This Comic is directly related to the Musing: Oh, the Tyranny!

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A word usually reserved for the powerful, is in this instance used to describe mothers just like you and me… Wow, except for in my own home I rarely get described as tyrannical, and then only when I’m very very grumpy.
(thanks Antonia!) The Tyranny of Militant Lactivism Oh, please! There’s so much good (as in bad, but inspiring) stuff worth responding to in this article, but I chose to do a comic in response to his final line: “Surely it is time we left it to mothers and mothers alone to decide how to feed their infants.” Indeed. And that’s EXACTLY WHY we ‘militant lactivists’ (funny, the only arms I have are for hugging ;o) - ooooooh, another good comic idea! want a ban on formula advertising to new mothers. EXACTLY.

xox,
Heather

ps. I spent some time reading the comments and found this:

BVGeesten
Comment No. 1084123

January 27 11:45

GBR
Q: “What do infant formula milk, cigarettes and alcohol have in common?”

A: The fact that all of the industries that make these products have historically poured money into phoney thinktanks and front groups to try to deflect criticism, and push the idea that any attempt to regulate their activities is “irrational” and “hysterical”.

Brendan, why don’t you tell us a bit more about the relationship between your online magazine, Spiked Online, and the “Infant and Dietetic Foods Association”?

On page 10 of your “Brand Manager’s Pack” (http://www.spiked-online.com/pdf/BrandManagersPack.pdf) it says that you’ve “worked with” the INFORM campaign, which is apparently “an Infant and Dietetic Foods Association (IDFA) initiative on behalf of the UK infant formula manufacturers SMA Nutrition, Nutricia (Cow & Gate,
Milupa) and Farley/Heinz.” (http://www.idfa.org.uk/resources/public/InformManifesto.pdf)

Also quite striking is the fact that all 8 articles on breastfeeding on the Spiked website (http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/issues/C112/) seems to take exactly follow the industry line in attacking what you call “militant lactivism”.

Sorry to bang on, but in your “Brand Manager’s Pack” it also says that one of the services you offer to businesses is that you can help them with “brand alignment”, or they can “commission a Spiked series”. I’m curious - how much does it cost to “commission a Spiked series”, and what would I get for my money?

In the name of robust, open debate, free speech etc., do you not agree that journalists with financial links to a particular industry ought to declare any such affiliations up front?

Nice, very nice.

This Musing is directly related to the Comic The World According to the Formula Manufacturers!

This Comic is directly related to the Musing: ACOG Anti-Homebirth Statement! and This Comic is directly related to the Musing: Anti-Homebirth Press Release and Response!

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So, you’ve probably noticed that I’m posting a lot of comics without giving you any musings to comment on, but that’s because I’ve just finished my third book. Oh MY! And things get a little crazy around here when I’m in the last moments of a book, the crazy uploading, the frantic typing, the standing around the computer and swearing at the screen. yes indeedy, do. fun fun fun ;o)

So, probably (I’m aiming for having the first batch at the Trust Birth Conference in two weeks. See, yet another fabulous reason to buy your tickets now! Everyone who’s coming, drop me a line and maybe we can get together for dinner Saturday evening- by that I mean we’ll go do an early bird special somewhere that loves kids ;o) you’ll be seeing the Buy the New Book link in the next 2 weeks yippee! It’s called Hathor’s Zines, Slings and Other Do-It-Yourself Things. (the book I promised about birth stories is coming next ;o)

But, in the meantime, while I haven’t been paying a whole heck of a lot of attention I notice that two subjects of former Hathor comics have taken out advertising space on my little ol’ blog. Drum roll please: On the left we have Baby Talk magazine; you know, they put a breastfeeding baby on their cover and all hell broke loose? And on the Right, (occassionally) The View! Famously Anti-breastfeeding! Now, being a mother with a family who’s trying to run a business, I feel that if the view wants to give me money then okay- free comics for stay-at-home- mothers isn’t really incredibly lucrative without the sponsorship. BUT in fairness they did deserve my derision not so long ago. So, I thought for fun, I’d dust off those old comics and re-run them so that you can enjoy the irony. (no need to click on the ads, those spaces are pay-a-flat-premium fee, not pay-by-the-click ;o) The baby talk ones are there too…

Love,
Heather

On the left:
Baby Talk Cover!
Baby Talk Magazine

and on the right (occassionally ;o)

The View!
The View Action Alert
turn off the view!
Rosie Calls Breastfeeding Mothers Crazy on the View

edited on Feb. 22 to make more sense…

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