Kim Kardashian Suggests Mothers Show Some Modesty

6/19/2010

Yesterday afternoon I received an interesting tweet from @KimKardashian "EWW Im at lunch,the woman at the table next 2 me is breast feeding her baby w no coverup then puts baby on the table and changes her diaper"

Apparently later she did a follow up tweet saying: "My sister breastfeeds! It's a natural beautiful thing, there's nothing wrong w it, but she covers herself, not w her boobs exposed." Thank you for the lesson in modesty, dear Kim. I will be sure to cover myself whenever nursing in public from now on.

First of all the irony of the statement is obvious- she posed for Playboy! How could she be so prudish about a little bit of boob exposed in the act of nursing! It was funny. And also very very sad.

I find it disturbing how vicious women can be to one another. When I had an article published in the Toronto Star on the subject of the censorship of my art from Facebook http://www.thestar.com/living/article/794323--are-these-obscene?bn=1 some of the nastiest attacks in the reader comments were from other women; the worst being the following statement: "As a mother of 2, trust me, others are not interested in seeing your bloated breasts from pregnancy. And another newsflash, they ain't gonna last!"

It's unfortunate for Kim that she made a statement like she did, because she is the classic Glass House that shouldn't throw stones. It would be so easy to attack her, point out her hypocricy, insult her figure... that is partly why I feel sad about her comments. Let's instead take a step back and see her as a product of her society. This is precisely what is wrong with society's view of breasts today. Women are taught to see themselves as sexual objects first, with breastfeeding being a secondary function. There is a de-humanizing quality to this, as women are detached from their own biology, their relationships to others, their needs and desires, and put in a realm of pure asthetics. Women are not judged for the content of their character, but merely for the quality of their skin.

It's also unfortunate for the many many young women who follow her tweets. The breastfeeding statistics for young women are depressing already- something like 20% -30% of young women choose to breastfeed. Imagine how many more might be affected by this post: "EWWW! ...breastfeeding!" and choose not to give their babies the best start to life. The diservice this statement has made to the breastfeeding advocacy movement is staggering.

56 Comments

jill link

6/19/2010 09:40:23 am

This is a great response. I was sad to see her tweet too for the same reasons...hopefully she and a few more can learn from all the great responses that have come out from this.

linda link

6/19/2010 10:06:41 am

i agree with Jill, great response... so sad that she doesn't see the double standard.. it's okay to show breasts for sex but not okay for feeding our future!!

Diana

6/19/2010 10:20:47 am

it is a sad statement of our culture... I do think changing a diaper on the table may not have been a GREAT choice. But the idea that its ok to show breasts in smutty magazines or on the cover of nearly every woman's magazine at the checkout line at the grocery, but NOT ok to show in the natural setting of a mother feeding her child is truly disheartening...

Melanie Klein link

6/19/2010 12:21:10 pm

I just blogged on this! It's so frustrating. http://feministfatale.com/2010/06/breastfeeding-nurturing-or-sexual/

Dis Gusted

6/19/2010 12:48:26 pm

This is awful and I agree 100% with the author of this blog....... I would have squirted Kim!

6/19/2010 01:03:45 pm

Well, I for one have no problem with breastfeeding, but wanted to point out that Kim probably wasn't dressed like she was in that photo to go out to eat in public. And, I would have to say eww also, if I was eating lunch with someone changing a dirty diaper on the table next to me. Dirty and unsanitary... Why couldn't anyone assume she was 'ewwing' about the diaper change, and just happened to mention someone was breastfeeding with no cover? Because... wait for it... 'we're all so eager to attack'...

Keely link

6/19/2010 01:29:59 pm

Great post. Though I find it odd that you follow someone like Kim Kardashian on Twitter.

Judgemental comments like hers definitely stunt the movement to "take back" breastfeeding (though I have to agree with her on the diaper change), but I think that the movement is much further behind in the US due to their crappy maternity leaves. Women get 6 weeks, 12 if they're very lucky, which is not enough to establish a successful bf'ing relationship.

