Former First Lady Michelle Obama caused a stir during her arena book tour on Saturday when she said that marriage inequality can’t be solved by women ‘leaning in’ because ‘that s*** doesn’t work all the time.’
Obama made the comment during her appearance Saturday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, where a large crowd of thousands came to see her promotional appearance for her memoir, Becoming.
The former First Lady was commenting about whether women can experience equality in both their marriage and the workplace - ‘that whole “so you can have it all”’, as she referred to it.
‘Nope, not at the same time,’ Obama said.
‘That’s a lie. And it’s not always enough to lean in, because that s*** doesn’t work all the time.’
(Former First Lady Michelle Obama caused a stir during her arena book tour on Saturday when she said that marriage inequality can’t be solved by women ‘leaning in’ because ‘that s*** doesn’t work all the time.’ Obama is seen above on Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn)
‘Lean in’ is the phrase that was made popular by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.
Sandberg’s book, Lean In, was a 2013 best-seller whose aim was to empower women in the workplace.
The book ignited a cultural discussion about challenges faced by women in the business world, including pay disparity and discrimination.
Michelle Obama’s use of the four-letter word ‘s***’ sent the crowd into a frenzy at Barclays Center, according to social media.
‘THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN BARCLAYS JUST LOST OUR COLLECTIVE S***’ tweeted Jeanna Kadlec.
+4 Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, was a 2013 best-seller whose aim was to empower women in the workplace
A Twitter user named Megan tweeted: ‘Despite waiting in the rain for an hour to get into the Barclays Center, I was just in the same room as Michelle Obama and she accidentally said “s***” and it was amazing and my life has been forever changed.’
Erin Strecker tweeted: ‘At Barclays tonight, Michelle Obama said: “It’s not enough to Lean In because that s*** doesn’t always work!” Tattoo it on my body!’
Kevin Flynn tweeted: ‘Tonight at the Barclays Center Michelle Obama accidentally said “s***” in front of thousands of people and it ruled.’
The former First Lady's memoir has become the most sold book this year, according to CNN.
As of December 1, Becoming, which hit the market just two weeks ago, has sold more than 1.1 million hardcover copies.
Its sales have outpaced those of the top two political books this year - Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury and Bob Woodward’s Fear.
The second most popular book in terms of hardcover sales this year is Magnolia Table, a cookbook by TV star Joanna Gaines.
+4 Former first lady Michelle Obama, left, is interviewed by Elizabeth Alexander at the Barclays Center
When factoring in e-book and audio, Becoming has sold a total of more than 2 million copies in the United States and Canada since its November 13 release, according to the book’s publisher, Random House.
The hardcover edition of Becoming is now in its sixth printing - meaning the publisher has had to order more copies so as to keep up with demand.
After the current printing, there will be 3.4 million copies of the book in print in the U.S. and Canada, according to Random House.
Becoming is also number one on the best-seller lists in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and other countries.
Michelle and former President Barack Obama each have been working on memoirs this year, for which they negotiated a $65million dollar deal with Crown Publishing Group/Penguin Random House.
His book is expected in 2019.
Poster Comment:
Shit for brains!
Hating the Obamas (and the Clintons) because they are condescending narcissists does not make someone a racist. We hate them for who they are as people, not the color of their skin. They are nauseating and insufferable.
#1: IbJensen To: All (#0)
IbJensen posted on 2018-12-03 09:08:18 Reply Private Reply
#2: Vicomte13 To: IbJensen (#0)
I don't hate any of them.
I rather like the Obamas, actually. I think they did a good job with their kids, and didn't bring real scandal to the White House.
Bill and Hillary certainly were naughty boy and girl, but Clinton always had a good sense of humor that offset and bitterness I might have had towards him, and it's some of Hillary's policies I disagree with. I don't hate her as a human being.
I write this knowing full well that it will provoked some of you to say something insane, and that's my point. If you've got to reply to somebody saying that he doesn't hate some people with a wild spew of hatred, you're not right in the head.
These people are political rivals, on some things (I expect that if we went down a whole litany of policies we would find agreement on a great many things). That doesn't make them enemies of humanity, in my book. In every legal case, there's a lawyer on the other side, usually intelligent, usually working in diametric opposition to everything I'm doing. S/he is certainly an adversary, but not perforce an enemy.
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-03 13:03:53 Reply Private Reply
#3: Justified To: IbJensen (#0)
Is that suppose to mean something?
Is that street talk for kick some azz?
Justified posted on 2018-12-03 13:06:12 Reply Private Reply
#4: Hank Rearden To: IbJensen (#0)
Hank Rearden posted on 2018-12-03 13:13:21 Reply Private Reply
#5: BorisY To: IbJensen (#0)
All differenT sizes
Love
boris
BorisY posted on 2018-12-03 13:56:53 Reply Private Reply
#6: IbJensen To: Justified (#3)
IbJensen posted on 2018-12-04 07:53:05 Reply Private Reply
#7: IbJensen To: Vicomte13 (#2)
The children were rented as Ovimit shot blanks. Too much pot and homo activity before wedding the he she.
