At the 2017 Minnesota Breastfeeding Coalition conference and annual meeting, Camie Jae Goldhammer, MSW, LICSW, IBCLC delivered powerful, poignant, and straightforward presentations on encouraging and…
Category: Advocacy
How to write an anti-breastfeeding article
Congratulations on your decision to write your first anti-breastfeeding article! Although this is no doubt a column, opinion piece, or blog post, we will…
Guest post: Why we need to celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week
While I want to share this voice from a white ally, I encourage you to seek out the person-of-color perspective on Black Breastfeeding Week.…
Breastfeeding is not broken
It feels, sometimes, like breastfeeding is an exercise in doom. Friends and family have their stories. The media is full of 'em, too. The…
Newsflash: the internet is uncomfortable with breastfeeding
Best for Babes shared a lovely nursing picture a few days ago. The mother who offered permission to share it had the photo deleted…
MommyCon is not for me
I've been pretty vocal about how I honor the International Code of Marketing Breast-milk Substitutes (the WHO Code or International Code) and why I…
Fighting the wrong front in the mommy wars
I don't often talk about the so-called "benefits" of breastfeeding* for a few reasons: This is language I try to avoid. Humans are mammals,…
Free webinar roundup: WBW/NBM 2014 edition
I don't know about you, but I find it hard to keep all of these free webinars straight, so I'm going to put them…
Breast is not always to blame
There's an essay on the Postpartum Stress Center website called, "Is Breast Always Best?" This is a powerful, well-written piece—but it's wrong. Breastfeeding isn't…
The WHO Code, marketing, sponsorship, and why you should give a damn
It's the WHO Code's 33rd birthday, and we're "celebrating" with a day of action to encourage healthcare facilities to be free of formula marketing.…