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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 12:00 AM

First lady got back

I'm a black woman who never thought I'd see a powerful, beautiful female with a body like mine in the White House. Then I saw Michelle Obama -- and her booty!
By Erin Aubry Kaplan

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  • Tuesday, November 18, 2008 05:38 AM

    This article has a point, but it makes the point badly

    This article has a point in that Michele Obama has more of an everywoman shape than first ladies in recent years. Those of us (of any color) who have felt uncomfortable and marginalized because of our shape, feel inspired by seeing Michele carry her shape with style and confidence.

    But the article fails because it makes it be all/only about race and a particular part of the anatomy in particular, and it does so in a crude wince-inducing way.

    —thinkfeel Read thinkfeel's other letters

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