First Pimp
May 27th, 2009 by pedestrian
Oh why oh WHY is Zahra Rahnavard constantly compared to Michelle Obama?
Why are some women’s rights activists within Iran saluting the idea of her being our first “first lady”?
The biggest issue here is not that they are trying to sell Michelle Obama like Calvin Klein underwear or McDonald’s where she becomes just another brand we poor Middle Easterners can covet and admire – and attempt to reenact.
Rather, the most crucial factor here is this:
Why do we need a first lady? I DON’T WANT a first lady and am glad Iran has never had one. The first lady is an advertising billboard for the president. She pimps the president policies to people who are too lazy to read. How many have ever dared state an independent opinion that goes AGAINST their husband’s? To be that adoring, doting, well-dressed wife; that baby-producing machine who trots the globe saying nice things and makes for nice magazine covers (Queen Rania comes to mind right now) … So Middle Ages if you ask me. Wearing couture has never been more despicable than when I see it on her hideous body. She pimps her husband’s atrocities in exchange for those clothes.
I have heard Zahra Rahnavard speak on a number of occasions. And I think she has many intelligent things to say. She was the only female university chancellor after the revolution. She’s highly educated, and both her and her husband know a thing or two about art, and war. It is my hopes that she will simply disappear once the elections are over, OR, rise as a political adviser who will have many harsh things to say about her husband’s policies (as the latter is quite unlikely, I hope she just disappears).
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related: The Momifcation of Michelle Obama.
So no more first ladies! That’s set
Just realized that I have never heard of first ladies in our neighboring countries.
NO MORE!
Well, there’s Queen Rania. (barf)
And Assam Al-assad of Syria, Azerbaijan’s first lady Mehriban Aliyeva, a few others.
They don’t show up for as many photo-ops of course.
No first ladies for any “liberated” neighbor.
Oh!
You’re absolutely right. I have searched for pictures of Zeenat Quraishi (Karzai’s wife) and Fareeha Khalil (Al Maliki’s wife) … but there’s no trace of them whatsoever. Not even a snippet anywhere.
Pedestrian,
Nice peice you wrote it was also funny, and why don’t you like Queen Rania or first ladies in general? Why isn’t Ahmadinejad’s wife ever seen in the press with him?
Love the title “First Pimp” never really thought of a first lady in those terms, but I think you are on to something. lol!
Hey Sky … Thanks for reading
He’s only carried her around once in New York and that one time was one time too many!
Don’t even get me started on Rania … I DESPISE her.
Pedestrian, u should blog more.
Is that a joke?