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Speaking
out about BREASTFEEDING Tales
of the Breastfeeding Life Great essays from all over the place. |
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From My Birth to My Baby's Birth: Generations of Formula Marketing Tactics read it |
Sidebar article excerpted from the Fall issue of Birth Gazette. (That's me and Roan on the cover above!) |
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Breastfeeding Empowers
Women—Yes it Does! read it |
“When a mother and baby breastfeeds,
nobody makes any money.” |
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The Lactating Feminist read it |
". . . instead of viewing your boobies through the distorting prism of Hugh Hefner's bifocals -- too small, too flabby, too pendulous, too stretch-marked, not centerfold-material -- now you realize they are, as Martha Stewart would say, A Good Thing. Viewed through the milk-induced drunken smile of your baby, they are The Very Best Thing." Check out other great essays by MOTHERS WHO THINK at Salon.com |
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"Whip it Out!" read it |
A sock-it-to-them essay on what these breasts are for anyway, from Hip Mama. |
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Ten Reasons to Breastfeed read it |
. . . and the Ten Reasons why women don't breastfeed. "Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they should feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference. " Amen. |
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Breastfeeding: Good For Babies, Mothers, And The Planet read it |
All the basics you need to know about breastfeeding: biology, politics, women's empowerment, etc |
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Tales of Testifying before NM's Tax and Revenue Committee read it |
"... simply to nurse my own child, for as long as we both wish, is the most radical, world-changing event that I can participate in." |