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Texas Mayor, Mayor Pro-Tem Resign Amid Accusations of Using City Funds to See Michelle Obama
The mayor of a Texas town and the mayor pro-tem announced they were both “becoming” unemployed after they were accused of using more than $1,000 of the city’s funds to attend Michelle Obama’s book tour, prompting some residents of the north Texas town to defend the officials with the untested legal defense of: “I mean…It’s…
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Yes, We Know Michelle Obama’s Becoming Is a Blockbuster. But Can We Talk About These Boots?
We always knew our forever first lady Michelle Obama had style; her understated, mostly accessible chic (remember all those J. Crew separates?) made her a polished and always poised favorite among our nation’s first ladies. But we’d be lying if we denied that it was her more glamorous moments we loved the best—whether it be…
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Dressing the Part: In Becoming, Michelle Obama Gets Candid About Fashioning a First Lady
Melania Trump may claim to be the most bullied person in the world, but truly, has there been any first lady more scrutinized than Michelle Obama? During her time in the White House (and before—and since), Obama was attacked for her race, her hair, her body, and her mere existence as a black woman in…
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Michelle Obama’s Becoming Poised to Be Biggest Book of 2018
Michelle Obama’s highly anticipated new memoir drops today—as anyone who’s been within a stone’s throw of the internet, a TV, or a radio likely knows by now. But in the days before its release, Becoming has already topped a couple best-seller lists, thanks to a massive amount of preorders. It’s sitting pretty atop Amazon’s best-seller…
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Little First Lady: Michelle Obama's Littlest Fan Gave Her Big Love on Halloween
We’ve been absolutely overwhelmed with the incredible Halloween costumes we saw this week, but this one stole our hearts. When two-year-old Parker Curry stood stunned before forever first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait in the National Portrait Gallery in March of this year, the image instantly went viral. “[She] believes Michelle Obama is a queen, and…
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#ForeverFirstLady Michelle Obama Announces New Memoir and Book Tour
Michelle Obama will be hitting the road this November to promote her highly anticipated new memoir, Becoming. The 10-city book tour will kick off in Obama’s hometown of Chicago, before hitting stops at major cities across the country, including Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas, and Detroit. Obama announced the news on her social media channels,…