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[moominmolly]

The Momification of Michelle Obama. An article worth reading just on its own merits, regarding her curiously retro position given her qualifications... but really, I'm mostly posting this so that I can type the word "momification" a few more times.

MOMIFICATION.

Comments

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

Wow. I just read the piece and I really enjoyed it. And egads does it remind me of the ways that feminism has not advanced, not nearly as much as I want it to have, or as much as sometimes I think it has.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

That being said, I did get to see one of my own personal goals of feminism realized recently: I saw a (to my limited perception) man and a woman on a tandem--with the woman in front. It was literally the first time I'd ever seen that.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

*giggle* that's the way D and I always ride, and I admit it does get us some interested glances. :)

[kmhoofnagle.livejournal.com]

We don't have a tandem yet, but the fuck if I would always want to look at Reed's ass. I mean really. He can see over me. How fair is that?

[ocschwar.livejournal.com]

Emily's delicate womanly nerves can't handle the swaying of a tandem if she isn't steering it.

So, she has the helm, and I have the boiler. Well, also because I'm better at repositioning my ballast to stabilize the bike.