This my absolute favorite. I love this so hard and I imagine she is wearing those cool rasberry suede shoes that she wore at the 2012 Convention (sold out at J. Crew, I checked) and her gray nail polish also from that night (which I wear ALL the time now).
The way that their children were attacked with vile Hate(take your pick), by public figures and even politicians will always stick out for me. I had always wanted them to at least once, stand up speak out. I think that it was hard for me and other people of color especially young people of color to see them constantly…
Obviously, I’m no way trying to reduce her to just her fashion. But god-damn do I love her style, http://www.instyle.com/fashion/clothing/michelle-obamas-best-looks-ever
She is better than our current president and half of congress. Can you imagine what life would be like if she were the president right now? Someone needs to write a fan fiction.
When Obama got elected I was living abroad in a country where everyone is pretty racist, and I kept telling everyone how great and cool it was that where I was from people were not super racist. And then I moved back to the US halfway through his first term and was like ‘Oh OK, never mind, everyone here is super…
The Obama family always were the epitome of grace and class.
Or the constant conments about the Romneys and Trumps looking like a classy first family should look. That the Obamas were tacky, crass, and condescending. Just say they are black and you don’t like it, racists. I don’t give a shit if you know a black guy from your military days or work. they were being as…
She is so much the absolute best of what America has to offer: smart, hard-working, honest, funny, strong, and kind. Not to mention beautiful with a killer fashion sense. The First Lady is not an elected position and it’s a little unfair to compare them because of that, but she is light-years ahead of anything our…
Her grace, intellect, and beauty make this unending travesty of a current administration all the more painful.
She’s this country’s real life version of Wonder Woman.
And what about demonstrations/protests that don’t target a particular demographic? People in my area are gearing up to protest the Ed Secretary confirmation. If someone with kids protests Betsy DeVos, but doesn’t show up for the Dakota Pipeline, are they not a good enough liberal or radical?
What about BLM supporters who aren’t pro-choice? There are black pro-life people, you know. Should they not participate in BLM protests because they show up to march over black people being shot by cops but they stay home when your womb feels threatened?
No. We have to cry like fucking babies because despite everyone getting a cookie, some people only had two raisins in theirs and others had four.
I’ve seen branches of the armed forces treat new recruits more gently than some of these protest movements do. I understand the pain and anger, I do. But when you take someone full of determination, energy, and drive, who’s asking ‘how can I help and what can I do,’ and turn it into hesitance, apology, retreat, and…
Look at it this way: You show up to march when your womb feels threatened but stay home when black children are being gunned down by police? BLM is a womens issue.
Why? BLM is based on the premise that all police shootings of POC are wrong. Many of the ones they trumpet as injustice aren’t actually injustice. Many of them are. I wouldn’t participate in a march for Michael Brown whereas I have participated in a march for Castille. There is almost no overlap in the goals of…
Yeah, I’m sure those young newly-inspired white women will be sure to show up at every future protest once they realize they’re being judged by everyone else there.
This isn’t whining. If you take it as whining, you are part of the problem the article is addressing.
I don’t think Kara or other women of color who have written extensively on this are asking for “purity”. They’re asking for SOLIDARITY and ACTION. A march, as feel-good as it might be, is not action. A shared belief that “Trump is potentially exceptionally dangerous for this country and every single move he makes,…
