“But for a black woman whose embrace of the most uncontroversial causes imaginable still managed to incite right-wing hysteria, who had to prove her normalcy and demureness and maternal love in the face of broad dehumanization, even mom-in-chief is something — even if it’s not everything. And her speech tonight could make you think that maybe, just maybe, that could change too.”

— Michelle Obama: Not just mom-in-chief

1:11 am  •  5 September 2012  •  2 notes