There’s a whole Washington Post Style story about Michelle Obama’s butt

Feb. 5, 2013 2:11pm Eddie Scarry

As Jon wrote on the front page, an Alabama high school football coach has been suspended for, among other things, saying Michelle Obama has a “fat butt.”

Krissah Thompson of the Washington Post‘s Style section caught on and wrote up an entire story about the first lady’s butt with context:

[W]hat is it with Michelle Obama’s critics and the fixation with her derriere? …

The focus on this first lady’s posterior has historical antecedents. It reaches back to the imagery of Hottentot Venus, a woman from what is now South Africa whose naked body and pronounced posterior were paraded in shows throughout 19th-century Europe. On to the selling and trading of black women’s bodies through slavery. In modern times, black women’s figures continue to be up for public discussion in ways that are celebratory (see: “Brick House” by The Commodores) and insulting (see above).

Michelle Obama — who is 5-foot-11 and praised for her fashion sense, her bangs and her toned biceps — regularly emerges in polls as one of the most popular public figures in the country. (The White House does not discuss her weight.)

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Hidethez
Posted on February 5, 2013 at 4:18pm
“[W]hat is it with Michelle Obama’s critics and the fixation with her derriere? …” Well, it’s very out there, like many women’s including my own, but instead of wearing clothes that compliment and minimize a large backside she wears Jackie’O style clothes that were designed for a skinny, non muscular woman. I never knew that a black woman was paraded naked through mid 19th century Europe, that’s a shame. But when I did become aware of the characteristics of black folks was through their own rap music with lyrics such as “I like big butts” “Apple bottom jeans” references to their “anacondas” etc. I will continue to critique her for her lack of fashion, until she stops trying to dress like a skinny white girl, I will applaud her for the bangs, super cute and I will disagree and dislike her for her low opinions of this country. And comments on her backside will continue to flow until she stops appearing in public in skinny jeans and high heels.

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