In its May 21, 2012 issue, Time Magazine dives head first into a two-decade-long parenting debate that has boiled over in the past couple of months. The cover shows Jamie Lynne Grumet, a slim, blonde, 26-year-old California mom, breastfeeding her 3-year-old son. TIME photographer Martin Schoeller also photographed three other families on the same day. The photos became an instant Internet sensation.
In response to the terse notices alerting mothers that they were violating Facebook's decency policy, "lactivists" responded with a virtual nurse-in; 11,000 women posted photos of themselves breastfeeding and/or updated their profiles to read: "Hey, Facebook. Breastfeeding Is Not Obscene!"
The pro-breastfeeding group has attracted over 250,000 members.
Edwards (who has created celeb statues before) sculpted Angelina Jolie tandem nursing two babies. Its mission? To reduce the negative stigma ofbreastfeeding in public. Edwards hopes his Hollywood creation will inspire people to accept public nursing as the natural, normal way to feed a human baby. He had been planning to create a breastfeeding sculpture for quite some time, and after Jolie's twins, Vivienne and Knox, arrived, he felt inspired to do so. Edwards chose to unveil the statue in OK because Brad Pitt, Angelina's husband, is from Shawnee, OK.
Sandy Wilson of Phantom-Financial, the company that backed the project, agrees wholeheartedly with Edwards' mission, “We believe the statue sends a beautiful message by promoting the acceptance of public breastfeeding. Mothers should be encouraged to nurture their babies anywhere.”
This toddler has been suckling milk directly from a cow ever since his mother went away to find work when a storm destroyed the family home. Tha Sophat's grandfather revealed the 18-month-old had been feeding himself this way since his parents left Cambodia for Thailand. After he stopped breast-feeding with his mother, the boy became ill, said the 46-year-old grandfather with whom the youngster is staying.
The boy watched a calf nurse from its mother, and began to do the same thing, feeding direcly from the cow each day, Um Oeung added.
But the company was slammed by parents who complained the bizarre toy promotes the sexualization of young girls. Bebe Glotón, meaning greedy baby, looks like any regular toy, but comes with a bra-like halter top featuring symbolic flowers for the child to wear. To play with the doll, it is latched onto the petals, where it emits a suckling sound, before it has to be burped to stop it from crying.
The bizarre electronic creation, which was designed by Berjuan to promote breastfeeding, has sparked outrage among some parents who have branded the toy 'inappropriate.'
Posting a comment after watching a demonstration video online, one user wrote: 'This toy would never work in the U.S. because the public would sexualize the act of breastfeeding, thereby deeming it inappropriate for little girl to engage in.' Another wrote: ' Honestly, I think this is awful. Now let me just be clear, I think breastfeeding is wonderful and wholeheartedly encourage it, however, it is completely inappropriate to allow a young girl to mimic it.
A store clerk approached soon afterward, Smith said, instructing her and another mother who was breastfeeding nearby to stop. Smith told the clerk she had a right to breastfeed in the store, and asked to speak with a supervisor. She got the same answer.
Smith said she complied with the request and left the store soon afterward, but grew angrier about the incident upon reflection. "It's shocking to me that in 2011, people still have an attitude that women shouldn't breastfeed in public," Smith said.
Smith's blog post about the incident spread quickly online, and supporters were planning to stage a nurse-in at the store.
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Benetton's 1989 campaign for equality between black and white caused a strong reaction across North America, but it was an image of a black woman breastfeeding a white baby that stood out from the rest of the ad campaign. The photograph not only generated controversy, it also became the most-awarded image in Benetton's advertising history.
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