Ruth Scuderi wrote:

> Today's Salon had an article on this case called "Nursed to Death"!!!
What a
> headline!
>
> http://www.salonmagazine.com/mwt/feature/1999/05/21/nursing/index.html

IMO, it's time for us to mount a letter-writing campaign to Salon. Their
coverage of breastfeeding has been simply appalling. They never focus on
anything positive, only babies dying, the hassle of pumping, and other
negatives. It sounds to me like the editors have "personal issues" in this
area. Why no stories on the deaths from artificial feeding? Or nothing from
mothers who actually enjoyed breastfeeding?

I've written to them on my own, as have others I know, and we got no
response. I'm told by an insider that unless they get a lot of letters --
like, say, 100 -- they will brush it aside.

Remember, Salon is not small potatoes -- it has massive influence, and
Mothers Who Think has become even more popular now that they've published a
best-selling book (an collection of its columns by the same name).

Although they *did* publish Katie Allison Granju's excellent Babywise piece
a while ago, they've also published these:

http://www.salonmagazine.com/mwt/feature/1999/05/21/nursing/index.html

http://www.salonmagazine.com/mwt/hot/1998/06/16hot.html

http://www.salonmagazine.com/sept97/mothers/creme970926.html

http://www.salonmagazine.com/sept97/mothers/milk970926.html

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1999/03/16feature.html

Send your letters directly to the Editor of Mothers Who Think, Camille Peri
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Heck, for that matter, you can copy anyone you deem appropriate.
http://www.salon1999.com/contact/staff/

And you have my permission to forward this anywhere you'd like. :-)

Janice Berry, mom of Zack (11/30/92) and Gina (9/4/96)
Westerville, OH
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