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Obsessed: Jay-Z, Battlestar Galactica, and Inaugural High Fives

By Bradley Portnoy - Jan 23rd, 2009 at 6:14 pm

Inaugural high-fives. Extra points to Sen. Feingold for letting FunnyOrDie film in his Senate office.
- Dylan Matthews
Michelle Obama’s ball gown. Forget what the…

Michelle Obama: Black Beauty… and Booty?

By Loryn Wilson - Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Erin Aubry Kaplan at Salon sings the praises of Michelle Obama’s beauty and her well-proportioned rear end:
But what really thrills me, what really feels…

Mommabama

By Kay Steiger - Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

Rebecca Traister has a good look in Salon at the public’s perception of Michelle Obama as First Lady. The media is already eager to paint…

Michelle Obama’s Role

By Matt Zeitlin - Nov 10th, 2008 at 5:45 pm

Dana Goldstein has another post criticizing how Michelle Obama is being presented to the public in her role as the future First Lady:
If you…

Michelle Obama Presents Herself as Mostly Just a Mom

By Jesse Singal - Nov 7th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

Dana Goldstein has a good post on the rather retrograde manner in which Michelle Obama is presented on her husband’s transition website.
Dana excerpts the…

Dressing the Ladies of the Election

By Jessica Hillyard - Oct 29th, 2008 at 10:19 am

Jezebel takes a cue from Michelle Obama’s appearance on The Tonight Show, hitting up JCrew.com to select potential election night and inauguration day outfits for…

It’s Pat!

By Jesse Singal - Oct 27th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

Via Sadly, No!, here’s Pat Buchanan:
Can one imagine “Saturday Night Live” doing weekly send-ups of Michelle Obama and her “I’ve never been proud” of…

Sculptor Debuts “African” Bust of Michelle Obama

By Loryn Wilson - Oct 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am

Entertainment Wise reports that sculptor Daniel Edwards has debuted an African-inspired bust of Michelle Obama. The sculpture is adorned with Barack Obama-logo earrings and an…

Michelle Obama Wears Thakoon

By Diana Jou - Aug 30th, 2008 at 10:06 am

I have always thought that Michell Obama has a great sense of style. Throughout the primary she wore updated conservative cuts with bold colors and…

Oh, Professor Dyson

By Loryn Wilson - Aug 28th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

Dear Michael Eric Dyson,
I really admire you as the foremost “Black Scholar” of my generation. I appreciate most of your books, and your views…

The New Yorker’s Obamas-as-Terrorists Cover Sparks Controversy

By Loryn Wilson - Jul 14th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

This week’s New Yorker features a provocative cover: Barack and Michelle Obama as “Muslim, fist-jabbing, Osama-loving, flag-burning” radicals.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Michelle’s Fashion

By Lisha Arino - Jul 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm

FoxNews may paint Michelle Obama as an “angry black woman” but the fashion world seems to love her. But do they really, or do designers…

The Comfort and Convenience of the “Angry Black Woman” Label

By Loryn Wilson - Jun 19th, 2008 at 11:57 am

(Courtesy flickr photostream: Story Accents)

We had to have seen this one coming.
Michelle Obama is in line to potentially become the first African-American First…