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Michelle Obama opens up about accepting her body despite criticism from men
The Hill ^ | 2/13/2020 | Anagha Srikanth

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.”


(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: globalacceptance; ithrewupinmymouth; michelle; michellecovergirl; michelleinterview; pulease
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To: Bonemaker

Welcoming the new cleaning lady.


101 posted on 02/16/2020 5:25:56 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: simpson96

I couldn’t drink her pretty.


102 posted on 02/16/2020 5:38:26 PM PST by ebshumidors
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To: simpson96

PROOF Michelle Obama Is A MAN MUST SEE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CShRjupS6vg


103 posted on 02/16/2020 5:45:01 PM PST by upchuck (Mayor Pete is not running to win. He's running to mainstream homosexuality. ~ Cowboy Bob)
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To: fwdude
Perhaps she should have been on the prison-ration diet that she put public school students on.

And then sent her kids to private school.

104 posted on 02/16/2020 5:49:49 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: simpson96

Awwwww, poor Moochie......that cow was put on the leftist pedestal for 8 loooooong years. She and her mate could do no wrong and she still bitches?? The best thing for this country is for them to retire to their multi million dollar mansion on Martha’s Vineyard and take Oprah with them and never be seen in public again.....unless it’s a perp walk for OdungO........


105 posted on 02/16/2020 6:26:39 PM PST by Dawgreg
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To: simpson96

She’s wearing Nadler style pants, hiked all the way up into her chest. And what’s that bulge at her crotch?


106 posted on 02/16/2020 7:03:03 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

...she shop lifted a French loaf..


107 posted on 02/16/2020 7:09:05 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: smvoice

I’m sure there is liposuction for whatever fat someone wants removed-it is pricey-like Nancy Pelosi’s botox and facelifts-the Mooch is rich-but if the person doesn’t change their eating habits and lose weight, the fat will eventually come back, or so I’ve been told by a nutritionist I know ...


108 posted on 02/16/2020 7:11:13 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys-you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Vaquero
”... hooo... Kay! ...ahmmm... damn, man... something...
Kay!!! ... Something’s peekin’!!...”
Agent Jay, Men in Black
109 posted on 02/16/2020 7:11:50 PM PST by GBA (Here in the matrix, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.)
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To: Texan5

I don’t know but it just looks..suspicious. And wrong. Whatever it is, it REALLY should be fixed. Lord knows they’ve grafted enough money from us, she can afford it!


110 posted on 02/16/2020 7:18:35 PM PST by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: GBA

Being a fat hermorphadite and a ugly, hateful loser is no way to go through life.


111 posted on 02/16/2020 7:18:43 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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Who cares about her body? What I thought was disgusting about her are her beliefs, attitudes, and politics.

Mark


112 posted on 02/16/2020 7:37:31 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: simpson96

Maybe stay away from using all the primary colors in one outfit and try not to walk like a football player.


113 posted on 02/16/2020 7:45:15 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: simpson96

The men criticizing her were the other guys in the locker room in high school.


114 posted on 02/16/2020 8:30:20 PM PST by Disambiguator ("Progressives" want government in action. Conservatives want government inaction.)
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To: fwdude

Wait, what am I getting wrong? I thought that whatever garish, ugly ensemble she threw together was automatically deemed to be high fashion.


115 posted on 02/16/2020 9:28:02 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: Pilgrim's Progress

116 posted on 02/16/2020 9:32:42 PM PST by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: simpson96

Maybe because you’re five axe handles wide across the ass, MOOOOOchelle!!!!


117 posted on 02/16/2020 11:33:55 PM PST by VideoPaul
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To: simpson96

Enough already Debbie Downer


118 posted on 02/16/2020 11:53:18 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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To: simpson96

Hey Mike, it’s your attitude, not your a$$.


119 posted on 02/16/2020 11:55:07 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Spok

Bingo


120 posted on 02/16/2020 11:55:19 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you)
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