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Michelle Obama is a very fit-looking woman. She works at looking as she does.
No, you're wrong about the Election Night dress. It was unsuited to her figure for two reasons. First, she is short-waisted and it emphasized her waist. It was nothing to do with her butt. The Thakoon she wore on the night of Obama's nomination speech looked much better on her. Second, that designer dress had been altered in such a way as to ruin the proportions of the original design, which was quite low-cut. Neither would the original have flattered Michelle, cause while baby might have back, she ain't got no front.
That said, I think Michelle will grow her role as an exemplar of the black female figure and as a fashion icon. She has very little choice, since apparently every aspect of the first couple will be examined, physical, psychological, and emotional. Their marriage will become a veritable fish bowl. If they quarrel in the presence of staff, it will leak out.
What sort of dog will they get?
Will she be stifled in her Mom-role?
Does he actually like his MIL?
When will their eldest daughter develop breasts?
What sort of underwear does he wear?
No, don't answer that question. While I might like to know if he has back (it is hard to tell in those suits), I don't really want to know about his underwear.
I am glad black women will feel liberated by Michelle's figure, just as skinny women probably felt liberated by Jackie's, and women with premature lines radiating from their upper lips no doubt feel liberated by Laura's mouth.
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we didn't, any of us of any race, feel the need to be liberated/validated by the bodies of other women. After all, we all have our own.
