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I love Michelle Obama as a role model for all girls and women in this country, as well as the Obamas' relationship. Compared to how people reacted to Bill and Hillary back in 1992, it's great to see voters unintimidated by a powerful First Couple, rather than a male President with a wife to smile demurely and serve tea.
First Ladies haven't really been judged by their looks - more by their manners and etiquette. Hillary was never anyone's idea of a fashion model. No one's ever talked about Laura Bush...or Barbara Bush. Cindy McCain would have been the exception to the rule, as was Jackie Kennedy. The general opinion of Cindy was that she was too skinny. Times have changed, even if fashion magazines and movie studios haven't gotten the message yet.
White girls have butts too, you know, and it's no longer a source of shame. Perhaps its my age, but girls with a booty were proud of them and those of us without were jealous when I was in high school and college. Nothing's changed as I've moved into the professional world.
By all means, celebrate a strong black woman as the face of our nation. Celebrate a woman with a great personal style and brains to match, who is comfortable in her own skin, whatever the color or size. But the booty focus is too much, too stereotypical. I enjoyed the spirit of the article, but can't help but cringe as soon as a black woman is judged this way. All women, of all races, have been trying to get away from that for quite some time.
