I have come across another fabulous blog post, this time by Gina at The Feminist Breeder. Her article, “When It Comes to Breastfeeding, We Can’t Handle the Truth” is a great discussion about what is really wrong with breastfeeding in our society. I’ve always encouraged women not to feel guilty about not breastfeeding, but instead to be angry at a society and medical system that devalues breastfeeding and fails to support moms and babies. Gina has a lot to say on the subject and I particularly like when she states “Your body created an entire human being inside from nothing more than the joining of two single cells.  Your body is a miracle worker. So what leads you to believe that, after creating a whole person with organs and tissue and a beating heart, that your body would call it quits when it came time to feeding this thing?” Read the post and then take a look around your world and consider all the things you encounter on a daily basis that serve to undermine breastfeeding. And then start demanding a change!

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