The Heart and Mind of Michelle Obama by Holly Yeager, O Magazine

[veldamorgan]

Of all the stories I've heard about Michelle Obama, the most telling might be one about her mother, 70-year-old Marian Robinson, a tall woman with impeccable posture, a vivid smile, and excruciatingly high personal standards. On the far side of her 50th birthday, Robinson took up running. She was good, she had speed-she even competed in the

Comments

[kimbari]

"Don't make a knee-jerk reaction because you are black or because you are a woman. Really get to understand the candidates and understand what we need as a country."

And how many women have I encountered who are doing just that? I understand the thing about a woman, but now is just not the time. (Of course, they're saying that about Obama, too.)

I fucking puffy heart Michelle. :) I think I want Barack to be president just so we'll get her as a First Lady. LOL

[veldamorgan]

When we get a woman in there, I want her to be someone who's worked her way up from nothing. That would be progress, but family dynasties are not.

She's awesome. I have the hard copy of this article, I'm going to get some of the pictures scanned. There was a conference with her and several of the other wives on C-SPAN a while ago. I only caught the tail end of it, but she got a lot of applause. They're showing it again at 9:30, I think.