Posted on 03/24/2026 11:37:05 AM PDT by simpson96
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has advice for young women starting their careers: Don’t try to dismantle a broken system until you have clout that commands authority. Sadly, that means waiting until you’re older and established in your career to make those changes.
Her new book chronicles the evolution of her personal style as First Lady and after leaving the White House. Specifically, the book delves into how fashion played a key role in establishing Obama’s credibility—a rubric all professional women are judged by, sadly. In her talk with Cooper, Obama reflected on how fashion choices are more consequential for professional women than men—both for career advancement and personal safety. It’s a complication that men never think about, but women always have to be mindful of the subliminal messages their clothing might be sending, she said.
“We have to think a lot more. To strike that balance and to be thoughtful about what messages we’re sending, giving, receiving—men don’t do that,” Obama said. “My husband wasn’t doing that.”(snip)
Obama sighed and acknowledged that “life is full of compromises” and “you’ve got to pick and choose your battles.” She said young women in the workplace, especially at their first job, “have less leverage than I do as the former First Lady to wear what you want and have this empowerment.” Especially if they “have student loans to pay,” she said.
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How to be a self-absorbed mediocrity?
Her sense of style? Spare me.
How to maximize welfare and food stamps?
.....What Young Working Women Can Learn From Michelle Obama’s New Book....
NOTHING!!!!
Nothing like getting advice from a bitter, low IQ loser!
When exactly did Michele Obama WORK?
She had a no show job in Chicago when her husband became a US Senator.
She had to surrender her law license for some unknown/hidden reason.
I suppose she was a stay at home mom at one point.
Whatver traits the former First Lady may have, proficiency in fashion choices was never one of them.
Michelle Obama
“How to do Absolutely Nothing and become worth $60 Million”
Maybe she is talented...
Step One, Marry a smooth talking mulatto…
What Young Working Women Can Learn From Michelle Obama’s New Book”
Be on the lookout for a gay man with a lot of business/ political power potential who wants a beard.
You can use it to level a table.
I’m just here for the comments!
ROTFL! Woke Salad Shelly.
How to have a 24 hour smug look on your mug and how to twirl your head on your neck in anger at everything? How to make a potato sack look like a ball gown? How to be a grifter? The best underwear to keep your boys housed in?
Just bitch , bitch , bitch and look pissed off all the time, and do’t do jack.
LOL.
He...that’s most likely a “he”.
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