For those of you who have been fascinated with news coverage of Michelle Obama since the election, Katha Pollitt summed up everything pretty well in her most recent "subject to debate" column.  An excerpt here, link to the full column below.  Enjoy!

"... And then there's this developing story line--call it the Goldilocks and
the Three Bears syndrome. Hillary Clinton was too ambitious; Laura Bush
(who?) was too retro; but Michelle has the woman thing just right. As
David Samuels writes in New York magazine:

There are clear limits to Michelle's ambition. She went to excellent schools, got decent grades, stayed away from too much intellectual heavy lifting, and held a series of practical, modestly salaried jobs while accommodating her husband's wilder dreams and raising two lovely daughters. In this, she is a more practical role model for young women than Hillary Clinton, blending her calculations about family and career
with an expectation of normal personal happiness.

Would you like some manly condescension with that factual
misinformation, ladies?..."

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