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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 08:53 AM

    Oh yeah, June Brockwell needs a red star (or twenty) for that review.

    Honestly though, which American woman in the news, doesn't get reviewed this way? We need to change the way society (and I mean women too, not just men) thinks about women. Salon would reflect that back to us. What this article is showing us is how the world is. Joan certainly get's enough feedback on her looks, and most recently there was Palin and before her Clinton- that's probably why the editors thought this was appropriate. It's been appropriate to comment this way about all other women, so why not Michelle Obama?

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