Vogue

Checking out the cover of the March issue of Vogue, which features our First Lady Michelle Obama, made me so proud to see what this election year is doing across the board for people of color, and women in our country. Politics and fashion go hand in hand - sounds crazy, but look at the trends.
But to see not only a beautiful brown face, but a body that isn't a stick figure, on the cover of Vogue is wonderful.
Even though the average size of American women is a 12, we never see that on the cover of the iconic fashion magazines. Michelle Obama is thin compared to most of America but you wouldn't know it from the historically famous models who always grace the covers.

This cover reminds me of the poem by Maya Angelou:

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.
Maya Angelou

So, to all the Phenomenal Women in my life, WE are represented on the cover of next month's Vogue magazine.