tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405365195020060629.post6116306230508857519..comments2013-12-19T14:49:04.772-08:00Comments on Women and Politics, fall 2013: Michelle Obama: "feminist nightmare" ??Diana Selighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274794826081207340noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405365195020060629.post-78679420173116843652013-11-30T20:23:43.578-08:002013-11-30T20:23:43.578-08:00Thanks for posting, Shannon. I also think that Cot...Thanks for posting, Shannon. I also think that Cottle's critiques of Michelle Obama are really unfair. The article brought me back to a point I've brought up several times in class about feminists policing women. Why are people, especially some feminists, so quick to criticize women in politics and hold them up to unrealistic standard? Why do we criticize Michelle Obama's actions more than we celebrate her triumphs as a woman of color in U.S. politics?<br /><br />Also, I'm gonna go ahead and bring up race because I can't pretend that it's not a factor here. I do find it questionable that Cottle and other women quoted in the article are hypercritical of Michelle Obama and hoped that she would "lean in" to her "aura" of an "ass-kicking, do-it-all superwoman." Could it be that these feminists were hoping for a more "assertive" black female stereotype in Michelle Obama's political activity?<br /><br />You should check out the article I'm about to post on the blog that fleshes some of this out more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16334852929020243421noreply@blogger.com