LeaningLactivist

This l’il lactivist hat tickles me!

June 4, 2010

In the interest of transparency – I stumbled across this Etsy store and until I asked knitschmidt if it was OK to share her hat here she had no idea I even existed! *laughing* I have received no compensation (except permission to use the image from her Etsy store). I was puttering around in Etsy [...]

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Logical Fallacies and Justification

May 28, 2010

Things that make you go “HUH?!” Some of the comments that have been left on “They should feel guilty for not breastfeeding!” are making me wonder what is going on inside some people’s heads. I’ve refused to approve several comments and unapproved a couple more that wanted to focus not on the personal behavior I [...]

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Mothers to BHG Author – Thou Shalt Not Tell Us You Hate Our Kids

May 24, 2010

Catching you up to speed I suspect Heather W. over at Better Homes and Garden (bhg.com) is going to have an interesting day today. She may be hailed as having touched a nerve and gotten a monster comments thread going or she may be doing damage control. You see, she wrote a little piece called [...]

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Extended Breastfeeding Video

May 23, 2010

Hat Tip to Mother’s Utopia (MothersUtopia on Twitter) for the link to this video. It made my afternoon! TVNZ 20/20 Video on Extended Breastfeeding I love these breastfeeding mums and their attitudes! Sending major Kudos to whomever was responsible for producing and editing this segment.

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Test to see if the Facebook Feed is working

May 18, 2010

Testing 1…2…3… Testing 1…2…3… Is this thing on?? *massive amounts of feedback as I wander too close to something electronic*

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Revisiting “they should feel guilty” with HarrietJ as our guide

May 17, 2010

HarrietJ over at Fugitivus is someone I read regularly. She’s got a lot of really insightful things to say that can be reapplied directly into my life. In her post  Oh Right, I have a Blog She talks about adoption advocacy and says – And when you’re employed in the adoption field, unless you’re employed [...]

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Best for Babes needs our help to turn “Like” into $$$

May 13, 2010

They have a fundraiser happening right now and here is how we can “donate” to a good cause. The Moms Helping Moms Facebook Fundraiser Event! . Donate to Best for Babes…for free? How does that work?! All you have to do is “like” our Facebook page! It really is that easy! Five fabulous companies have [...]

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They should feel guilty for not breastfeeding!

April 28, 2010

Well, They should! If you think this, or more importantly if you’ve said this, my post is addressed to you. I suppose I ought to warn you that I’m more than a little peeved with what you are doing because no matter your thought process, no matter what your intentions are, when you say this [...]

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NIP Nukers Raise My Blood Pressure

December 9, 2009

A couple of days ago I watched the tail-end of a Twitter dust-up between a young man and some lactivists that I follow regarding breastfeeding in public (hereafter known as NIP). The tweets got so tense I responded viscerally just from watching the exchange (you know those tight-in-the-chest, tingly arm, itchy finger, head-in-a-vice-ready-to-explode, Oh-no-you-didn’t-just-say!! feelings).  [...]

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Senate Healthcare Bill and Breastfeeding

December 7, 2009

I’ve recently been really infuriated  by the fiasco we Americans are calling the “Healthcare Debate”. Watching attempts to erode women’s rights and our healthcare needs being treated like a bargaining chip has a tendency to do that for me. Go Figure. I am confined to Facebook status updates, e-mail and online donations to organizations like [...]

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