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If you will look at my previous letter to the one you are responding to, you will see that I agree with you that Joan Walsh should not have published the Kaplan article. My last letter (which I meant to be humorous) was written to ridicule the notion that only black women with big butts are entitled to have an opinion here. I am opposed to objectifying people as body parts. I am especially opposed to objectifying people in political life as body parts. However, if we all get to have opinions on other people's bodies, then we are ALL entitled to comment.
Frankly, I think it is quite silly to always be reducing every argument to black and white. There are nuances.
Moreover, I don't actually think Michelle Obama has a very big ass. As a woman who sews, I can tell you that she could fit into a standard pattern with very little alteration except for the length of her legs and arms.
This article has been silly and shameful:
1. It's premise is dubious.
2. It is sexist.
3. It is racist.
4. Michelle Obama is not a rock star or celebrity but merely a woman who happens to be married to a man who has been elected President of the United States. I wish her well, but I really don't want to think about her ass.
