Dirty Little Secret

Yes, that’s me breastfeeding at a glacier in Alaska last summer. And no, you really can’t see my boobs because breastfeeding is not the same as flashing, despite what some cretins believe. The average breastfeeding mother doesn’t show a lot of skin. So it can’t actually be the visuals that scare people, it must be the implied boob in the nursing situation. The idea that a woman’s nipple is not tucked into a bra or flopping out in the open, but in a child’s mouth, must be what has upset Facebook.

Facebook, in case you haven’t heard, has banned pictures of mothers and babies breastfeeding. That’s right, a site populated by college students is offended by the act of nursing. A site filled with pictures of drunk flashers is upset by the idea that there is a breast behind a nursing baby’s head.

But there is a way to stand up to Facebook and Bill Maher and all the other idiots out there who think a woman who nurses her baby should be ashamed. Join the wonderful women at the League of Maternal Justice for the Great Virtual Breast Fest. Even if you’ve never breastfed, please show your support for those who do.

I’ve blogged on this topic before, and I think I’m going to keep doing it until people are more upset by domestic violence than they are about seeing a woman breastfeed her child in public.

League of Maternal Justice

Great Virtual Breast Fest

breastfeeding in public

breastfeeding