f-word and breastfeeding

[slemslempike]

Virtually every time I read an article on the f-word, think "my word, that's a pile of crap" and click through to comments, it turns out to have been written by Abby O'Reilly. Today's was no exception:

Why Facebook's photographic stance is actually perfectly reasonable and in no way anti-breastfeeding.

In particular, I was irritated by the ways she starts out by saying that she doesn't upload photographs of her own naked breasts that she's taken, which leads into the justification that therefore nursing mothers shouldn't upload pictures of their breasts. I hadn't actually been aware of the thing about facebook no-breastfeeding stance. FFS. I am also heartily sick of feminist writing taking a pretence at "reasonableness" and objectivity when actually it's just ill-thought through bullshit.

Comments

[hafren.livejournal.com]

Yes, I never see that logic without thinking of that exchange from Tartuffe:

TARTUFFE (proffering hankie): Please cover your bosom; I find the sight disturbing.
DORINE: You must be very easily excited; I could see your whole carcass stark naked and it wouldn't have any effect on me.

It's all in the mind, folks....

[slemslempike.livejournal.com]

That's a brilliant exchange! Now I want to know more Tartuffe. I don't know any Moliere at all, actually, which is a bit argh because he's one of my grandfather's subjects. (As in academic, not royal, obv.)