Thanks, Mary. Thanks, Judy. I appreciate both the link & the perspective. I'm also annoyed that the F word is most often used these days to perform un-feminist attacks on the most feminist acts.
In addition to having a great piece to toss back out into social networking circles, I've learned a new phrase:
contrarian feminism. Can't wait to start using it all over town!
Susan Johnson MFA, IBCLC
Salt Lake City, Utah USA
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 14:33:08 -0500
From: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Harpers magazine article
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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