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Just Like Us, Our Forever First Lady Has Been Experiencing 'Low-Grade Depression' Lately
Michelle Obama just keeps giving us more reasons to love her—mostly because of her innate empathy (you should try it, it’s delicious) and her increasing transparency since leaving the White House and publishing her instantly bestselling 2018 memoir, Becoming. In her newly launched Michelle Obama Podcast, she’s continuing to give us highly relatable moments, most…
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The Biggest Party of the Year, Made Even Better—Essence Fest Just Booked Our Forever First Lady!
What a time to be alive—and what a year to be at Essence Fest! The annual convention of black girl magic just announced a major coup: Essence’s December/January cover girl, Michelle Obama will be making her Essence Fest debut on July 6, 2019, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome! The Glow Up and The Root will be…
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Our ‘Forever First Lady’ Michelle Obama Gave a Surprise Visit to Students at Spelman College
While Michelle Obama was in Atlanta for her Becoming: Michelle Obama book tour event, she found time within her hectic schedule to surprise a group of elated students at Spelman College on Saturday. The lucky group also included students from fellow Atlanta University Center Consortium members Clark Atlanta University and all-male Morehouse College. According…
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Are People More Excited for Michelle Obama’s Book Than Sex? (Yes, Yes They Are)
An uproar has erupted in the literary world as Michelle Obama’s Becoming is poised to knock a veritable juggernaut of fine literature out of its spot as Amazon’s longest-running No. 1 best-selling book. Nah, I’m fucking with you—it was just Fifty Shades of Grey, a sweaty fan fiction account of a wispy white women and…
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Talking the Stigma out of Infertility: 'You Don't Have to Suffer In Silence'
(Editors note: This is the second installment of a two-part series. You can read the first installment here.) While fertility issues may be increasingly common, the causes are not. Researchers speculate that approximately 10% of women aged 15-44 may be infertile, and that any number of factors can contribute, including the advanced maternal age of…
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Our Forever First Lady, Michelle Obama, Reveals Stunning Cover for Upcoming Memoir, Becoming
Former First lady Michelle Obama unveiled the book cover for her upcoming and highly anticipated memoir, Becoming, on Instagram Thursday, stunning us with the cover photo for the book jacket, which was selected from a photo shoot done earlier this year in Washington, D.C., by renowned portrait photographer Miller Mobley. Obama appeared to have been…