Michelle Obama interview on M$NOW now n/t

[malaise]

[mr715]

1. I realize that Ms. Obama doesn't like politics...

but she could've beaten Trump.

[a kennedy]

2. Sorry, I do have it DVR'd, watching the women's volleyball final four. Wisconsin Badger women are playing

next…..they are the champions now, and trying to repeat. 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

[malaise]

3. Goooo Badgers

😀

[a kennedy]

5. So nervous....trying to repeat as champions. Let's go Badgers.

[3catwoman3]

4. As Barack has so often said...

..."She is fine."

[cachukis]

6. High brow. Great interview from an unexpected

provenance.

[Alice B.]

7. It feels like a vacation. Watching this.

[cachukis]

8. Yes. Great insight. Travelling.

[malaise]

9. Loving it

The discussion on hair is spot on

[electric_blue68]

14. I went and googled up Michelle Obama in braids bc I hadn't heard that she'd changed her look...

It was a bit "Oh!" for a few seconds, and then "Ah!"; I know some of these styles from either photos, or the many Black women I've seen on subways, and buses. Especially, when I lived Brooklyn for some years - jeri curls were big. But there were pure fros, braids, straightened, mixed fros w braids etc

It was just surprising bc I'd never seen her like that, just 8 yrs of her First Lady hair styles. I really like 4 of 6 styles I saw; she looked fabulous.

Occasionally my Black women friends have talked about their hair. I've read articles here, and there.

[malaise]

15. My mother processed our hair

I opted for natural hair from the days of black power movement. Had a big Afro. I remember my mum asking me what I had done to my hair. My response was nothing - this is my hair. She got the point. I was done with that crap forever and never gave a damn about others views.
I started braiding my own hair on campus much to the outcry of many.
Sometimes I’d wear French braids - one or two but mostly it was fine braids. These days It’s much thinner.

[Alice B.]

16. I keep thinking of a MFA thesis show I saw years ago with art exploring the relationship between Black women ...

... and their hair. It was extremely impactful, about how complicated it all is.

[Sogo]

10. I love her. I was in the front row of a talk she gave in my small town in Iowa during Barack's

campaign for Presidency. It must have been the second term, because when she was finished, I spontaneously jumped up to shake her hand, and I said, "Are you going to be the next First Lady who runs for President?" She hesitated for a second and then gave me a huge smile, and I got her autograph....

I loved what she once said about Iowa, that we proved America was ready for a black President, because "there aren't any black folks in Iowa, and they voted for us."

[malaise]

11. Very cool

😀

[cachukis]

12. Sociology, anthropology, psychology. Fabulous.

[malaise]

13. Agree

Really good