Breastfeeding and Facebook

Breastfeeding and Facebook
Produced by Sarah Dufton

Made in response to Facebook's actions regarding women posting breastfeeding photos. For more information and ways to be involved, please visit http://bit.ly/FB-take-action

Featuring the music "The Gathering Fields" by David Nevue and "Busting the Breast" by Bowser and Blue

Special thanks to:
Emma Kwasnica
Jodine Chase
Cricket Scott
April Bevin
Suzanne Plourde
Candice Fisk
Lynsey Bartram
Marivette Torres
Lynn Heinisch
Sam Norman
Dev Austin
Wendy Harper
and Danelle Frisbie
for their contributions.

Thank you also to Paul Rapoport who has worked to archive photos removed from Facebook since 2008.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Breastfeeding
• Facebook
• censorship
• discrimination
• harassment
• parenting
• mothering
• breasts
• lactivism
• Emma Kwasnica
• baby
• bullying
• intimidation
• complicit
• RAD

[weegeekaukap]

@dotonthewall actually, breastfeeding is "something important that will help the world". For example, a recent study found that if 90 percent of U.S. families followed guidelines to breastfeed exclusively for six months, the United States would save $13 billion annually from reduced direct medical and indirect costs and the cost of premature death. The US surgeon general has stated "for too long, breastfeeding has received insufficient national attention as a public health issue".

[weegeekaukap]

@dotonthewall The surgeon general also cites stigmatization of breastfeeding in public and a lack of visual images of women breastfeeding as barriers to improving the rates of mothers who breastfeed exclusively for longer.

[coneyhead1000]

When are these females going to do what is really good for their babies and stop crying and whining about their rights.? This is a me me me me me society and this bunch falls right into it. Everyone knows that breastfeeding is what is good for a baby but, taking indecent pictures and posting them on facebook when they know that facebook has rules is ridiculous. WHO IS DOING THE HARRASSING? Not everyone wants to see it and not everyone thinks that you and your offspring is wonderful.

[Ishmaranara]

I breastfeed all three of my boys for a year. I was even working during the last child. None of my children have half the problems of others. I also am a chemistry major and have worked in pharmaceutical production. In Japan most mother's breastfeed even when working.

[Quartz482]

@LadyLizard86 im a guy and there are things we guys know of one anothet. one thinf for sure....we dont like raising another mans baby. ur imaginery bf.....que the violins again! u breast feeding in public is rooted in your contempt at men and being ditched.

[Quartz482]

@LadyLizard86 if u ever allowed ur offspring to feed while i was enjoying my seafood pasta....mmmmmm...i would protest so friggin loud. i would go for maximum humiliation. love that pasta!

[LadyLizard86]

@Quartz482 Can you please stop being obsessed with me? If I had a dick you'd be sucking it right now. You're so funny. Why on earth do you think you know anything about my dating life? Thanks for the good laugh!

[LadyLizard86]

@Quartz482 Have you lost your damn mind? I don't care if you're married, I have no desire to get married! What makes you think my boyfriend isn't into me? I've actually been proposed to twice, I have no problem turning men on, I'm sexy and I know it. You have lost touch with reality. You're the king of ASSumptions and a waste of my time. But I will bet you a million dollars I'm smarter AND hotter than your poor wife, and my publicly breastfed daughter is healthier than your whole family.

[dotonthewall]

or posting pics of YOU breastfeeding on Facebook for the whole world to see. What in H makes you think that the rest of the world cares or wants to see THAT??

[dotonthewall]

Get a life and find something worth doing besides picking at someone who doesn't share your thoughts on breastfeeding.

[Quartz482]

@LadyLizard86 Ummm.Im married and you are not...you were knocked up by a "boyfriend" who doesnt seem into you. If he were he would be on bended knee popping the big question. I may have my personal beliefs yet it never interfered in my dating life. Apparently, you and your beliefs seem to turn men off...you keep finding yourself in the friend-zone and even then I suspect the calls from those become a trickle and then nothing. Queue the violins!! Pan back of a crying Ladyliz. Roll credits! WRAP!