Comments on: Yet Another Michelle Obama Hair Article

By: Romaine Loyack

Romaine Loyack — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:14:45 +0000

Comment writing is something of a new art form, and as many people who get comments will tell you, some are great and some are horrible. In fact, I’ve embedded a hilarious video at the bottom of this article of some girls from YouTube doing a rap song about the awful comments they get on their videos. It’s called “Yo Comments are Whack,” and it’s worth the time. It’s good to know your blog is much better than these and will never end up being made fun of.

By: Meg_WGBH

Meg_WGBH — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:06:49 +0000

With Michelle Obama, a powerful and poised black woman in the White House, how have the images of black women changed in the past two years? In what ways does Michelle Obama promote a positive image for black women? How will her presence as First Lady continue to change with image of black women for the public?

This evening, Basic Black, the Emmy-winning WGBH, the largest PBS affiliate, program, will take a look at the image of black women and Michelle Obama’s first two years as First Lady. Our panelists tonight are:
-Latoyia Edwards, anchor, New England Cable News
-Philip Martin, senior investigative reporter, WGBH Radio
-Kim McLarin, writer-in-residence, Emerson College
-Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies, Trinity College

Join us this evening live on WGBH, Channel 2 in the Boston area, or online at basicblack.org, where you can also participate in our live chat.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:51 +0000

I read a quote that ,to paraphrase that “the White House aint ready for a 1st lady with twist and a fro.” My answer: A year ago one could have said that the White House wasn’t ready for a 1st Black Lady!
Also I’ve read to parahphrase “Michelle Obama is playing it safe by straightening hair hair.” LADIES: If she really wanted to play it safe neither she nor her husband would be in the White house at all!

By: Link Time!

Link Time! — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:15:45 +0000

[...] Michelle Obama’s hair sparks more press coverage – Afrobella [...]

By: KIB

KIB — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:51:05 +0000

Her hair always looks good.

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:37:04 +0000

Be you a creamy cracker or natural aficionado. It is important that we support our first lady. The Birthers, Tea Baggers and others of that ilk…look at Mrs. Obama and they do not care if her hair is straight or natural, they hate her no matter what. I hate how every thing about Mrs. Obama must be dissected as if she where some biology experiment and as a black woman I refuse to do the same.

By: Nona

Nona — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:59:26 +0000

I’m so with you Gisele. I resent and resist being colonised by any group.

As a professional woman who has worn my hair short and long afro, shaved bald, braided, cornrowed, dreadlocked and straightened in Barbados, Paris, New York and London, I resent all these projections that come mostly from black folks with their own issues.

Until the day I die, hair will just be hair to me and I will change mine as the mood hits me and thumb my nose at those of any race that want to define my entire being by it.

By: Barack Obama News » Blog Archive » Yet Another Michelle Obama Hair Article | afrobella

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:26:05 +0000

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By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:34:47 +0000

I am not a black woman, so I guess I’ve never heard any of the idiotic questions about how I take care of my hair. But as someone who does straighten my hair, I can sympathize with all those who spend hours on their hair. Why is it we can have a black woman as first lady and she can’t wear an afro? What does that say about us as a country? BTW, my son has very curly, very thick RED hair which he wears in what we like to call a “Celtic Fro”. I do wonder how he washes and brushes it, but since I’ve never seen him do either I guess I’ll never know. I want one. Always have…always will.

By: The Hair Diaries | ClandestineChic

The Hair Diaries | ClandestineChic — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:08:26 +0000

[...] It seems like the articles on the subject of black hair have been coming out of the woodwork in the past few days. First, this article in the New York times titled “Skin Deep: Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics” and then this article from Time magazine “Why Michelle’s Hair Matters”. There are also some wonderful summaries of these articles over at Jezebel and Afrobella. [...]