I read what Africans, real Africans in Africa thought about the First lady's sartorial sense and visit and they were
Melania visited, my country, Kenya and wore a hat aka pith helmet that has caused twitter controversy. But seriously, so what?
I think Melania is a beautiful and kind woman who gets slack for her
What if she wore a Texan cowboy hat. What would twitter have to say about it then? ‘Oh, look, Melania has taken her republican fashion sense to Africa.’
People will always find fault in whatever FLOTUS does or doesn’t do.
As an outsider, I think she looked happy. I’ve not seen her smile the way she has done in her African tour. She seemed genuinely happy, and I can’t blame her. The African spirit is warm, kind and welcoming. We don’t judge our guests for what they wear, it’s their smile and comfort that we seek to cherish.
I have spent the past twenty minutes to frame this sensitively. But at the end of the day, sensitivity lies in the eye of the beholder. My train of thought has been interrupted many times by laughter because, this, as a controversy is rather silly.
Is the pith helmet being retconned as a proxy for the Maxim gun or the imperial flag?
Are we really saying that Africans, most of whom are in nations composed of ethnic groups with centuries of enmity between them are to turn into shrinking daisies at the sight of a 5′9 woman in a pith helmet and not at the sight of a Zulu in full war dress or Fulani Emir in procession etc?
I am an African who has lived and largely stayed in Africa; I am not offended by what Melania wore.
That rhetoric is not from African press !!!!! Since when have these international media been the best ambassadors and most relied upon predictors of African reactions.
..Okay, Melania wearing a white pith helmet, crisp white shirt and light brown jodhpurs made headlines; but in international media.
This is mere hate talk, originating from non Africans, and blinding us from seeing and discussing the beautiful things Melania did during her visit that touched hearts.
Africans rank very highly in friendliness, hospitality and social hapiness, it is not African to treat visitors like that.
Wearing pith helmets in Africa is not perceived to be racist by Africans within Africa. It is standard safari wear for many tourists in Africa. Use of international media to skew our response to Melania's visit is what should be condemned.
It is sickening how the WESTERN WHITE press puts words into the mouths of Africans.
Black African (or white or brown African) people just saw a gracious visitor who enjoyed herself and helped others. They don't see the pith helmet as a nazi symbol - but the liberals want them to think that
Liberals are the real racists and it is apparent that Africans aren't falling for it.
ALL DEMOCRATS ARE VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS, LYING DESTROYERS OF GOOD PEOPLE!!! SHUN THEM!
The author of this article is a flaming feminist of the worst kind!
‘Hadley Freeman’ writes.
“When I was 23 I had an abortion and I’m so lucky I was somewhere that offered them safely and legally. For that reason and many more I’m supporting the ‘global campaign’ to ensure abortion for all women everywhere is a reality.”
Starting in 2000, Freeman has occasionally written about her experiences with anorexia. She was treated in a psychiatric unit during six different periods between ages 13 and 17.
Her first book, The Meaning of Sunglasses: A Guide to (Almost) All Things Fashionable, was published in 2009.
She has said that her favourite film is the original Ghostbusters and that she has collected books and articles connected to the film.
In June of 2018, Freeman denounces the treatment of undocumented child immigrants arriving in America, specifically the holding cells that they may be detained in for up to three days and the forced separation from any undocumented adults they may have been travelling with, drawing parallels between these policies and her Grandmother's experience of escaping Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Freeman concludes the opinion piece with a strong statement that these policies are due to deliberate targeted cruelty against children by the Trump administration, and a reflection a latent racism amongst the Americans that voted for Trump.
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My Conclusion: She is a flaming Leftie, she hates Trump and has other personal problems.
“Where is Andrea Dworkin when you need her ...”
Odds are good that she is right where she should be. She’s been there since 2005.
There, there, Hadley. Stay on your meds and quit watching those Indiana Jones movies! It’s upsetting you.
YOU NEED to TALK about it? Wouldn’t it be more fun to sing Grateful Dead songs while you idiots sit around smoking marijuana dreaming about communism and free sh*t?
No, Hadley, we don't need to talk about Melania Trump’s "Out of Africa" wardrobe; that is a lie. We don't need to talk about a fraction of what those of you with access to media soapboxes insist "we" talk about. Had you written "I insist on browbeating anyone unfortunate enough to be exposed to my personal hatred for anyone and everything that I disagree with," you would have been accurate. You simply shout and make a fist from the sidelines as did your ideological predecessors fringing the Place de la Revolution, the Reichsparteitagsgelände and Krásnaya plóshchad.
Stir the cauldron with the others and reap your just reward, Hadley.
Mr. niteowl77
I had assumed that Melania’s wardrobe was selected to keep her comfortable in the areas where she was visiting, and to look good while doing it.
The left is so shallow.
Look, if someone wants to be offended they're not going to have to look too long or too hard to find something to whine and bitch and moan about. Trying to go through life without offending anyone is a fool's errand. It is impossible in today's snowflake coddling society. Heck, there are snowflakes offended simply at being characterized as snowflakes - which is a wonderfully self-proving axiom. If you are offended at merely being called a snowflake, you are in fact a snowflake.
She is hands down the best looking first lady in American history. Blows the doors off the last one.
Who says????
The Commie Guardian????
Blow away.
Andrea Dworkin is dead. The sow died years ago from complications of obesity. They had to bury her in a freight container.
Why she is the very model of a modern major general is all. :)
I thought her outfit was appropriately stunning for a first lady. What do they want, sweatpants like Michelle?
Best I not compare the lovely Melania with the crotch scratching Moo.
Crazy. And more than a little mingy.