Kate Hansen link

6/19/2010 02:46:14 pm

Thanks for all the responses! I agree with many of you that I too would have been grossed out by someone changing a diaper at the table. However she did take the time to specify that "eww... the woman next to me is breastfeeding her baby with no cover..." and went on to say that her sister breastfeeds "but she covers herself, not with her boobs exposed." So, it wasn't just the diaper that grossed me out.

Kate Hansen link

6/19/2010 02:51:31 pm

@Keely- yes it is rather odd of me to be "following" Kim Kardashian, isnt' it? Lol! I should specify... I was alerted to her tweet by someone on facebook, and signed up to follow her in order to read it myself. I was also hearing a lot of nasty comments on facebook in response to this breastfeeding comment of hers- comments about the size of her butt, her breasts, whether they were real etc. and I just thought... wow. Let's get out of the trap of insulting eachother and degrading each other. It's not doing any of us any good. That's where my comment on women being vicious came from.

J @ Alternative Housewife link

6/19/2010 04:19:37 pm

I am glad to stumble upon your blog... I recognize your work from another blog that talked about the images being banned on Facebook awhile back. Rad to actually see your work!

I agree that she has the power to influence a lot of people and it sucks that she is spreading this hate and judgment among women.

mother of two

6/20/2010 12:41:07 pm

I agree with the Author of this blog.Women have gotten to caddy and are ready to tear another woman to shreds to make themselves feel superior because they lack the self esteem to to build each other up rather than tear each other down and society and media have made it acceptable almost expected how sad is that.Almost like those stupid beer comercials that make all men look like idiots.
People like Kim Cardasian who people figure they have it all because of their money can afford like fancy homes,plastic surgery to tailor the perfect bodies but all that falsehood proves through tweets like the one she did that they probably wish they had the what that mother had ... the joy of providing for her hungry child and the freedom of not having to worry about paparazzi :o)

S. Lee

6/20/2010 01:18:43 pm

It's pretty funny that it is okay to throw aside your modesty when you are going to make money from it, but not when you are feeding your child. Ms. Kardashian has had her naked body exposed on the TV screen, through her sex tape and in Playboy and that is fine and dandy. However, a mother using her breasts for what they are intended for should be modest? You are not as progressive as you think Ms. Kardashian. You truly are a product of our society.

Amy

6/20/2010 02:17:47 pm

It makes me so sad to see how vicious women are towards each other, especially when it comes to something like nurturing children, that needs so much support. As women and mothers, why don't we support each other? Is it really the sexuality that makes women try and discourage other mothers so much?

Rebecca

6/21/2010 02:42:37 am

That is very unfortunate that she could say something so judgemental. Yes it's good that she followed up with the second comment about her sister, but so many would stop at the EWWW breastfeeding! and never bother to read anymore. I breastfed my son unti he was 3 yrs 81/2 months old (unti he wanted to stop) - but I knew the benefits of it, for many that don't know the benefits, this comment from her tweet, could be enough to sway the decision against breastfeeding. Sad.

Jessica

6/21/2010 02:49:45 am

This coming from a woman with a sex tape. I mean come on. She just said it to get attention cause people could care less about her and they care more about Kourtney

janet

6/21/2010 03:11:36 am

I honestly don't know whether to laugh or cry!!

Sarah

6/21/2010 03:36:24 am

I find it almost comical all the horrible things being said BY WOMEN about Kim in these comments. Are you not talking about how horrible it is that women judge and tear each other apart in the same paragragh that you yourselves are judging and tearing apart Kim? Talk about glass houses...

Tiffany link

6/21/2010 03:52:25 am

Wanted to share another great blog post on this - check out her TERRIFIC photo ideas!!

http://codenamemama.com/2010/06/19/kardashians-call-to-cover-up/

Jackie link

6/21/2010 04:05:54 am

I actually agree with Kim. If I was out to eat and someone started changing a dirty diaper AT THE TABLE I would complain. I can't imagine how grossed out I would be if I'm eating my side salad only to smell and then see someone changing a poopy diaper!

