Comments on: Wimminz disgusting milky nipples! Teh areola! Teh b00bize! Oh noes! (or, Facebook, grow up!) http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/ Motherhood with a feminist slant. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Reverse Osmosis : http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-2199 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:09:03 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-2199 i love to feed babies specially when they burp and smile after feeding them “

]]> By: Amanda http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-1063 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:45:02 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-1063 I have several nursing pics posted on Facebook, and they have yet to be deleted.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=645743&l=44f70f6276&id=1527300039

]]> By: » Blog Archive » I’m sick of discreet! http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-189 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:12:47 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-189 [...] is it desirable to be discreet? Well, I could rant and rave about why it shouldn’t be, but I’ve done it before, and other people have said it better than me, so I’ll leave it to them. Suffice to say that [...]

]]> By: clare bown http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-129 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:29:05 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-129 oh,and lets not forget the fact that small babies are often only happy and content when feeding or sleeping,and camera flashes can tend to wake babies-i prefer to see photos of feeding babies than screaming babies myself!

]]> By: msruthmoss http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-128 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:28:50 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-128 I am glad to hear that about Desmond Morris’ theory. It always grated on me and I couldn’t quite put my finger on it! Such a shame – I really liked his book about cats but the Naked Ape just made me want to bang my head on my desk.

“is it just plain ignorance or does somebody have serious issues with breastfeeding?” I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I genuinely think it’s the latter. Otherwise why would they remove pictures that *don’t* contravene its policy on nipples?

Morgan – entry slightly changed to add the comments you suggested.

Yes, re: why you’d take the photos – exactly. And as a commenter on the F word pointed out, there’s another reason, too – when you’re breastfeeding, after a while, you tend to do it while you’re getting on with other things. And as babies want to feed often, there’s a good chance any photo of you and the baby is going to have a breast in it somewhere!

]]> By: Paul Rapoport http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-127 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:35:04 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-127 “Buttocks don’t have nipples.” Ruth, you’re a genius. Desmond Morris’s theory has been pretty well debunked for other reasons. It should never have entered the popular mythology.

Your article is wonderful; as they say here, a real hoot!

]]> By: links for 2008-12-31 « Shut Up, Sit Down http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-126 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:30:35 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-126 [...] Wimminz disgusting milky nipples! Teh areola! Teh b00bize! Oh noes! (or, Facebook, grow up!) « Moth… Awesome Q&A regarding Facebook's removal of breastfeeding pictures, and why this is not only stupid but hypocritical and sexist to boot. (tags: feminism parenting social) [...]

]]> By: clare bown http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-122 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:23:14 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-122 i have seen some women’s(i hope they are women anyway though some are very young)profile pics which come VERY close to the mark,and show far more breast than any breastfeeding pics ive ever seen,plus they are sexual in that the woman is posing provocativly.i dont know how facebook can leave these pics up and remove breastfeeding ones that dont even show anything.is it just plain ignorance or does somebody have serious issues with breastfeeding?

why would you want to take photos of yourself breastfeeding?erm,possibly the same reasons you would photograph yourself giving your baby a bottle if thats how youre feeding,or why you would take photos of your baby messily tucking into their first bowl of pasta.because its nice to look back and remember those times,especially when your angelic little baby has turned into a gobby teenager!

]]> By: Morgan http://mothersforwomenslib.com/2008/12/30/facebook-grow-up/#comment-121 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:25:49 +0000 http://feministmums.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-121 Don’t forget to point out that many many many of the deleted photos don’t show aureoles of nipples at ALL. Just breastfeeding. In fact, the photos that were removed from the accounts of the mothers who started the protest… showed no aureole or nipple at all. Just breastfeeding. A couple of them didn’t show any breast to speak of.

As ever, it’s the _thought_ of breastfeeding that offends Lactaphobes. Facebook doing all this “oh it’s just the full breast thing” is an aftermath comment.. designed to support actions which did not uphold their policy. Actions that upheld lactaphobia.

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