Okay. So I saw this here article on CNN today. It was also mentioned in the mamasays newsgroup.
Okay.
"I was shocked to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine." One says.
You must be equally shocked, then, to see your own breast while nursing your own child.
In truth, this whole 'uproar' doesn't surprise me at all. We are 'talking' about BabyTalk magazine here. It is very mainstream. You are more likely to find that in most doctor's offices than Mothering, where you see breastfeeding babes all over the place, unabashedly.
"A breast is a breast. It's a sexual thing." One Texan woman says.
Hey, I didn't know they were just sexual!!!
The editor of BabyTalk made a comment that strikes to the core of it all:
"There's a huge Puritanical streak in America..."
If that ain't the truth, I don't know what is.
Anyone else care to respond??? An open invitation......
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I've heard the magazine has gotten over 500 negative letters re: the cover. UNBELIEVABLE!
Flossing your teeth is recommended by the American Dental Association. Breastfeeding is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Yet - would they get 500 complaints for a cover photo of someone flossing their teeth? I'm just saying.
Breasts on magazine covers...Let's see? So far i have seen jessica simpson's, janet jacksons, britney spears', and many more. What were they using their breasts for? Milking something, I guess. The pocket books of America perhaps? Now, that's gross.
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