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,…