Mary writes:

Has  anyone seen the article in Harpers March issue titled: "The tyranny of 
 breast-feeding: 
New mothers vs. La Leche League?"  This is a link to  a rebuttal:
http://commonwealmagazine.org/verdicts/?p=918
~~~ THANK YOU so much for sending this. Spent some time discussing the  
article with a CoLeader and two Leader Applicants the other day. It's nice to  
see a better argued piece of writing than the article itself. I remembered 
when  I wrote for some parenting magazines, they would fact check my writing 
to within  an inch of its life and even forbid me from printing direct 
quotes from a  doctor, or from current texts if they thought "it would make women 
feel guilty".  Apparently the same stringency is not applied when attacking 
women from a   claimed "feminist" perspective. I do find it ironic that 
being a "feminist"  means for some, actually denying what is part of our 
femininity -  "be a  full, un-oppressed woman, act like a man"? Respect a woman's 
choice, as long as  it agrees with yours? Anyway, thank you again for 
finding and sharing this. 
Peace,
Judy

 
Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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