The breast feeding thing doesn't really matter to me. My only thought is that technology has made the world a lot creepier. We have websites dedicated to pictures of "under the skirt" shots that creepers have taken of women wearing skirts and dresses. I have no doubt there are websites devoted to pictures of women who are just breastfeeding their child.

Kara

6/21/2010 04:15:58 am

Great response. I hope young women take Kim's "advice" with a grain of salt. I'm one of those young mothers (21 when I had my son) who did breastfeed and continue to nurse my 2 1/2 year old. I would love to see some celebrities shedding some positive light on breastfeeding, instead of making derisive comments about nursing mothers.

Lisa

6/21/2010 04:19:08 am

Doesn't she endorse a line of diet pills? So she's invested in having women hate their bodies. Shame on her.

Bryana

6/21/2010 04:26:26 am

I can see this both ways.
I am deffinately pro breast feeding, and I find it beautiful and natural. But when you are at a restaurant, you should try to cover up if possible. But if you can't oh well, your feeding your child.
But as for changing a diaper on the table... thats why most restrooms are equipped with a changing table...

Kat

6/21/2010 04:30:49 am

I think that breast feeding is totally fine and normal and great but...modesty wouldn't hurt..and the diaper was too much. Playboy is purchased and only looked at if you wanted too. The lunch table next to you...is sometimes uncomfortable just because its like you wanna give them privacy...but then its out there for the world to see. I say go for a happy medium. Cover it up, and no diaper changes unless at a changing station.

Betty Toler

6/21/2010 04:56:53 am

I agree ONLY on the part that the diaper changing should not have happened ON the table! For crying out loud bring a blanket with you and use the floor as i did with mine in public OR better yet go to the bathroom as they now have changing tables. As far as the breastfeeding goes. if my child was hungry and I breastfed as so many others do, I WOULD feed that child right there in my seat! if you dont like it DONT LOOK! I did breast feed mine as long as I was medically able to. God made us with breasts for a reason. and it wasnt for sex!

6/21/2010 05:53:37 am

i may be the only male to comment here but i find the discussion intriguing.

i don't find her statement to be particularly ironic or a disservice to the "breastfeeding advocacy movement." but perhaps your definition of irony greatly differs from mine.

the primary function(s) of a penis is to release urine and ejaculate. i suspect anyone viewing this or posting here would be terrified if they were eating at their favorite lunchtime restaurant and a male at a nearby table pulled out their penis and began to urinate or engage their partner in intercourse. is this a bit extreme and disturbing? perhaps, but both of these things are natural acts.

there is something indeed to be said about modesty in modern society. if you do not care for modesty perhaps you should move to a nudist colony where the uncovered human figure is not only accepted, but embraced.

changing a diaper in public is not just questionable, it's downright unsanitary and simply unacceptable. i would hope that had someone working for the restaurant noticed this, they would ask her to change her child's dressings where it were appropriate to do so, or ask her to leave the restaurant entirely.

i agree with KK fully, though i would probably not have expressed the sentiment quite the same.

Kate Hansen link

6/21/2010 06:50:29 am

First I want to thank you "K" for having the guts to be the only male commentator, and a dissenting voice at that! :) I've heard this argument before, comparing sex to nursing, and it just doesn't fly with me. Breastfeeding and sex are two completely different acts, for completely different reasons and outcomes. The only comparison to a male masturbating is a female masturbating; breasts are not the same as sexual organs. The woman in this case was feeding her child, not having sex, not attempting to attract a sexual partner. People seem to be very confused about this distinction. Also the amount of skin a woman shows while breastfeeding is NOTHING compared to the amount of skin Kim herself shows in her day to day life, I mean when not posing for playboy of course.

Jowita link

6/21/2010 06:52:27 am

This is like when that other vegetable on legs started having opinions about vaccinations (http://www.generationrescue.org/).

