One of my concerns recently has been the issue of Michelle Obama and her role in the new American administration. blithespirit mentioned the other day that she has said she won’t have an office in the West Wing, unlike Clinton before her. I said I hoped that was because she was going to just find herself another job in Washington as the high-powered lawyer she is… but that’s not looking likely.
This Salon article sums up a lot of my concerns: the regression to an image of wifely, motherly duties that merely involve the propping up of your man’s career to the detriment of your own career and identity. I don’t envy Obama right now. She has a lot of challenges ahead of her. And I’m not talking about choosing which dress to wear to the inauguration.