Comments on: The First Housewife?

By: gionni

gionni — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:01:18 +0000

By the way: the French first lady (originally Italian citizen) is now giving an example with http://www.carlabrunisarkozy.org/

By: Julia

Julia — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:35:03 +0000

Thanks for that.

By: gionni

gionni — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:00:23 +0000

Michelle Obama has a blog. I just gave a quick look at it but it does not seem like she actually posts directly. Moreover the most recent (you tube) add in her blog is dated January 2008.
If Mohammed will not go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mohammed ! If the media do give her space and she would really be desperate to express her thoughts she could use her blog as a start. Same as Julia is doing with hers.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:44:11 +0000

Incidentally, Michelle Obama made last week’s edition of Time (the Canadian version, anyway). The interview covered a lot of ground in only a few pages, but I guess that’s what happens when you are suddenly a hot property and everyone wants to know everything about you. And yes, the article gave a fair amount of attention to her ‘fashion sense’, too.

Oh, well, it’s a start, I guess.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:34:49 +0000

Michelle Obama is married to the president. I don’t know how that makes her interesting. If she was not a relatively attractive woman (actually in most pictures she looks annoyed) and a bit younger than recent first ladies, would the press even consider giving her as much ink.
As far as an embodiment of wisdom and grace, I don’t know how you get wisdom from the pictures. Grace perhaps, but not wisdom.

By: Julia

Julia — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:32:46 +0000

It is the title of a Gangstarr song.

By: yowsers

yowsers — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:30:57 +0000

Betraying my age here – what does “You know my Steez” mean?

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:12:07 +0000

This reminds me of the news buzz around both Hillary during the primaries and Palin during the election. The media couldn’t stop talking about Hillary’s power suits and that she looked too tough. And then ragged on her when she got ‘emotional’ in New Hampshire. Similarly, when Palin was announced as McCain’s VP, it was all about the ‘sexy librarian’ and how expense her clothes were (with the GOP paying for it!)

I remember reading a NYT op-ed during that time about the media obsession with women’s looks. How not to lament over how expensive Palin’s clothes were because she knew all too well how important it is to look good on air (maybe this op-ed was written by Campbell Brown, but I can’t remember atm). She talked of getting emails if she wore the wrong makeup or her outfit clashed.

Unfortunately, there is this association between success and attractiveness in our society, especially for women, and the media continues to feed this association by focusing on fashion, make-up, and hair styles of women in power. I’m not sure how to change this part of our society, but maybe if the men in power treated the women of power as equals (ahem, instead of giving them back rubs during meetings), then maybe the rest of society will follow suit.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:14:54 +0000

She stated when her husband was running for office that her only role in the White House would be to a mother to their two children. While I could also care less about her arms, her dresses, and if she’s touching the Queen or not, she didn’t want to be anything more than the First Housewife. She didn’t bill herself as an intellectual or as a potential adviser to her husband during the election. We should be frustrated with her putting herself in that role, more so than the media acquiescing to that request.

By: dj

dj — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:03:12 +0000

Thank you for saying what so many are feeling. You are absolutely correct.

I saw an article about the women in Obama’s administration. And did they talk about education, accomplishments, policy? No. The article was about them having short hair. And I did puke all over my computer.

How about not judging people by their physical characteristics, age, sex, ethnicity, but by the content of their character. Is someone so insecure in their own shoes, ideas, and beliefs, that the only way they can feel good about something, is to put others down. Argh!

It always amazes me, in the freest of free countries, how we judge and pigeon-hole people. What a colossal waste of precious time.

Cher, Tina Turner, Patty LaBelle were awesome in the 70′s (and still are). These folks were authentic and we loved it. What happened to us? Today, everybody looks like a manufactured carbon copy. It’s boring and uninspiring. I hate to say it, but Hollywood and Corporate music, has done a lot to bring us to this point.