You do realize this woman -- although a celebrity -- is possibly only one gene sequence removed from a carrot, right?

In a somewhat related yet completely aside comment, changing diaper on a table is quite unsanitary and rude but I don't even believe that it happened. (After all, it was noticed by a carrot, right?)

Brooke link

6/21/2010 06:54:24 am

First, nice art. I look forward to seeing more of it.

Second, I think we're over-reacting to KK's influence. I honestly don't think she's enough of an inspiration to women of reproductive age that her twitterfeed is going to make or break someone's nursing plans.

At this point, on the net, I'm talking to women the age of my oldest child. When I started having babies at home, carrying them around in slings, and breastfeeding, there wasn't an internet "community" taking shots back and forth across the lines between attachment parenting and schedules, wm/sahm, and the ever popular nursing debate. People who wanted to be rude to nursing moms had to do it in person, lol.

My observation of bulletin board and later methods of communicating on the net between women is that the squeekiest wheels are the people stirring the pot and being pointlessly mean. Most adults don't base their decisions on a high-tech "slam book", however -they count on their friends and respected authorities for help. So continuing to be calm and supportive of the nursing folks we have influence with is more to the point than worrying about the random remark of a young lady who clearly isn't an authority on much of anything.

And, for the male posting. Breasts aren't penises, and nursing isn't comparable to peeing at the table. When you're ready to haul the next man sweating at a restaurant off to the special "sweat room" where his glands can free up with proper modesty, we'll start making comparisons, k?

Just keep on keepin' on, ladies. It's getting better. :) Gradually.

Jessica

6/21/2010 07:43:28 am

what a great response and beautiful artwork.

Haley

6/21/2010 07:57:04 am

I normally cover up when BFing in public, not for others but for myself. This kind of makes me want to make that daring leap into exposed boobies.

Changing a diaper at the table is gross, but breastfeeding is definitely not.

Kim could stand to get a bit of perspective. Is it possible that she truly believes her breasts are there for the world to oogle?

6/21/2010 08:39:04 am

Where as I fully support breastfeeding. Truth be told we aren't seeing what KK saw and automatically assume this women was using discretion because we would. This may not be the case at all. On top of it the places KK frequents probably contain people that dress like herself...right? I believe in modesty in public family settings and places where nudity violates codes...restuarants have a no shirt no shoes policy for a reason.

Also I've read comments on here stating that there are no sexual purpose for breasts they are only for breastfeeding. Why is it then our nipples become erect when aroused? Why do some women need nipple stimulation to reach full statisfaction? Why would sexual therpists say otherwise?

6/21/2010 08:43:57 am

Who cares what she thinks! I agree with the writer of this, but Kim is from the same liberal thinking tank, as most of you feminist who are standing up for breast feeding.

j=Jim

6/21/2010 08:52:25 am

Sorry for the confusion, what a coincidence it would be that someone else posted with the same initial.

Look! I'm a man and I love a woman's chest, but they play the role of two-fold process. Let's filter out all beliefs and stick with nature. The breast are there for an arousal aspect to lure a man in (for women who think this is simple minded, No! It's nature). After a woman has a baby and she is breastfeeding, they really aren't in tune with any sexual desires because at that point they are now serving the true purpose of why they exist. So J! if you think your breast are there for arousal, get a f-in clue.

J=Jim

6/21/2010 08:54:54 am

J, the women who think that the breast only serve one purpose, are the same women who couldn't get a man to look at them, even if they paid him. I just had to add that because you are right about that one statement.

Clay

6/21/2010 08:57:13 am

Breastfeeding babies is as natural an act as you can get. It is not sexual, and should not perceived as being sexual.

I think if we worried less about breast feeding and more about other things we would be better off as a society.

I am not offended by breastfeeding, don't care or believe that women should cover up and hide what they are doing (except for their own modesty). Breast fed babies are healthier and smarter.

PnC link

6/21/2010 10:04:17 am

I agree with u... it sounds funny isn't it...

