Why the Attacks on Jane Feel so Personal
Even though I hate it my husband just can't seem to give up on MSNBC but it was okay last night because we watch Jane on Rachel Maddow. She was charming and real and I turned to my husband and I said she looks so normal. She could be someone in my family, an aunt, a mother, a sister. Sure she's not as glamorous as the stunning Michelle but she is one of us, one of the 99%.
She's got a little gray in her hair, clean but not stylish. Dresses neatly but not trendy or ostentatiously. Not plastered with makeup or botox and carrying a few extra pounds. I think every American family has a Jane. She is usually fun, kind, quick with a laugh or a shoulder to cry on. She is there for you in good times and bad. She is your auntie, your mother, your sister. She will be me in a few years.
So the attacks upon this extraordinary woman who is so much more than her looks or age appalled me, they hit close to the bone.
This is the article that I read: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511682634 --thanks Georgia Peanuts
She is smart and kind and I know that the person she is she will put on a brave face but attacks like this hurt. They are a chill wind that find there way under the chinks in our amour. To be attacked on that because you don't support her husband is disgusting beyond belief.
It's hard to grow old in our society. I used to be thin, fashionable and turned heads. But the middle aged spread seems to have won the war and the gray hairs grow thicker every year. I grow more invisible every year. It's hard and I am not half the woman Jane is. I know that for her none of that is real important but I still think it's got to be so painful to have your looks disparaged because you dared to speak for your husband. You dared to come out of the shadows as a woman of a certain age but with ideas and opinions of your own. She is incredibly brave, she didn't ask for this but she is there every step of the way. It breaks my heart that this woman might shed tears over this. I hope that she knows that she is loved as well. That there are millions of women just like her or millions more who know and love women just like her who admire who she is. I will be honored to have her as our First Lady.
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And you are exactly right, Michelle has been denigrated, Hillary, even Chelsea when they were in the White House. I remember in the 70s when Jimmy Carters daughter was fair game. It never seems to end. I would like to see it end. Don't read the link, its ugly and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. But you know what makes me smile, thoughts of Jane at the Vatican. 
Let me know if you hear anything. 
real feminism makes room for all women to feel free to be themselves, and thus raising and encouraging everyone else to do the same. Free strong and ethical women give birth to a healthy society.
Michelle Obama has been a joy to have in the WH, she certainly broke the stuffy mold on the FLOTUS for all time.
to all inspirational women, and the inspirational men who support us
right on sister!