On AlterNet: michelle obama
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "michelle obama"
Tamura Lomax, RH Reality Check. November 22, 2008.
A recent Salon article declared 'First Lady Got Back.' Does the piece tap into racist assumptions about black women's sexuality?
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. October 28, 2008.
Michelle Obama shares shopping secrets, talks life on the campaign trail, and says Barack is "romantic."
Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008.
Both campaigns have been trying to the attention of female viewers -- during talk shows, soap operas, you name it.
Adele M. Stan, The Media Consortium AlterNet: PEEK. August 28, 2008.
Michelle: Hillary made my husband a better candidate.
Adele Stan, Huffington Post. August 26, 2008.
Michelle Obama's appearance last night conveyed an admirable unwillingness to diminish herself and her gifts to fit a sexist ideal.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. August 26, 2008.
Some people are worried that the Dems didn't go after McCain last night ... be patient, last night wasn't the night to attack.
Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. August 26, 2008.
Michelle Obama gives an inspiring and intimate introduction to her family's all-American success story. And: Ted Kennedy passes the torch.
DJK, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 28, 2008.
Why FOX didn't go after Phil Gramm.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. July 15, 2008.
"The cover snidely laughs at these silly rubes who believe such silly things, but ... I'm afraid the joke's on us."
DJK, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 10, 2008.
Why the right wing shouldn't sum up patriotism in black and white absolutes.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. July 9, 2008.
We cannot allow FOX to make politics about racist stereotypes.
Susan J. Douglas, In These Times. July 8, 2008.
Our culture's conflicted attitudes toward femininity (too much is weak) versus feminism (too assertive) leaves women with no place to stand.
Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 7, 2008.
Women unite to counter racist and sexist media coverage of aspiring First Lady.
Lisa Witter, Newsday. June 27, 2008.
The media bring us the most important issues of election 2008: which candidate's wife bakes, cleans and most closely resembles Jackie-O.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. June 23, 2008.
"I really didn't love America until I was deprived of her company."
Megan Garber, Columbia Journalism Review. June 21, 2008.
The media is pushing hard on the boundaries between being a life partner and being a political partner.
Stephen Elliott, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 20, 2008.
Could you imagine how mainstream media would be portraying Mrs. Obama if she had Mrs. McCain's past?
Kate Harding, Shakesville AlterNet: Video. June 19, 2008.
...if she's Michelle Obama.
Liza Sabater, Culture Kitchen AlterNet: PEEK. June 17, 2008.
Aspiring first lady plans ambitious outreach to voters.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. June 12, 2008.
The news network plays the racial card and attacks Michelle Obama.
Katie Halper, KatieHalper.com. June 6, 2008.
The Obama pound, exchanged between Michelle and Barack on Tuesday night, marked a historic moment.
Phoenix Woman, Firedoglake AlterNet: Election 2008. May 30, 2008.
The wife of the Democratic frontrunner outdraws McCain in his home state.
Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. April 16, 2008.
Watch Colbert woo Obama on last night's episode!
Julia, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. February 23, 2008.
That fact that Ralph Reed lost badly when he ran for office a couple years ago is yet another reason Michelle Obama should feel proud of our country.
Bob Cesca, Huffington Post. February 23, 2008.
O'Reilly should be fired for using the word "lynching" in the context of a rant about Michelle Obama, despite his faux apology.
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