starred Eeva was unstarred

Hamsterpants
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
I thought it was paper dolls and I was all SQUEEE, I WANT MICHELLE PAPER DOLLS!!!
Reply

Hamsterpants was starred Hamsterpants was unstarred

Lymed
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
Shop windows have been taking over with this modernized Jacky Kennedy look that people have convinced themselves is Michelle Obama.
Reply

Lymed was starred Lymed was unstarred

TexasCrude
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
When is Simon and Schuster releasing TexasCrude: The First Lady of Sloth?

Because damn. Great read. It'll be on Oprah's book club.
Reply

TexasCrude was starred TexasCrude was unstarred

Mama Penguino
02/27/09

@TexasCrude blames Gwyneth Paltrow: Maybe when they're finished publishing Mama Penguino: When Style Urped, Took its Last Breath, and Quietly Died.
Reply

Mama Penguino was starred Mama Penguino was unstarred

Rare Affinity
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
Covered arms? And that model is supposed to represent Michelle Obama?
Reply

Rare Affinity was starred Rare Affinity was unstarred

saintbernadette
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
I hate to defend Glamour here, but their stupidly-named blog does cover all kinds of stuff, not just Michelle Obama.

It's still unimaginative and cliche, but I don't think anyone ever actually meant any harm.
Reply

saintbernadette was starred saintbernadette was unstarred

belle TL
02/27/09

@saintbernadette: Ironically enough, the first person who had this blog was the woman who made the inappropriate comments about having straight hair...
Reply

belle TL was starred belle TL was unstarred

saintbernadette
02/27/09

@bellethellama: Aaaaah. Interesting.
Reply

saintbernadette was starred saintbernadette was unstarred

Mama Penguino
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
No, thanks. I'll stick with Totie Fields Style: Celebrating the Fat Lady of Humor.

Reply

Mama Penguino was starred Mama Penguino was unstarred

alouette
02/27/09

In reply to Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?
So how many editions of this do they plan on publishing? Considering she's been First Lady for about a month now, what, 12x4, at least 48, maybe 96? Why not make this a magazine so we can subscribe.
Reply

alouette was starred alouette was unstarred

alouette
02/27/09

@alouette: nota bene: not that I would.
Reply

alouette was starred alouette was unstarred

kit10indublin
02/18/09

In reply to Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
Kate Holmquist column is a usually a piece of crap. I don't always read it but I often scan it and this one was worse than usual. You missed the one where she was praising Sarah Palin.
Reply

kit10indublin was starred kit10indublin was unstarred

Rooo sez BISH PLZ
02/18/09

@kit10indublin: That would explain a great deal about her POV, yes?
Reply

Rooo sez BISH PLZ was starred

Eeva
02/18/09

@kit10indublin: I deeply dislike many of her opinions (oh, and that Palin column was such a crock of shit it made me temporarily insane), but I think people are taking much of this particular column too literally: it's tongue-in-cheek and it's satirical, even if the satire is rather missing the mark.

I mean, this whole section specifically:

Intelligent women know that legs shouldn't be exposed if you want to be taken seriously because men never expose their legs (except on holiday); breasts speak of B-list bovinity and a lack of intelligence because men don't have them; piercings lack purity (we're heading into a pure and serious stage now), and tattoos - well, I'd like to see how good Angelina Jolie's ones look when she's past her prime.

is textbook tongue-in-cheek, and definitely, definitely not meant to be taken seriously.
Reply

Eeva was starred Eeva was unstarred

Cafezinha
02/18/09

In reply to Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
I'm sick of every minute detail of Ms. Obama being scrutinized.

That being said, I'll be a prime hunk of sexy if arms become the new "it" part, because my guns are outta control. Even before I got into working out, I always thought my arms were pretty awesome, and years of lifting heavy have made them seriously intense and strong.

DO YOU LADIES HAVE TICKETS? *flexes*
Reply

Cafezinha was starred Cafezinha was unstarred

purpleshoes reminds everyone to take typing breaks and stretch, ow
02/18/09

In reply to Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
Damn this writer for making admiring her arms seem so gauche, because I really do want to know how much the First Lady can bench-press.
Reply

Cafezinha
02/18/09

@purpleshoes: Well, that would technically be more of a function of her pectoral (and a lesser extent, shoulder) muscles...but regardless, I would love to throw some iron around with the First Lady. I think we'd have a rad time.
Reply

Cafezinha was starred Cafezinha was unstarred

Wit is periodically disensouled
02/18/09

In reply to Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
"Intelligent women know that legs shouldn't be exposed if you want to be taken seriously because men never expose their legs"

Say what? Michelle Obama is a lawyer. Presumably most female lawyers are intelligent women, and yet it is traditionally considered more formal for female attorneys to wear skirt suits over the panted equivalent. Basically, if you want your attire to help you get taken seriously, you choose the more formal option for women, regardless of what men expose.

Psh. I have a problem with pretty much everything the author is saying, really, but others have covered the rest.
Reply

luxylux
02/18/09

In reply to Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
Sssh, don't anybody tell that awful woman who is gwyneth and madonna's trainer -- I think Michelle Obama has been violating her number one ladies' training rule and using more than 3 pound weights. The horror.
(I will NEVER get over the fury I feel about that, and I will use EVERY excuse to bring it up.)
Reply

luxylux was starred luxylux was unstarred

Cafezinha
02/18/09

@luxylux: Let me join you in your righteous anger. I imagine she must kick her infant across the floor, rather than carry him, to avoid "bulking up"...but then, that might add unsightly size to her thigh muscles.

Now excuse whilst I go bash them both over the head with the 35 lb. dumbbells I use for my overhead shoulder press.
Reply

Cafezinha was starred Cafezinha was unstarred

stacyinbean
02/18/09

In reply to Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"
"breasts speak of B-list bovinity and a lack of intelligence because men don't have them"

I'd like to kill someone now. Having huge boobs make me an idiot? Did you find those two traits on one gene in all your research Kate?
Reply

stacyinbean was starred stacyinbean was unstarred

Tart of Darkness
02/18/09

@stacyinbean: When I was younger I was told by a woman about 12 years older that she was amazed at how intelligent I am because she always assumed that women with large breasts are stupid.
Reply

Tart of Darkness was starred Tart of Darkness was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

#thebodypolitic

Jezebel

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel

Sick Of Talking About Michelle Obama's Style?

Michelle Obama Spurs A "New Arms Race"

Would "Seeing" An Actual Abortion Change Your Mind About It?

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment