When I look at Michelle Obama, it’s often like looking in the mirror. If she’d been a little closer to my age, I probably would have run into her at some point growing up in Chicago. And when I hear her described as the quintessential Angry Black Bitch (not to be confused with blogger ABB, who also rocks), I know they’re talking about me too–only more so, since I’m a short, fat, fairly butch-appearing dyke.

Michelle Obama’s treatment by the media is a reminder to every black woman that in 2008, if we don’t fit into the slut, Sapphire, or Mammy roles, then they’ll try to cut off pieces until we do fit into the appropriate box.

It’s interesting. I saw the articles completely different. I’ve been waiting for Black women to step up to the plate and defend Michelle Obama, and they did this. I see where you’re coming from, T-Nehisi, but when Barack Obama is called ‘ Affirmative Action Run Amok’, and Michelle Obama is bitched about because she’s not ‘ GRATEFUL’, I believed both pieces were on point. I believe Whites are quite comfortable with Blacks, as long as they conform to Black pathologies. The trouble ensues when the Black person does NOT conform to Black Pathology.

And, there’s nothing about Michelle Obama that can fit into any Black pathology.

I was very pleased to see the articles written about Michelle by Black women, sharing the complications of the Invisible Black America.