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Military Moms Breastfeeding In Uniform Create Controversy | The Military Life
This is so absurd. Breastfeeding is good, war is bad. End of story.
If the former Marine captain quoted in this article as opposing breastfeeding in public is so concerned that male soldiers will lose respect for breastfeeding female soldiers, then the problem is not with the military moms, but rather with the misogynist, sexist, bigoted culture that prevails among the men who dominate the military apparatus.
Rather than advising breastfeeding mothers to hide in their car, we should be demanding that misogynist military men be the ones forced to go off and hide in shame.
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Photographs taken of military moms breastfeeding their babies in uniform are stirring up controversy on the Internet.
TODAY Moms reports it all started when professional photographer Brynja Sigurdardottir snapped unposed shots of breastfeeding service women assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state. The photographs were to be used on promotional base posters for National Breastfeeding Awareness Month in August.
But the photos, posted on Sigurdardottir’s website, began circulating on the Internet. And the two women photographed breastfeeding in uniform found themselves under fire.
Terran Echegoyen-McCabe, who is photographed breastfeeding her twin girls, told TODAY:
“There isn’t a policy saying we can or cannot breast-feed in uniform. I think it’s something that every military mom who is breast-feeding has done. … I think we do need to be able to breast-feed in uniform and be protected.”
In contrast, former Marine captain Emily Barton wrote on a military breastfeeding website:
“I don’t want my Marines to look at me any other way than as a Marine. When I am asking them to fly into combat with me and do a dangerous mission, I do not want them to have the mental image of a babe at my breast. I want them to only see me as a Marine… Trust me, I love the ease of breastfeeding, but not at the detriment of good order and discipline. Find a room, go to your car, ask someone for their office. It’s not hard.”
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Make your bed!
It’s summertime in my house, thus there are no sheets to be made. I sleep on the comforter :D
Create yourself as a Disney Princess
Queen of the sea bitches
I like how it’s impossible for me to be fat
what am i doing in life
Yea I noticed that too
Easy Fruit & Herb Flavored Water
Ingredients
- fruit — 2 cups berries, citrus, melons, pineapple…most fruits will work (see recommended amounts in directions)
- herbs — a sprig of mint, basil, sage, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, or lavender
- water (tap or filtered)
- ice
DirectionsSupplies needed: 2 quart pitcher or jar with lid; muddler or wooden spoon
General formula for whatever fruit/herb combo you desire.
1. If using herbs, add a sprig of fresh herbs to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon to bruise leaves and release flavor; don’t pulverize the herbs into bits.
2. Add approx. 2 cups of fruit to jar/pitcher; press and twist with muddler or handle of wooden spoon, just enough to release some of the juices
3. Fill jar/pitcher with ice cubes.
4. Add water to top of jar/pitcher.
5. Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Suggested flavor combinations:
ALL CITRUS (no herbs) — Slice 1 orange, 1 lime, 1 lemon into rounds, then cut the rounds in half. Add to jar and proceed with muddling, add ice & water.
RASPBERRY LIME (no herbs) — Quarter 2 limes; with your hands, squeeze the juice into the jar, then throw in the squeezed lime quarters. Add 2 cups raspberries. Muddle, add ice & water.
PINEAPPLE MINT — Add a sprig of mint to the jar (you can throw in the whole sprig; or, remove the leaves from the sprig, if you prefer to have the mint swimming around and distributing in the jar). Muddle the mint. Add 2 cups pineapple pieces, muddle, add ice & water.
BLACKBERRY SAGE — Add sage sprig to jar and muddle. Add 2 cups blackberries; muddle, add ice & water.
WATERMELON ROSEMARY — Add rosemary sprig to jar & muddle. Add 2 cups watermelon cubes; muddle, add ice and water.oh my god
yes
YES YES YES
this is the kind of healthy eating i wanna do
only sugar is getting added to this shit doe
JC Penney’s new ad for Father’s Day
The text reads:
“First Pals: What makes Dad so cool? He’s the swim coach, tent maker, best friend, bike fixer and hug giver—all rolled into one. Or two.” The text at the bottom reads: “Real-life dads, Todd Koch and Cooper Smith with their children Claire and Mason.”
HELL TO THE MUTHAFUCKIN YES.
So fucking cute.
Happy Birthday Selena <3
Dumb Things White People Say: karnythia: NGL I feel some kind of way about how many of these convos...
NGL I feel some kind of way about how many of these convos turn to anti Black American even if they aren’t anti-blackness. And it’s not okay to ignore the sideways shit that gets spit at black Americans under the guise of “Oh they’re so entitled” while ignoring how much of this…
That awkward moment when you get old enough to realize Harry Potter was probably the result of an accidental pregnancy.
I mean. Lily was nineteen. And fighting a war. Let’s be real here, she and James never sat down and decided it was high time to have a family.
themanintheyellowroom said: #that awkward moment when two horny teenagers saved the world with their orgasms. SUCK IT BENEDICT XVIII
Little sister in my head.I usually have to repeat my name because it’s pretty unusual. It can sound strange to people who stumble over the pronunciation. Here’s the story: My name is Amandla and was inspired by Miles Davis’ 1989 album, “Amandla,” which means “power” in Zulu. After listening to its beautiful melodies, my mother thought to herself, “If I ever have a daughter, this is what I’ll name her.” The phrase “Amandla Awethu!” was often shouted at anti-apartheid rallies in South Africa. It means “Power to the People!” Amandla is also the title of a documentary about the role of music in the anti-apartheid movement, Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony. I have a very cool poster that was signed by the director, Lee Hirsch. He wrote: Go Amandla!!!! Sing & Be Powerful!
Sounds like a plan!The fact she knows what this documentary is makes me love her even more.
Under the Booty
“Ms. New Booty” vs. “Under the Sea”
I AM DEAD
"I’ve seen a ton on the facebooks about “thanking veterans for their service.” As a veteran let me just be very straightforward and honest with you. We didn’t “serve our country”; we don’t actually serve our brothers/sisters or our neighbors. We serve the interests of Capital. We never risked our lives or spent months on deployment away from our family and friends so they can have this abstract concept called “freedom”. We served big oil; big coal; Coca-Cola; Kellogg, Brown, and Root and all the other big Capital interests who don’t know a fucking thing about sacrifice. These people will never have to deal with the loss of a loved one or the physical and/or psychological scars that those who “serve”, and their families, have to deal with for the rest of their lives. The most patriotic thing someone can do is to tell truth to power and dedicate yourself to building power to overthrow these sociopathic assholes. I served with some of the most real and genuine people I’ve ever met. You’ll never see solidarity like the kind of solidarity you experience when your life depends on the person next to you. But most of us didn’t join for that; we joined because we were fucking poor and didn’t have many other options."
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An anti-capitalist veteran (via elitc)
Well heres a take on it not often uttered or shared
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this explains the side-eye I get when I say this to soldiers
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The last line is why I’m considering the Reserves.
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Create yourself as a Disney Princess
Flawless.
I would be the simplest princess, just concerned with being comfortable haha. And I still get to keep my signature head scarf!
That awkward moment when me as a princess is just one of my sisters basically.
That awkward moment when I spent way too much time on this.
That not awkward moment when fabulous.
whoops I spent more time on this than I’m willing to admit
I spent quite a bit of time on this too lol.
“This time, we didn’t make any wishes for the future. We said goodbye to our past. None of us have any idea where life’s gonna take us, cause what we have is now. And right now, we have each other.”
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