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Tonya
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Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 05:55 pm:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

Interesting analysis By CarmenVanKerckhove, blogher:

I've been following the media's handling of race in its coverage of Barack Obama's presidential bid very closely over the last few months. But right now I'm particularly riveted by the media coverage of his wife, Michelle Obama. Race, gender, and feminism are intersecting in fascinating ways. Here are some highlights.

As my fellow BlogHer Contributing Editor Laina Dawes told you a few weeks back, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has criticized Michelle Obama's light-hearted comments about her husband being "just a man" and not knowing how to put his socks in the laundry. Dowd felt that these remarks were "emasculating"
... Full piece here: http://blogher.org/node/19920

Maureen Dowd's piece, btw:

She's Not Buttering Him Up
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: April 25, 2007

http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30F1EF83F5A0C768EDDAD08 94DF404482
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Chrishayden
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Posted on Friday, May 25, 2007 - 11:05 am:   Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I like her but her big mouth is going to sink him.

She's a Theresa Heinz problem for him--in sassy black.

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