A picture is worth a thousand words – is the angry woman back?

Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Walaa Idris

While everybody is busy digesting if Beyoncé mimed her Star Spangled Banner rendition and why, I came across the eye roll First Lady Michelle Obama throw at House Speaker John Boehner for something he said to her husband. Which seems not to bother the president but his wife clearly disapproved or was that just a party political gesture…?

The look was shoot by Mrs Obama during the inaugural lunch and it reignited the angry woman debate. While half the nation is focused on her frocks, makeup and new hair style the other half is re-asking the question she went on Oprah to deflect – is Michelle Obama an angry woman?

I don’t know her so I can’t answer form knowledge. However, from observation, the look was an angry look, does it make her an angry woman? At that moment she clearly seemed angry.

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The interview after the interview

Posted 13 Jan 2012 by Walaa Idris

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Michelle Obama: “some kind of an angry black woman!”

Posted 12 Jan 2012 by Walaa Idris

Is the lasted Obamamania to hit the airwaves, all complete with Oprah’s bosom buddy Gayle King CBS interview and other defenders like James B. Peterson coming to the first lady’s aid.

It all started on Tuesday when Jodi Kantor, the New York Times reporter who’s new an authorized biography book about America’s first family, The Obamas, hit the stands. Kantor, who reported extensively on the First Lady for the Times since the election, got in trouble when the White House described her book as “an overdramatization of old news” claiming that she hadn’t spoken to either of her subjects in years. That was followed with a list of alleged inaccuracies and the CBS interview.

Out of 200 interviewed for the book, 33 were with White House staffers who gave accounts of witnessed clashes between the First Lady and staff including the then – White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and the former – press secretary Robert Gibbs. Since the book’s launch only Mr. Gibbs apologized for cursing at Mrs. Obama in frustration with her relentless demands.

However, we all remember, when in February 2008 Michelle Obama said: “for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback”. Many will see that remark as the frustrations of an angry woman!

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