Tuesday, March 9, 2010

It’s Either a Glass Ceiling, Or the Roof is Missing

We couldn’t find a single thing to wear this morning that would look good with any of our favorite  boob belts (although that’s not generally a consideration), so we had to go with this old Lanvin thing that we wore in Oslo last year. It was a magical morning, though. A special celebration for International Women’s Day. It must be another holiday for the little people, because around here, every day is women’s day.

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Sheeze - If this is the best Big Guy can do when instructed by Lady M to “Look at me adoringly,” it’s no wonder he hasn’t rustled up enough votes for his healthcare bill yet. Not really his fault though, he’s really more accustomed to having people gaze adoringly at him.

 

I don’t know what it is: the new ‘do, a pound here or there, or maybe the missing signature brooch we wore in Oslo – but somehow the dress just didn’t seem to work quite as well today. When this happened with my former FLOTUSes, I would just ask them “did you lose weight?” and they’d know to look for something else to wear. But it doesn’t usually work with MO.

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Anyway, today both Lady M and Big Guy spoke to the assembled props: Lady M first, of course (it was International Women’s Day, after all.) When it was Big Guy’s turn, he had a special acknowledgement for his Secretary of State: “Women like Hillary Rodham Clinton, who, throughout her career, has put millions of cracks in America's glass ceiling…”. I’m here to tell you that’s not the only glass she’s put cracks in, but I don’t like to speak out of school. Besides, when Hil was here most of my fractures were due to objects whizzing past Bubba’s noggin.

 

 

But I know what you really want to know: why the hell is Desi still hanging around the Big White?

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Well, for starters, did I mention that it was International WOMEN’S Day? And apparently we still don’t have all of those security check point issues ironed out. But thanks to our new body scanners, I can tell you she wasn’t packin’.

 

 

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Kerry Washington and Maddie. Kerry seems surprised to see Desi here too.

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Katharine McPhee came to sing for the celebration. I’m not sure, but it looks like she’s been rooting around in Lady M’s “last season” closet too. I don’t know if her voice is high enough to break glass ceilings, but even if she can’t I think Kitty Mac would be a good fit for our Team.

I’m just glad we got through this women’s event without anyone mentioning “Sarah-Cuda.” Because that’s one shattered glass ceiling we don’t believe in.

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15 comments:

  1. I see the vulcan hairdo is back.
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  2. Michelle looks very masculine.

    Oh, Yes, Palin will break the ultimate glass ceiling:

    First Female President!
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  3. If MO would just stop wearing upholstery fabric, she would improve her look 100% IMHO.

    How very touching (and by that I mean condescending) of the Big Guy to mention Hillary with regard to cracks in the glass ceiling. We know who should be standing there honoring Intl. Women's Day and it's not the one in the purple tie. And what is up with that tie anyway? Is the frequent purple a nod to SEIU? Because purple is NOT a power color. Unless you like Barney the dinosaur.
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  4. It's a very unflattering dress. Looks like a big hefty bag.

    Maybe she is trying to cover her own hefty baggage.

    At least we don't have to look at boob belt, muffin top, camel toe, or any of the other atrocities Michelle tends to sport.
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  5. Barry is forcing a smile but probably thinking:
    "I can't believe Michelle is who I am stuck with, being the POTUS and all."
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  6. So the singer wears a cocktail lounge dress, bare shoulders and no stockings to Big White in daylight? Oh, well. With this crew, I guess no one noticed. They've got tacky, crass and bad taste down. I'm only surprised that they didn't invite Beyonce to sing Jayzie's favorite song (or Jayzie himself) about the 99 Problems while The Dear Reader spoke about the cracks in the glass ceiling. How much more nonsense from these hypocrites can we take?

    Re: the lavender tie? I think it's a wink-wink special message to Larry Sinclair.
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  7. I'm forced into a terrible confession here ~ on Facebook my younger sis posted a recent pic of her & the hubby in Napa and O-M-G!!! she had a boob belt on her dress!

    Now feeling as I do about boob belts I hung my head in shame that someone in my family is emulating MO's fashion 'sense'. I immediately had to come here and get a good, solid dose of reality in order to continue on with my day! Thank goodness you were all here with your usual spot on, pithy comments about the 'fashion icon' that currently resides in the BW.

    As for the dress in the photos above, it looked pretty Glad-baggish the first time around, not sure why she wanted to recycle it unless MO's thinking she gained enough weight to fill it out properly now.....

    Madame ~ I'm with you on the purple tie thing.
    Vereteno ~ I commented on Monday's thread about how quickly you picked up the G thing! I was late posting there (bronchitis has got me down and kicking my tushie pretty well) but I wanted to tell you that you rocked it.
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  8. MOTUS, I need you at PP to solve a fashion mystery regarding our First Lady. You might want to say what you know in Latin...just sayin'

    Mrs. P
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  9. Funky Town,
    thank you so much! Grade inflation is one of my favorite treats!

