Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 8:55 a.m.

I saw something on KIRO TV about this last night. You're always in the middle of news Linda, you must be a good reporter. Interesting subject.

I THINK MYSPACE IS INSANE! I could understand if it was a fully exposed breast, but come on! This is nothing.

Go Mel! There's a lot of moms who will support you.

Posted by Paul Nyhan at 2/22/07 9:34 a.m.

I agree. I'm no MySpace expert, but blocking that photo seems quite extreme.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 9:42 a.m.

I don't think the photo is bad, but why is the mom so set on showing herself in that way on the internet? Breastfeeding is natural, but there's no reason to be so proud of it.

Posted by elizabeth3536 at 2/22/07 9:43 a.m.

I got an issue of Baby Talk magazine last August with the same type of picture on it, I can tell you how much I paid attention to the cover (I breastfeed my son) when the Sept. issue arrived with pages of letters to the editor complaining about the August cover! I had to go back and look at August, people were calling it pornography, I thought I must have lost my mind if I missed such a sensational cover, as it turned out it was simply a baby breastfeeding and you could barely see the large curve of the breast in profile. I can't understand why people get so upset about a breast first of all, we all have them (and as strange as this sounds there are men who breast feed now too), and second of all they were put there for a reason, if you are actually using them for the intended purpose leave the kid alone and let him/her eat for goodness sakes! When babies are breast feeding properly there isn't much of the breast that you can see unless you are really trying to look anyway! I think it is wonderful that breastfeeding is being encouraged, it is great for you (losing the baby weight), great for you baby (perfect nutrition), saves a lot of money, it is portable and you never have to worry about if you brought enough, heating it up and all that, plus, I enjoyed it. I know not all women can or want to breast feed which is fine too, but leave the ones who want to alone and quit trying to make it out to be something nasty, odds are if you are of a certain age you were breast fed too.

Posted by Sean98125 at 2/22/07 9:45 a.m.

Why not? Mom is feeding and nourishing and bonding with her kid. If someone can't take pride in good parenting, what should they take pride in?

It's ridiculous that Myspace is censoring this photo.

Posted by Jenny Blackburn at 2/22/07 9:54 a.m.

MySpace... shame on you. This typifies a problem with our culture, in my opinion... it's ok to wear a string up your rear at a public beach (is that decent, really? if that's not indecent exposure, I don't know what is.) but heaven help the woman who DARES to publicly feed her baby with anything other than a safe, sanitary bottle.

And to unregistered user who said, "Breastfeeding is natural, but there's no reason to be so proud of it." --as a mom who has BEEN THERE and felt ashamed to breastfeed in public, I say we need people like Mel who are set on changing these social stigmas. If it makes you uncomfortable, you really need to ask yourself WHY. Here's the thing, sometimes if you make yourself keep looking at something that initially makes you uncomfortable, after a while it stops bothering you so much. Go figure.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 10:00 a.m.

I remember hiding in dirty bathrooms to breastfeed. Humiliating. I didn't have the nerve like Mel does to take a stand. Good for her!

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 11:12 a.m.

The irony here just boggles the mind! I've seen some of the photos that MySpace allows, but somehow this photo is considered indecent? Many of the ads on MySpace include photographs that are more revealing than most breastfeeding photos you'll encounter. Oh, I forgot, it's okay for breasts to make money. So long as they don't provide sustanance and/or comfort for a child, they can be displayed on MySpace.

And to the unregistered user who says there is no reason to be so proud of breastfeeding... I beg to differ! It is challenging to breastfeed in a culture this is so "lactation intolerant," so those of us who can and do breastfeed should be proud of ourselves, especially those of us who faced huge breastfeeding challenges (many of those challenges brought on by the very healthcare providers who are supposed to be on our side). I will breastfeed my baby wherever she needs to be fed and I did with her older sister as well, even well into her toddler years. The only way to look at breastfeeding as the normal way of feeding during infancy is to actually see people doing it.

Shame on MySpace! Breastfeeding is nothing to be ashamed of, and they need to stop treating it as pornogrophy and start treating it simply as eating.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 11:22 a.m.

My son has a myspace account. He let me sign on as him to look around at some of the pictures. I wasn't sure if this issue was being overblown, or if Myspace censoring this picture was consistent with their policies.

Lordy, Lordy! Linda you are so right that there are photos of young "ladies" that are beyond suggestive, including one I saw of a woman who had only her hands covering a little bit of her naked top.

Myspace better explain this one, because I don't get it. It clearly seems discriminatory against breastfeeding moms.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 11:43 a.m.

To the comment above posted by Elizabeth, men who breastfeed? Could you enlighten me about that? I've never heard of such.

I also don't think this photo is worth Myspace getting worked up about AT ALL. They need to go after some of the more obviously offensive pictures that are there.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 11:53 a.m.

The photo is obviously not sexual in nature, or I presume the PI would delete the picture too. The only thing obscene here is the Myspace censorship.

Posted by elizabeth3536 at 2/22/07 12:36 p.m.

