Posted on 02/16/2020 3:05:38 PM PST by simpson96
Even Michelle Obama struggles to feel good about her body sometimes. In a recent discussion with Oprah Winfrey, the former first lady talked about fighting societal expectations as she gets older.
“We are so ridiculous as women,” she told Winfrey at the Brooklyn stop of Oprah's "2020 Vision" tour in partnership with Weight Watchers Reimagined, according to People. “We don’t want to talk about our age, and then we want to act like we should look like we did when we were 20, you know? When, I’m sorry, men you can look any kind of way. And it seems to be okay.”(snip)
As the first black first lady, Obama felt heavy scrutiny on the campaign trail and even in the White House. From her bare arms to her butt, every part of her image has been picked over publicly.
“People called me all kinds of things when I was campaigning for Barack, like it was a competition,” she said. “They called me un-American, and this stuff sticks with you. Men talked about the size of my butt. There are people who were telling me I was angry. That stuff hurts, and it makes you sort of wonder, what are people seeing? That stuff is there. And look, I’m a black woman in America. And you know, we’re not always made to feel beautiful. So there’s still that baggage that we carry, and not everyone can relate to that.”
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“Men talked about the size of my butt. There are people who were telling me I was angry. That stuff hurts, and it makes you sort of wonder, what are people seeing?”
Well, if you had taken just one look in a mirror...
Why would that warthog ever “feel good about her body?”
I’m a man, yes, but I am fat and ugly. I know it. Why would I want to deceive myself into thinking otherwise?
What, like a guy?
“Even Michelle Obama struggles to feel good about her body sometimes.”
“Even”? It’s blindingly obvious why she would struggle to feel good about her body. They just can’t stop their sycophantic fawning.
Jokes write themselves.
Poor, poor, pitiful me!
She is always bitching about something.
Her problem is not the body but hiding her penis.
Yes, most men would find a man with boobs something to criticize...
“Opens up”?
Is there any way to get her to shut up?
Professional victim is the only talent she has.
She is the best Wookie we have.
How could she complain?
>>> “People called me all kinds of things when I was campaigning for Barack, like it was a competition,” she said. “They called me un-American, and this stuff sticks with you. …
Honey, “they” called you Un-American, not because of you butt.
You are one (Un-American) inside out.
isn’t she now entitled to permanent pilot cars to help her manage her oversized load when moving around?
Jokes write themselves.
That baggage looks more like a package...
How long is she going to stay on this ‘Po Me’ shtick?
She had been bellyaching since at least 2007.
Most of us don’t chow down on wagyu beef.
Po Miche.
wha???
for 8 years fashion and glamour magazines told us she was the ideal
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