Ill Wind
I have some google alerts set to notify me whenever stories about breastfeeding come up, and lo and behold, a week or so ago, all were abuzz about the rates of breastfeeding. They’ve gone up! And now, in the US, high on the victory of rates going up, the governmental organizations in charge of health are all thinking of ways to keep the rates going up. Imagine! A world where all babies get at least a taste of breast milk! It seems like it’s only a step away…
Yet, the cynic in me knew it would only be a day or two and then, yes, of course, the google news alerts suddenly changed to: Is breast really best? and The Debate Rages, is Breastfeeding all it’s been made to Be? I’d link, but sigh, I don’t wanna. I saw it coming, and it did. So here’s a comic about it.
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so damn true. and so frustrating. it is always like this though, anytime info comes out to say that feeding a child from the breast the way millions of years of evolution meant it to be is a good thing, so stupid columnist has to write some silly piece on how it holds women back, or shames women, or is false in some way. for some reason just the idea of information makes everyone lose their dang minds.