Beyonce joins Taylor Swift along with Katy Perry and the Obamas on YouTube for Dear Class of 2020

2020 is only half over, and major life events continue to be canceled or postponed, including graduation ceremonies for the class of 2020. In response, YouTube put together an all-hands-on-deck special web event called Dear Class Of 2020, which was streamed live on Sunday.  Megastars such as Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Jennifer Lopez joined Barack … Read more

Michelle Obama says she is ‘pained’ and ‘exhausted’ by George Floyd’s killing

Michelle Obama responds to the killing of George Floyd saying she is ‘exhausted’ by the racist attacks on black people while calling on white people to do the ‘uncomfortable work of rooting it out’ Michelle Obama responded to George Floyd’s death in an Instagram post   The former first lady said she is ‘exhausted’ by the … Read more

Michelle Obama says she had to give up her ‘aspirations’ to have kids

Michelle Obama admits in the new Netflix documentary Becoming that having children was a ‘concession’ that cost her her ‘aspirations and dreams’ after she rose to become Barack’s equal.  The documentary was released on Netflix on Wednesday and sees the former first lady narrate parts of her life from when she was a child to … Read more

Michelle Obama discusses her struggles as a young black woman in Netflix trailer

Michelle Obama opens up about her working-class upbringing on the South Side of Chicago and her struggles as a black woman in the new trailer for the upcoming Netflix documentary ‘Becoming.’ Taking place roughly two years after she and her family left the White House, the film chronicles the former first lady’s 34-city tour for her best-selling … Read more

Former first lady Michelle Obama reads children’s books in new weekly video series

Michelle Obama is hosting a virtual storytime for kids every Monday for the next month.  Kicking off today, ‘Mondays with Michelle’ will stream on several different platforms so parents across the country can sit their kids down to read a book with the former first lady. Mrs. Obama, 56, will read four different books through … Read more

WHAT BOOK would author Sue Monk Kidd, take to a desert island?

WHAT BOOK would author Sue Monk Kidd, take to a desert island? Sue Monk Kidd reveals the first book she remembers was Alice in Wonderland  The American author fell in love with England when she read Jane Eyre aged 13 If trapped on a desert island she’d read The Shark Club, a novel set on an … Read more