book read

Or rather, skimmed. Milk, Money and Madness, The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding, Naomi Baumslag and Dia Michels (Bergin & Garvey, 1995). Pretty straightforward pro-breastfeeding proganda for large sections of it. [Insert minor rant about how many of the pro-breastfeeding propaganda tactics currently in use in the US do not, in fact, work, and may, in fact, turn many women off breastfeeding.] The interesting parts were about international issues - the Nestle boycott and national and international (UNICEF) campaigns to promote breastfeeding - largely through hospitals and primary caregivers. Because when you are a poor person living in the third world with an unsafe water supply and poor sanitation, feeding your baby formula has a decent chance of killing him or her. Tragic photo of a woman with her twins, the male of whom she breastfed (large, healthy infant, maybe 4 months old) and the female bottle-fed, because her doctor told her she wouldn't have enough milk for both. The female looks like a newborn still, except emaciated. The picture was taken at childrne's hospital - the girl died.

Open letter meme

Dear Women With Large Feet Who Like Danskos,
Why did you have to line up at opening time and clear out the store of my size on the first morning of the sale? Don't you have jobs?
Signed,
Wah!

Dear Husband,
Our daughter takes afternoon naps, not morning ones. I need her to take afternoon naps so I can get important things done, like mowing the lawn. When she takes morning naps with you, you both sleep. This may "feel so good," but how exactly is it fair?
Signed,
Division of Labor My Ass

Dear Sun,
Please stop shining. I know plenty of people like you, and yeah, we depend on you for stuff like, you know, life on earth. But can't a cool-weather loving girl get a little consideration for a change?
Signed,
Yes I Know It's My Fault I Live In NC Shut Up Already