But I do support covering during breastfeeding... it shows some dignity not only for myself but also for other women... just my 5c opinion... :)

cheers!

Kate Hansen link

6/21/2010 10:42:43 am

The first J wrote: "Also I've read comments on here stating that there are no sexual purpose for breasts they are only for breastfeeding. Why is it then our nipples become erect when aroused?"

I don't think any one of us denies that breasts are also sexual. It's wrong to suggest that they are being used sexually when someone is nursing a child, however. Believe it or not they actually serve both purposes- the erectile function of nipples also serves to help babies latch on, and in that case has nothing to do with arousal. There is an excellent art piece called "duality" on this very subject: http://www.redbubble.com/people/rachelvalley/art/464304-5-duality
Worth checking out.

Kate Hansen link

6/21/2010 10:47:51 am

@J- "the women who think that the breast only serve one purpose, are the same women who couldn't get a man to look at them, even if they paid him."
The only reason I decided to post this comment is to address the subject of physical insults. Part of the reason I posted this blog in the first place is that I was kind of disgusted- first by Kim's nasty comment towards another woman, then by a lot of the nasty, degrading comments I was reading directed towards Kim herself- from the size of her butt to other things I do not wish to mention here. I want us all to get away from insulting women physically, and I am so disheartened by your attack towards me, Jim. What I look like has nothing to do with who I am or what I believe. I will not continue to post comments like this, for future reference. I will delete any comments I think are insulting towards another poster, or a woman's body.

LadyJ

6/21/2010 11:22:03 am

I am a 28 yr old mom of a 5 month old and strictly breastfeed. My son has recently decided that he hates covers. I do what I can to cover myself, but at some point my flailing effort to conceal draws more attention than the act itself.

J=Jenn

6/21/2010 12:13:49 pm

I'm sorry I'll admit I miss understood the way the comment was written. It came across as they serve one and only purpose. I agree during the act of BFing they do....if not something is wrong with you and you should seek help.I believe though because of the fact they are used for dual purposes and so few from our generation and the generation before were breastfed they have trouble mentally drawing that line of acceptable or sexual.
@J=Jim.....I do have a clue since I am a woman and have a child that I breastfed...Do you think my chest was fully of limits to my husband during the time I BFed after our child was asleep and we were intimate? There is a reason Jim why ya woman's body can tell the difference between arousol and need to feed your child and stops releasing milk while sexually aroused...

Salli

6/21/2010 01:35:03 pm

The only 'EWWW' I can say from the mother's actions is changing the baby's diaper on the table. That turns my stomach. Breastfeeding is beautiful!

Hazel,

6/21/2010 02:26:19 pm

Hazel Pharo Carlsen Artiste
well...I guess its OK with the guys if you are tarty..strutting your stuff and flashing boobs for the male gaze, yet a turn off when titties are being utilized as nature intended, to suckle your young...most people want to forget that we are mammals...warm blooded animals....

Hazel,

6/21/2010 02:46:04 pm

Hazel Pharo Carlsen Artiste
also...breast feeding not sexual..Hmmm...it is definitely sensual..there are pleasurable feelings when the baby sucks. As during sex, oxytocin is released as a baby suckles...this promotes the bonding of mother and child. Also, in the earlier days of breast feeding, the suckling of the young has a direct effect on the womb which is stimulated to contract and retract after giving birth.

Kim

6/21/2010 05:33:20 pm

It has all pretty much been said, but the tweet did not specify that it was a poopy diaper. It just said, "changes her diaper". I have a 4 month old son that I nurse EVERYWHERE! In restaurants, grocery stores, libraries, church! I just wear a tank top under my shirt, put him near my breast using his body to "provide cover", latch him on, and pull my top shirt down to meet up with his nose/mouth. You can't see anything, and it is incredibly discreet. @LadyJ, your baby is around the age that they decide they don't like the cover and start to bat at it and call way more attention to the act of nursing or pop off the breast because they are so distracted by it. I learned that with my first child.

