Morning Outrage: Take Three
I've grown up with Better Homes & Gardens magazines. Mom loves them. I love(d) them. I like looking at the pretty pictures and daydreaming of my own place.
But my heart is cracked, if not broken, today. Recently, I (and other breastfeeding mothers) was told by a BHG author that I should, if at all possible, breastfeed in a public restroom.
Do I really need to get into how wrong such a "suggestion" is?
- Lactivist Leanings': "Mothers to BHG Author - Thou Shalt Not Tell Us You Hate Our Kids"
- Code Name: Mama's "Breastfeeding and Bathrooms" (THAT is how disgusting it is)
- Hope Springs Eternal's "Better Homes & Garden FAIL: The Anti-Public Breastfeeding Comment"
- The National Conference of State Legislature's list of State Breastfeeding Laws
I cannot, will not get into a comment war with anyone who thinks publically breastfeeding mothers need to be discreet, are indecent, and/or need to cover up. The law protects my right, as a mother, to breastfeed anytime, anywhere within 44 states. PERIOD.
But my heart is cracked, if not broken, today. Recently, I (and other breastfeeding mothers) was told by a BHG author that I should, if at all possible, breastfeed in a public restroom.
Do I really need to get into how wrong such a "suggestion" is?
- Lactivist Leanings': "Mothers to BHG Author - Thou Shalt Not Tell Us You Hate Our Kids"
- Code Name: Mama's "Breastfeeding and Bathrooms" (THAT is how disgusting it is)
- Hope Springs Eternal's "Better Homes & Garden FAIL: The Anti-Public Breastfeeding Comment"
- The National Conference of State Legislature's list of State Breastfeeding Laws
I cannot, will not get into a comment war with anyone who thinks publically breastfeeding mothers need to be discreet, are indecent, and/or need to cover up. The law protects my right, as a mother, to breastfeed anytime, anywhere within 44 states. PERIOD.
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