Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Michelle Obama's Butt: How Mrs Obama's Booty is Symbolizing "A Brand-New Beauty Norm" in Modern American Culture  Michelle Obama and her booty.
Michelle Obama's Butt
African American commentator Erin Aubry Kaplan explores the significance of the first African American President through his wife Michelle's magnificent booty.
Kaplan, who describes herself as "a black girl who came of age in the utterly anticlimactic aftermath of the civil rights movement," explains: "What really thrills me, what really feels liberating in a very personal way, is the official new prominence of Michelle Obama.
"Barack's better half not only has stature but is statuesque. She has corruscating intelligence, beauty, style and — drumroll, please — a butt. (Yes, you read that right: I'm going to talk about the first lady's butt.)" And she does:
Kaplan muses, "While it isn't humongous, per se, it is a solid, round, black, class-A boo-tay. Try as Michelle might to cover it with those Mamie Eisenhower skirts and sheath dresses meant to reassure mainstream voters, the butt would not be denied." Kaplan sees Michelle Obama's butt as the a signifier of her blackness, as a symbol of what it means to be black. |
