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

[metamorphosa.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I thought that might be the case. Things make sense in my head, but very rarely make any sense at all when I write them down or try to voice them. For slight clarification, I do agree with what you said entirely, and was going off on a tangent of thoughts, rather than arguing your point. If I wasn't cold, tired, and stressed, I may have tried to say it another way, but as it is it'll probably sound even more confusing!

But I like hearing your take on the subject, and what other people comment, so I'll keep reading them. :)