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Oliver Willis —
Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders AND ONE WILL WALK AWAY
New Study Reveals that Exercise Won’t Make You Thin -
The Endless Story: Ex-Redskins’ Training Center in Anacostia Still Ain’t Open -
The Case Against Ken Blackwell - Enjoying the civil war
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American Girl - The Atlantic (January/February 2009) -
On Michelle Obama, American Girl; and Black & Gay in America
The Moderate Voice —
... The first line of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ must read piece in the January/February Atlantic, American Girl, puts a distinctly 21st century twist on the “Clinton was the first Black president” trope. Says Coates, “The first time I saw Michelle Obama in the flesh, I almost took her for white.”From the piece: ...
Weekly Feminist Reader
Feministing —
... Related: Robert Reich on How to Create Jobs Without Them All Going to Skilled Professionals and White Male Construction Workers
RHRealityCheck: Innovative Thinking In The Fight Against Gendered Violence
The Bilerico Project: Let's move beyond "marriage" in '09
Broadsheet: How the Madoff mess hits women
Muslimah Media Watch: Aliyah's Choice: The LA Times' Profile of a Lesbian Muslim
The Atlantic: American Girl (Ta-Nehisi Coates on Michelle Obama)
Yes Means Yes: Prop 8 Was A Matter ...
Micky O
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Ta-Nehisi's profile is among the best: Obama’s Princeton thesis on “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community,” for example, has been interpreted as a budding Garveyite’s call to arms. Exhibit A seems to be her banal citation of Stokely Carmichael to explain black separatism, and her observation that Princeton made her “more aware of [her] ‘Blackness’ than ever before.”
A hostile reading of those words hinges on a misunderstanding of the complexities of segregation. In fact, for the legions of black people who grew up like Michelle Obama—in a ...
Obama's Daughter On Inaugural Speech: "It Better Be Good"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The family's "field trip" was a symbolic gesture to Lincoln, to whom Obama has frequently been compared. Obama's children clearly have equally or even higher expectations of their father. This sets them somewhat apart from their mother, who throughout the campaign has insisted that her husband is merely human. Ta-Nahisi Coates, in the January/February Atlantic delves into this quirk extensively, explaining why Michelle Obama was initially viewed as an "Angry Black Woman" during the campaign and why that really isn't the case at all. The article gives an enlightening ...
Obama's Daughter On Inaugural Speech: "It Better Be Good"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The family's "field trip" was a symbolic gesture to Lincoln, to whom Obama has frequently been compared. Obama's children clearly have equally or even higher expectations of their father. This sets them somewhat apart from their mother, who throughout the campaign has insisted that her husband is merely human. Ta-Nahisi Coates, in the January/February Atlantic delves into this quirk extensively, explaining why Michelle Obama was initially viewed as an "Angry Black Woman" during the campaign and why that really isn't the case at all. The article gives an enlightening ...
Juan Williams targets Michelle Obama
Political Animal —
... about the scrutiny she'll face in the national spotlight, and Williams thought it appropriate to use the opportunity to tie the First Lady to black nationalism and the politics of victimization -- just because he felt like it. Naturally, Williams didn't (and couldn't) offer any evidence to back up his accusations against Michelle Obama. Worse, it's part of a pattern with him -- Williams has accused the First Lady of using " militant anger " before. Ta-Nehisi Coates, who has a fascinating piece on Michelle Obama in the latest issue of the Atlantic , added a brief ...
Virtually Normal
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... If you haven't read Ta Nehisi's profile of Michelle Obama, please do. It's surprising and then totally convincing in a way Juan Williams should surely understand: ...
