Beautiful Breastfeeding is a beautiful and inspirational discussion group and collection of photos on Facebook that is a huge step toward normalizing breastfeeding (and especially the sight of nursing in public).
| Photo Credit: Author (A nursing nap at our house.) |
But it is being labeled as "sexually inappropriate" and will be deleted by Facebook completely if we don't do something about it.
I mean, come on. I'm gonna be frank and concise here. Sexually inappropriate? I don't think so. Pages like these are fantastic steps forward in normalizing and celebrating the gift of motherhood and the beauty of breastfeeding.
| Photo Credit: Author (My 3 year old baby nursing her baby doll at the mall food court.) |
Here is the latest post, Facebook's Misogyny Needs to End Now by Cherie (Natural Mama NZ) on Beautiful Breastfeeding's Blog indicating the details of Facebook's ludicrous objections to the page, as well as what you can do to help.
I'll be writing to Zuck tomorrow after church when I've had time to cool down a bit about it.
Those of you who know me know how things like this can light a fire under my tushie, and I'm gonna need some serious church before I can settle my thoughts on this circus of ignorance and misogyny.
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