While your point about black bodies being commodified historically is well taken, the analysis here posits Obama as someone who is being taken advantage of, and has less agency, in comparison to white politicians who were commodified even before the internet got big (I remember the Clinton dildos, for example).

I think that does Obama a disservice. He’s a bestselling author and believe it or not, wrote his books for both political and economic gain. I wouldn’t look at him as the victim here.

by matttbastard
I realize that in today’s struggling dead tree media market you gotta do what you can to pop flagging newsstand sales. Still, I think the fine folks at Ms. might be just slightly reaching here:

As Liss (h/t) notes:
That Obama has…