"Becoming," the best-selling memoir by the former first lady, Michelle Obama, is a study in what happens when the ways we see ourselves don't always line up with the ways that society sees us. In reading about her journey from high-achieving, self-possessed child in Chicago to the fraught glamour of her life in the White House, we marvel at the ways she balanced herself and her image in service of the country. And we discuss how Michelle Obama's memoir fits into a powerful lineage of black women navigating entirely new circumstances with curiosity, strength and grace.
Discussed this week:
“Becoming” (Michelle Obama, 2019)Beyoncé singing “At Last” at Barack Obama’s 2008 inauguration“Lean In” (Sheryl Sandberg, 2013)“Complete Writings: Phillis Wheatley” (Phillis Wheatley, 2001)“Thick: And Other Essays” (Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom, 2019)“Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower” (Dr. Brittney Cooper, 2018)“Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds” (adrienne maree brown, 2017)We Back! (On Thursday)
We Are Tired of Sexual Harassment (and Sequels) | Season Finale
We Get Biracial
We Take a Knee
We Assess the Outrage over "Bodega" and Mother!
We Bow Down to Rihanna and Venus
We Debate NPR’s Greatest Albums by Women
We Have a Chappelle Show
We Care For Ourselves and Others in Trump’s America
We Grieve Charlottesville
We Discuss: Who Owns Stories About Blackness?
We’re Freaking Out About O.J. and Girls Trip
We Pick Science Fiction for Mitch McConnell
We Get Bodied Talking Jay-Z and Beyoncé
We Seek “Authentic” BBQ
We Revive Tupac and Side-Eye Sofia Coppola
We Celebrate Gay Pride — The Highs and Lows
We Said, He Said, She Said
We Watch 'Wonder Woman' and Do a Taxonomy of the Summer Jam
We Love the Beach, We Hate the Beach
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