Clothing and Politics

[demeter918]

Michelle Obama was recently discovered to be wearing $11,000 earrings and there were a number of comments (both positive and negative) about it that I found funny. People are comparing this with the Palin wardrobe controversy (which I found slightly ridiculous on both ends of the 'debate') but I find that stupid.

There were commentators that were defending her by saying, "Oh, her husband paid for them," as a way of differentiating her from the fact that Palin's wardrobe was largely paid by Republican funds and/or donors. But.

People forget that Michelle Obama worked and had a well-paying job before this Presidential campaign and election. She made more money than Obama did as Senator.

She pays for own damn earrings.

... for some reason, this is ticking me off. For an otherwise stock article on the First Lady-elect's clothing/accessories, this is not a very rational response. Especially since, more likely, someone gave her the earrings or loaned them to her.

EDIT:

Here's the link!

Comments

[sherarara.livejournal.com]

I guess it's just people trying to troll up some dirt on her, but it's really a rather lame attempt. I hate it when people assume that women would never buy something like that for themselves.

Also, have you got a link or something? I wouldn't mind reading the article in question.

[demeter918.livejournal.com]

Here's the link (http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/11/michelle_obamas_11000_earrings.html). I think I got so randomly ticked off, I forgot to include it in the post.

Like I said, it's a very stock article about a woman's accessory... but it just irritated me.

[sherarara.livejournal.com]

It irritated me as well; thank you for the link.

The comments are really damn annoying. It's very easy to see why you would be ticked off!

[clarice.livejournal.com]

Seeeeriously. A) celebrities in jewelry are almost ALWAYS wearing loaners, and b) if she owned them, SHE bought them, because she was the breadwinner in that family for years.