We as a society need to get over our fears about seeing breasts doing what God designed them to do! It is bottle feeding that I am offended by! Make them feed their babies in special rooms, away from polite society, so they won't make little girl grow up to think that bottle feeding is normal or acceptable!

It is sad to me that someone who can only make money off the sexualization of her body would have anything to say about breastfeeding -- for or against! Maybe she would have felt more comfortable if she had tipped the lady for the show?

tiffany

6/21/2010 11:52:58 pm

let's mail kim kardashian our nursing covers!
One William Morris Place Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Melissa

6/22/2010 01:00:38 am

"We as a society need to get over our fears about seeing breasts doing what God designed them to do! It is bottle feeding that I am offended by! Make them feed their babies in special rooms, away from polite society, so they won't make little girl grow up to think that bottle feeding is normal or acceptable!"

OK, not to be offensive to anyone, but isn't it hypocritical to bash mothers who bottle feed their babies because Ms. Kardashian bashed breastfeeding mothers? Why must we put down any certain group of people? I'm a 25 year old mother of two bottle fed boys, ages 6 and 2, and they are smart, healthy, and happy. My best friend breastfed her daughter. I do not think breastfeeding mothers should hide away while feeding their children, and strongly disagree with Ms. Kardashian's tweet. I don't understand though someone being upset by her tweet on one hand, and then on the other hand turning around and doing the same thing towards another group of women.

Brandy

6/22/2010 01:46:22 am

Whether you agree or disagree with Kim's statement, you have a choice to purchase the magazine or not. On news stands, the magazine is in a plastic cover that prevents exposure of the full Playboy cover. When you buy the magazine, you know exactly what you're going to get...How often to you go out for a meal and expect to see someone breastfeeding (w/o cover) and changing a diaper at the table? It personally wouldn't bother me to see a woman breastfeeding in public (might be a little awkward b/c I how do you not look!), but comparing Kim in Playboy with breastfeeding in public is like comparing apples and oranges.

Megan Henrich

6/22/2010 03:38:37 am

I am not defending the woman changing the diaper on the table, but a lot of you ladies are extremely mistaken in saying that restaurants have changing tables. Many of them do not, and even more do not have changing tables in the men's room. This is also something we should be fighting for, because it is not fair for moms to be stuck at home because there are not adequate facilities for their babies. I went into DAIRY QUEEN the other day (you would think it would be family friendly, wouldn't you?) and there was NO CHANGING TABLE. This happens all the time, we need to stop blinding ourselves to it.

Amy

6/24/2010 11:13:33 am

While it is gross and unsanitary to change a child's diaper at the table, just as anyone else sold not relieve themselves on the table, there is nothing wrong with this mother nursing her child at the table. The child is eating, just as every other person in the restaurant is doing. Kim Kardashian is a hypocrite and really has no room to talk seeing as she frequently bares her breast and it is not for anyone's nourishment might I add. Seriously this boob-baring bimbo just needs to shut the hell up.

mac

6/24/2010 01:41:10 pm

Your art is beautiful!

Women breastfeedinga are beautiful!

Keep up the good work!

Alice

6/25/2010 05:41:30 am

This is much more serious than just not wanting to see a boob at dinner. I must agree with Ms. Hansen in that, in today's society, breasts are sexual objects first and the natural way (and only way in most third world countries with unsanitary water and no formula)to nourish our children. I know now you'll say, well we are in America.
SO WHAT? This is how babies eat.

It has gotten so bad that WOMEN cannot bare the thought of seeing a child breast feeding in public.
Can we all take a moment to realize how absurd this is?

We are perpetuating a submissive culture of women who aren't allowed in public after we have children because we cannot feed them in front of other people - in front of other women.
We are FEEDING OUR CHILDREN here ladies - not doing a strip tease for our mates (which is we do in private).

First we need to be covered to breast feed, then we aren't allowed in public? This is a slippery slope that we, as women, cannot be a part of.

