NSFW = Not Safe(Suitable) For Work (contains graphic or adult imagery which might be offensive to employers or co-workers.)
So I was thinking about the NSFW designation and how it should be used/not used on the blog. Breastfeeding pictures can show a fair amount of skin and even when they don’t the controversy still roils so it seemed to be worth spending a few moments pondering the issue.
Here’s what I came up with.
Using NSFW promotes the idea that -
- Breastfeeding is not normal.
- Breastfeeding is something that needs to be hidden away (You know, it’s a private act between mother and child. Be discreet for goodness sake).
- Breastfeeding is somehow sexual.
- Breastfeeding could be offensive.
Then I thought about how I’ve structured the blog and what other breastfeeding blogs are doing.
- I have a photostream that rotates through a group of breastfeeding pictures. That box appears on every page of the blog. The pictures are beautiful.
- Have you seen the site header?
- Breastfeeding sites/blogs aren’t using the designation. It’s happening in other areas of the internet.
- NSFW does nothing to normalize breastfeeding within our culture. In fact it does the opposite.
So, No NSFW around here. It’s a breastfeeding blog. Breasts will be seen. I’m leaving it to you to decide when would be the best time during your day for you to read the blog.
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I never choose “not safe for work” when I’m stumbling or sharing a breastfeeding post. In fact, I think there should be more breastfeeding in the workplace.