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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!

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  • Monday, November 17, 2008 07:28 PM

    Where are all the Broadsheeters?

    If this was anyplace but here, we'd be hearing about how a story about Michelle Obama's backside reduced an intelligent, accomplished woman to a caricature about the derriere's of black women.

    And although I often roll my eyes, I'd be with them on this one. Ms. Kaplan, we share in your delight of seeing a first family that resembles you more than it resembles the rest of the first families, but bottoms are probably not the best way to express it.

    And Joan, you're really the one that deserves the haranguing here. Between this topic and Camille Paglia's self-absorbed, self-contradictory blather, I've already had enough this week. I'm soon going to start asking you to pay me to read Salon.

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