Nicole

6/25/2010 08:55:12 am

I have to say that I believe this is about the baby's right to eat, first and foremost. How many people would choose to have a fussy, crying baby at the table next to them over one that is happily nursing? I know I wouldn't! And contrary to popular belief, expressing milk to feed in a bottle just isn't an option for many mamas, and as others have mentioned, neither is wearing a cover at all times - my son NEVER let me use a cover, so I learned to feed him discreetly without one.

To the posters who say it's awkward because you just *have* to look, well, that's *your* issue, not the bfing mother's. I see people out in public on a daily basis wearing clothing that I find distracting/disturbing/too revealing (and I'm not a prude in any sense of the word), and sometimes I have a hard time looking away, but they have every right to dress however they want, and who am I to say anything?

Anyway, I totally agree that KK is a product of the sad state of our society. The fact that no one seems to be able to reconcile the dual purpose of women's breasts (nourishing and sexual) is truly disturbing. I mean, should all women have c-sections because the vagina should be reserved for its sexual role? C'mon!

Andrea

7/5/2010 06:43:50 am

I recently was at Disneyland with my husband and 3 children and as I was sitting nursing my 3 month old with a cover up shawl, a man walked by, gestures at us and said, "that's disgusting!". Sigh. It's just ignorance and a double standard. Or mens jealousy that the breasts are used for someone else's needs? who knows, but so sad.

Sarrah

7/24/2010 06:53:12 am

First, I have to say I'm grateful for this posting. I'm a mother of two and proud to say I nursed both and am still nursing my 1 1/2 year old daughter. Nursing is NOT sexual, sensual sure, but sexual no. There is definitely a dual role for women to be sexual, but at the same time nurturing and loving mothers. (Which btw, you can be that whether you bottle feed or nurse). Some women cannot breast feed for medical reasons, but that does not make them less of a mother than you or me. It is absolutely silly to compare the breast to the penis, because they are two totally different body parts and their functions are too. We shouldn't be bashing anyone for their bodies, opinions and or choices, however, what KK had to say is just sad... First Breast feeding is natural and beautiful, and BTW LEGAL to do publicly.
Second sometimes you just can't drape a cover up over the baby, (neither of my children liked to be covered up while feeding, and I don't blame them). Third, bashing people and not be supportive of their choices as a mother is just wrong. When my son was still under a year we were at the mall and he started to scream and cry, carrying on because he was hungry. So I sat down on a bench in the middle of the mall and nursed him. I tried to be discreet and even place my travel system stroller in front of us. However I still received some hostile stares and nasty looks. What was worse though was when a WOMAN came up to me and said, "Why don't you just do that in the restroom?" I then said, "Ma'am would you like to eat your lunch on the toilet?" She didn't have anything to say to that. Now all that being said, the changing a diaper on the table is unsanitary. It could have been done on a seat, bench or on a bathroom counter(if big enough) if no changing tables were available. You see not all places(even though they claim to be family friendly) have those changing stations, which is wrong, people should have a place in which they can take care of changing their babies diapers in a private, more sanitary way. Women should be able to feel at ease with taking their children out into public and not feel like they be trapped at home. And people, if you are offended or grossed out by a woman offering and supplying her baby with the best nutrition she can offer, I only have one of two things to say to you, 'you can always look away,' or if you can't and you see as a sexual or wrong 'GROW UP.'

Lauren

12/21/2010 02:02:11 am

Don't you think you should give people a little more credit that that? If you're not going to breast feed based on a pseudo-celebritiy's view on it. Maybe there's bigger problems.

Leif Harmsen link

7/5/2011 03:52:15 am

I love your website and your paintings. I'm a abit shocked you have a link to Facebook's website and bother with it though - the most can use there, if anything, is a link here to this - your own website. Facebook isn't very art friendly, as I'm sure you know. They're pretty vicious with their website's editorial to the point where I wonder why any artist would bother to support and entertain them.

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