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Double Standards.

by Kelli

In celebrity news, I came across this article about Maggie Gyllenhaal and within the article, there is a snap of her breastfeeding her daughter, Ramona. The photo took my breath away. Seriously. It is such a beautiful shot. Then, I read all the rude, spiteful, nasty comments. Bah. My first reaction was that it was incredible invasion of privacy on the part of Gyllenhaal’s, but realistically, she probably knew the shot was going to happen. I have to wonder if she didn’t do it on purpose to make a statement. After all, there are TONS of paparazzi shots of her out and about with her daughter. She must be aware that of that.

By the way, the title refers to me. I’ve mentioned before that I am totally down with public nursing, just use a blanket. Officially, I’d like to retract that statement because this little photo made me realize my own hypocrisy (yep, I do that sometimes. Chalk it up to personal growth or something). Just yesterday, I was watching an episode of the Sopranos which provided the usual full-on breast shot. I am also a HUGE fan of Sex and the City. I wonder how many of the commenters who made all the mean comments are also HBO fans?

Those folks need to get a clue. I sure did.


Posted in Celebrating Celebrities on May 6th, 2007

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3 Responses to “Double Standards.”

  1. Margo Says:
    May 6th, 2007 at 2:32 pm

    Bravo! Well written. I have a problem with folks who don’t like it when ladies nourish their children in public but don’t think anything of the half naked teenager walking down the street. Hello people!

  2. Leah Says:
    May 7th, 2007 at 10:16 am

    Yup, people are weird. I think of nursing in public as my own little way of normalizing breastfeeding. The more people see it, the more they realize that it’s not as horrifying as they think it is.

    I was just nursing at Wrigley Field yesterday. No one said a word. I think most people thought she was sleeping.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lakeline/488206514/

  3. Nursing Your Kids » Blog Archive » She Strikes Again. Says:
    June 7th, 2007 at 4:18 am

    [...] Strikes Again. June 7th, 2007 by Kelli Awhile back, I had written about Maggie Gyllenhaal “getting caught” breastfeeding in public. At the time, there was a lot of discussion [...]

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