First Lady Michelle Obama Ebony Magazine May 2012 Cover, Photos, Interview

By Shallow Nation on April 6, 2012 - Comments { 0 } - in Magazines

First Lady Michelle Obama is on the cover of Ebony Magazine May 2012 and featured in a photo shoot and a cover story interview. See the photo and interview excerpts below after the jump.

Article Continues Below Ad

Click here to see Michelle Obama’s Ebony Magazine cover picture. The magazine will hit newsstands on April 17. Here are a few excerpts from the interview for the cover story, in which she addressed a range of topics including family life at the White House as well as the work she does on behalf of military families, with Joining Forces, and the Let’s Move! childhood obesity initiative.

On raising Sasha and Malia
“Barack and I feel that our greatest responsibility is to raise two productive, respectful, kind empathetic young women.”

On counteracting negative depictions of women in pop culture for the girls
“My husband talks to our girls about how he expects men in their lives to treat them, and he offers examples by how he treats me and how he treats them.”

On the President dealing with his daily grind
“He functions better every day when he gets his workout in. It clears his mind–it gets him ready. I don’t think there’s anybody who can imagine just what that man deals with over the course of a 24-hour period. He is able to do it because he is mentally and physically sharp, so it’s a necessity.”

Via The Grio via Huffington Post.

Watch a recent video of the First Lady below.

Photo credit: Official White House Photo: Joyce N. Boghosian

YouTube Link