{"id":1311,"date":"2014-08-06T17:31:48","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattralston.net\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2014-08-06T19:20:13","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T19:20:13","slug":"breastfeeding-is-not-really-heroic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/politics\/breastfeeding-is-not-really-heroic\/","title":{"rendered":"Breastfeeding Is Not Really Heroic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wilde\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Posting public breastfeeding pics to social media has become all the rage. Its an odd issue to take a stand on\u00a0since it is legal and encouraged in every state of the union, being\u00a0opposed solely by obese puritans who nobody listens to even when they have megaphones.<\/p>\n

Most Americans have zero issue with it, but would prefer it\u00a0to not be advertised\u00a0since its an inherently intimate thing. You could do it while seated behind home plate during Game 7 of the World Series, but the prevailing response would probably be summed up as ‘Why?’<\/p>\n

That’s why posting pictures to Instagram seems counter productive. Apart from the look-at-me factor, a self congratulatory pat on the back, and a ton of “You Go Girl” comments, what purpose does it serve\u00a0exactly? If anything its just going to irritate\u00a0people\u00a0who would prefer women be more discreet. And why wouldn’t you be more discreet? If you’re in a mall why not pick a bench in the corner over\u00a0the lunch rush line at Chipotle? It seems more comfortable for everyone involved. In that vein, why upload photos to Instagram?<\/p>\n

Posting topless photos alone might\u00a0be seen as a desperate ploy for attention, but if you throw a baby in the mix, you’re fine.<\/p>\n

Personally\u00a0I stand up for women and their right to do it, but that does not mean I am\u00a0impressed. It\u00a0just seems like shooting fish in a barrel in terms of\u00a0soliciting positive compliments.\u00a0Being\u00a0critical would see you crucified.\u00a0Also as I stated there is really no opposition to it, so if you want to get my Like for accomplishing something you’d better be\u00a0in the Saudi Arabian embassy and not on vacation\u00a0in the Alps.<\/p>\n

\"Stefani\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Posting public breastfeeding pics to social media has become all the rage. Its an odd issue to take a stand on\u00a0since it is legal and encouraged in every state of the union, being\u00a0opposed solely by obese puritans who nobody listens to even when they have megaphones. Most Americans have zero issue with it, but would …read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}