![]() ![]() First ladies both feed into, and reflect, our patriarchal values, and so, in this world still so intolerant of female domination, making their husbands look good inevitably involves diminishing themselves, and a decoupling from their own achievements, so as not to outshine the president.īut it is precisely amid the dark chaos of these conundrums that we find the irresistible light of Michelle Obama. Her role has never been defined, because, I suspect, to do so would involve the awkward truth – that it’s essentially to make her husband look good. ![]() It is a position that involves a woman – no matter the glorious complexity, glittering accomplishment or human drama of her prior life – being shoehorned into a role that is, by definition, about the man to whom she is married. For feminists, or anyone frankly with a 21st-century grasp of gender equality, it is a highly troublesome concept. ![]() ![]() First on the list is the very concept of a first lady. The former first lady is a woman capable of muddying your stance on things you stood firmly against. B efore I tell you how much I love Michelle Obama, let me tell you what I have against her. ![]()
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