    Don't worry too much about your sister, it will pass, like chicken pox.

    Get well, don't let this nasty bronchitis to take over, we need you here.

    As for the Big Boy tie, at least this time it's more into blue side of lavender. There is Change and Hope in it - may be next time it will be sky blue, or baby blue, who cares?
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  10. Funky, How embarrassing to have a sister who turned so D.Class.A. How sad that a MOTUS regular has a family member who has fallen so low. I completely understand your shock and horror. That one sent me to the kitchen for an infusion of chocolate and Cab Sav. You must redouble your efforts to be an example of what is expected on the runway of life and let her know some things are simply not acceptable...even in Napa (Nazi Pelouzy Vineyard country). You have my deepest and most profound sympathies. She must be awfully young and naive. Poor thing, bless her little heart, etc.

    My daughter-in-law does like the empire waistline look...but then she's pregnant...no boob belts though. My daughter, born with good taste, and an avid reader of Emily Post from age 9, wouldn't even dream of it. And you all know that I would rather eat ground glass (I'm sure you would too)than wear a boob belt or emulate any other fashion faux pas of Big (R) MO.

    Good God, we have to stop this before it spreads.
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  11. Madame ~ Kudos to you for raising such an enlightened daughter! Emily Post ~ wow! And you lucky lady, your son was brilliant enough to marry a daughter-in-law that is following in the family footsteps!

    Sadly my sister is 45 and like my brother (47) that also lives in CA, very liberal. She, misguided person that she is, probably does view Michelle NO as a fashion icon right up there with Jackie O.

    Thank you for your kind words Madame & Vereteno, I'm struggling valiantly not to crawl into my bed and stay there over the shame of the boob belt catching on in my very own family....it is a mighty struggle.

    Vereteno, thanks for the get well wishes! I don't know what I'd do without all of you and MOTUS especially, to brighten my days! (Just put a 1-20-13 magnet on my car today & that made me feel a LOT better! It's huge too!)
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  12. Take heart Funky Town. It seems to me that the CA 40's generation are most vulnerable to the propaganda of The Dear Reader and B(R)MO. Hold your head high and keep on walking (advise my mentor once gave me). I am praying as I type for your sister. At least your parents can be proud that they gave life to one who can think and have enough common sense, savvy, class and style to know with whom to associate. You have nothing about which to feel shame. Don't disown your sister. She needs our help and intervention. Perhaps the next time you visit her (or vise versa) the offending boob belt can go missing.
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  13. kmbr:

    Yes it is. And I think you’ll agree it will pair nicely with the new look we found today at Celine.

    Story and picture tomorrow.

    Anon:

    See, that’s the kind of talk that gets our historic Team, all wee-weed up.

    Portia:

    Our Team believes that an “honor” must be given in a condescending manner, especially to women. Why? Because an “honor” is only meaningful if it comes from someone more important. And we beat her in Iowa.

    Oh, and Andy Stern did give Big Guy the tie. It’s got a little teeny microphone in it so Andy can be sure Big Guy doesn’t pull a Chicago bait & switch on him.

    Anon2:

    Ouch. Obviously it’s not a Hefty bag. Hefty bags are shiny and smaller.

    Madame:

    Actually, we invited Ludacris to stop by and “sing” Big Guy's favorite "Obama Is Here",
    but he must have been playing basketball because he said he couldn’t come until he “scored” something.

    I like the sound of the chocolate Cab Sav feast. Congrats on the little grandchild in the incubator. If it’s a girl (I hope, I hope) and they don’t know what to name her, I was just thinking, Motus DeFarge sounds better than most of those geographic names girls are getting these days.

    Funky:

    Don’t worry girl friend, we’ll always be here for you. You know what they say, you can choose your President, but you can’t choose your relatives. Well, sometimes you can choose your President.

    Maybe they’ll send you a nice bottle of merlot.

    Mrs. P:

    I’m on my way.

    trans-reflectulato ergo sum.

    vereteno:

    But like chicken pox, it can leave scars in the most embarrassing places.

    Funky:

    Please, chicken soup, lots of chicken soup. I need all my MOLs to stay strong.

    And I’m going to get one of those magnets for the little hotel refrigerator in my closet. It will make Raj smile every time he gets a bowl of Instant-Karma curry.
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  14. Re: Desi, I guessing she's found what the rest of us know about the corporate job market these days: not so hot. She's just cooling her heels till they line up something at maybe U. Chicago (adjunct faculty perhaps?) or maybe one of those stimulus jobs (if it didn't go to China).
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  15. LOL @ the magnet for the hotel refrigerator!
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