It’s So My Mom.

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Maybe I’d feel differently if I were a mother, but listening to the whole ruckus about Ty Inc. possibly having fashioned two darker skinned dolls after the first daughters–so what? I detest how politicians use their children–intentionally or not–to project themselves as a wholesome family unit, then scream that they’re off-limits when it behooves them. It just doesn’t work that way.

And these girls are better role models than the other choices out there (ahem, Miley Cyrus).

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No telling how many kids will be born on this fateful inauguration day, and no telling how many of them will take “Barack” or even “Obama” as their first or middle names. My boyfriend’s sister is actually scheduled to C-section today, but we were unable to convince her to follow “Jack” with “Obama” or “Barack.” It’s a shame.

Can’t wait to see the inevitable reports on the baby name … and if more people are choosing our new president’s first or last name to immortalize in the next generation …