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Well - I'm not mortally offended like some.
I even get that the author is trying to express a certain joy in the piece.
But I can't help wondering how Michelle Obama would feel on reading someone essentially saying she has a fat arse in a supposedly serious magazine.
I'm also a little concerned about how the more than usually virulent right wing could re-frame a piece like this to pander to the very stereotypes that the author herself, I'm sure, would hate to see applied to an intelligent, attractive and accomplished woman such as Michelle O.
The Obama's have a huge huge task ahead of them and on top of that will probably encounter obstacles no previous president ever has - those of good will should be thinking very carefully about whether their voices are going to help or hinder.
I also seem to remember reading, possibly even here, that the culture of 'large booty' is actually encouraging women to develop a physique that is actually bad for their health (not that we men would ever do that!!).
