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Lactivism: How Feminists and Fundamentalists, Hippies and Yuppies, and Physicians and Politicians Made Breastfeeding Big Business and Bad Policy | Courtney Jung
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Is breast really best? Breastfeeding is widely assumed to be the healthiest choice, yet growing evidence suggests that its benefits have been greatly exaggerated. New moms are pressured by doctors, health officials, and friends to avoid the bottle at all costs—often at the expense of their jobs, their pocketbooks, and their well-being.In Lactivism, political scientist Courtney Jung offers the most deeply researched and far-reaching critique of breastfeeding advocacy to date. Drawing on her own experience as a devoted mother who breastfed her two children and her expertise as a social scientist, Jung investigates the benefits of breastfeeding and asks why so many people across the political spectrum are passionately invested in promoting it, even as its health benefits have been persuasively challenged. What emerges is an eye-opening story about class and race in America, the big business of breastfeeding, and the fraught politics of contemporary motherhood.
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melissarochelle
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"In general it's best not to 'lean in' too far when there are horns and bottles dangling from your boobs." This chapter is getting real about how horrible pumping at work is. (Yes, that is my still breastfed sometimes 1 year old getting in some screen time while I read...judge all you want.)

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melissarochelle
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Could someone please study breastfeeding and breastmilk more in-depth, please. Thanks.

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melissarochelle
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I can't tell if the author is as sarcastic (not quite the right word) as I'm reading her to be. Example, "Attachment parenting also involves a practice called "baby wearing"...real attachment parents tend to use slings...slings are pieces of fabric, preferably organic cotton..."