IbJensen posted on 2018-12-04 07:57:05 Reply Private Reply
#8: A K A Stone To: Vicomte13 (#2)
They are evil people. They taught their kids that good is bad and bad is good.
But you just give lip service to morals. That is why you remain in the immoral Catholic so called church.
You are a leftist.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-12-04 08:13:14 Reply Private Reply
#9: A K A Stone To: Vicomte13 (#2)
Of course you don't hate Hillary. You are a leftist. Lefitsts like Hillary.
Even though you LIED the other day when you said you never considered voting for a democrat. We all knew it was a lie because you said you would vote for Hillary if Cruz won. Again because you are a leftist.
You do hate right wingers though. You once said the solution to Americas problem would be to murder all the right wingers.
Sick sick sick.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-12-04 08:15:48 Reply Private Reply
#10: A K A Stone To: Vicomte13 (#2)
So says the lefty clown who says murder all right wingers to solve the world's problems. The same loon who said die in a hole.
Just shows you are a liar. But that has long been documented.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-12-04 08:38:38 Reply Private Reply
#11: Vicomte13 To: A K A Stone (#10)
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-04 08:59:17 Reply Private Reply
#12: misterwhite To: Vicomte13 (#2)
Politics aside, she is a horrible human being and has been one for decades.
misterwhite posted on 2018-12-04 09:10:21 Reply Private Reply
#13: A K A Stone To: Vicomte13 (#11)
You are a murderer at heat like your father.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-12-04 11:48:12 Reply Private Reply
#14: Vicomte13 To: A K A Stone (#13)
That's what you've got? That I'm a murderer at heart, "like my father"? By that, you presumably mean the Devil. You're taking a direct quote of Jesus and putting it in your own mouth to castigate me, with you taking the role of Jesus.
There is some truth at it. I don't know that I'm a murderer, but I certainly am a killer at heart. At age 18 I went off and joined the military, became a missile officer and a helicopter pilot. Served in a couple of wars, and felt that what I was doing was justified and necessary.
In war, in combat, and in police actions, I am quite bloody-minded: I want to see the enemy dead. Dresden and Hamburg, Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Sherman's March, even Waco - these actions seem justified to me.
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-04 14:14:11 Reply Private Reply
#15: BorisY To: Vicomte13 (#14)
MarTin LuTher usa
You should go back To
ST napolean europe
Love
boris
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We're going To need a wall
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false - virulenT religion - liberals
BorisY posted on 2018-12-04 14:19:40 Reply Private Reply
#16: BorisY To: All (#15)
3rd world african voodoo Too
Psss
We need a slave exodus
From These incorrigibles
BorisY posted on 2018-12-04 15:00:09 Reply Private Reply
#17: A K A Stone To: Vicomte13 (#14)
I'm not even a right winger. I'm just a regular guy interested in practical solutions. It's just your crazy talk that contradicts your #I don't hate lip fake.
A K A Stone posted on 2018-12-04 16:14:37 Reply Private Reply
#18: Vicomte13 To: BorisY (#15)
St. Napoleon? Bonaparte was many things, but "saint" was not among them.
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-04 16:48:23 Reply Private Reply
#19: BorisY To: Vicomte13 (#18)
I meant
EnlighTenment Europe
The Marx - darwin - HiTler one
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boris
BorisY posted on 2018-12-04 20:56:35 Reply Private Reply
#20: Vicomte13 To: BorisY (#19)
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-05 00:36:19 Reply Private Reply
#21: BorisY To: Vicomte13 (#20)
The head of gold
psuedo inTellecTualism
Toes - feeT of clay
BorisY posted on 2018-12-05 02:35:33 Reply Private Reply
#22: Vicomte13 To: BorisY (#21)
At least you like Impressionism.
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-05 09:10:30 Reply Private Reply
#23: BorisY To: Vicomte13 (#22)
OuT of whole cloTh
Sheep - wolves
Devouring The flock
Horatio Bonar
The slaughTer house of souls
Good grief
boris
BorisY posted on 2018-12-05 15:23:47 Reply Private Reply
#24: Vicomte13 To: BorisY (#23)
"Lies and jests, but a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." - Simon and Garfunkel
Vicomte13 posted on 2018-12-06 06:56:17 Reply Private Reply
#25: Stoner To: misterwhite (#12)
I thought I had seen all of the Star Wars episodes, and I swear I do not remember ever seeing Chewy dressed in a all white outfit !
Stoner posted on 2018-12-06 16:09:35 Reply Private Reply
#26: misterwhite To: IbJensen (#0)
You can take the woman out of the ghetto ....
misterwhite posted on 2018-12-06 18:33:01 Reply Private Reply