I knew I was going to get comments on that one. OK, just the other day read something about it and followed the link
http://www.unassistedchildbirth.com/miscarticles/milkmen.html
and found that it is true, the studies have mostly been done in the UK, Europe and Africa but the evidence is there and there is a short documentary of sorts called the Milkmen
http://www.switch.tv/videos/39
if you are interested. It just goes to prove that breasts have a function, even if you are male and shouldn't be looked upon as only a sexual thing.

Posted by Linda Thomas at 2/22/07 1:06 p.m.

Elizabeth, there really is something to that old saying that you "learn something new everyday." Male breastfeeding, or even the possiblity of it, is new to me.

Thanks for sharing the links. Fascinating.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 1:10 p.m.

Outrageous! You should get your money back. Oh wait, it's a free service whose terms you agree to when you sign up.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 1:27 p.m.

I think it's ludicrous. All sensible arguments aside, you can barely tell it's a breats anyway. On TV they show breasts all the time and just blur out the nipples, which you cannot even see here. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think on MySpace someone has to report your content as violating the rules first so is it possible someone is repeatedly reporting your friend?

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 1:35 p.m.

In response to the last post even though it is a free site that you agree to the terms. The issue isn't over the terms, the issue is the enforcement of the terms. Obviously myspace doesn't abide by their own policies from the numerous obscene photos, groups, etc that can be found. Control everyone, or control no one. Go on myspace, report a photo for obscenity and see how long it takes to be removed. Granted, 90 millions users is a large population to control. But when 47 states have laws stating that Breastfeeding is not indecent exposure, how can you claim it to be. Nudity, fine for art, bad for tv, both good and bad for magazines, rated in movies...go figure.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 1:42 p.m.

She should do what b-feeding blogger Jennifer Laycock did- get her readers to swamp the offended morons with complaints!

Jennifer,from Ohio, runs The Lactivist (google it - it's great)a blog about about b-feeding and human milk banking, selling tshirts with funny pro-breastfeeding slogans (via CafePress) to help fund the site and to raise money for the non-profit milk banks she supports.

On one of the shirts was a slogan that read simply "the other white milk."

A couple of weeks ago, Jennifer received a letter from Faegre & Benson - attorney's that represent The National Pork Board. The letter stated, that Jennifers use of the phrase "the other white milk" violated their trademark on the phrase "the other white meat." and demanded that she remove the shirt, and the image from any site she knew who used it, that she destroy any shirts that exist with the logo and, that she must not at any point in the future use the phrase in a commercially profitable way.

And, if that wasn't bad enough, she was also told that:

"In addition, your use of this slogan also tarnishes the good reputation of the National Pork Board's mark (!?) in light of your apparent attempt to promote the use of b-milk beyond merely for infant consumption, such as with the following slogans on your website in close proximity to the slogan "The Other White Milk." "Dairy Diva," "Nursing, Nature's Own B- Enhancement," "Eat at Mom's, fast-fresh-from the b-," and "My Milk is the B-" - insinuating that by using such slogans Jennifer was promoting b-milk for adult use!
But, rather than panic and give in to the Big Porkers ‘demands' Jen got p8**&D. She asked her readers to pass the story on, to discussion forums, to social media sites to ‘anyone you can think of that will be as outraged as I am' . She also encouraged them to send letters to the marketing and PR departments of the National Pork Board.

And they did.

News of the dispute travelled round the breastfeeding blogsphere, letters were sent and, as a result, Big Pork backed off. Jen subsequently recieved an apology and a substantial [financial!] contribution was made to the usual beneficiaries of Jens t-shirt profits - The Mothers Milk Bank of Ohio

I, for one, would love to see Myspace shamed over this outrageous behaviour. And I know others who would feel the same (maybe you should send a link to this story to her, I'm sure she'd be interested - and she has lots of experienced readers...!)

Ann in the UK
(sorry I haven't registered, I just found you googling
and sorry about the b word thing, I kept getting errors telling me I'd use 'profanities and other objectionable language' when I used the full word! )

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 1:53 p.m.

My space - grow up!

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 2:09 p.m.

How ironic that Myspace is owned by Murdoch - have you ever seen any of his UK tabloids? Full of bare boobies and not a baby - or a complaint - in sight!!

Ann in the UK (again)

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 4:20 p.m.

Here is the problem -- with 90 million members, how to make the call? it is a naked breast with the nipple showing (barely). Naked breasts are against the terms. Putting hands over breasts are not. Seems to me myspace isn't making a value statement, just trying to control the juggernaut! as for thongs, why people wear them in the first place is beyond me, and why people have to show them off -- put some clothes on!

Posted by unregistered user at 2/22/07 7:43 p.m.

But, to the comment above, there is a hand over the breast in the picture. It just happens to be a baby's hand, but it's providing enough cover in my opinion.

Posted by Linda Thomas at 2/22/07 7:48 p.m.

Hi Ann in the UK! Drop by anytime.

What do you think of Prince Harry going off to war and Blair's latest statements regarding Iraq/Iran.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/23/07 3:07 p.m.

In support of Mel, I posted a pic on MySpace of my boy gettin' some milk. And I am **proud**!!!

Here is the link

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=85979091

Posted by unregistered user at 2/24/07 8:58 a.m.

Show any nipple at all, and you're pretty much guaranteed that MySpace, LiveJournal, and all those other types of sites will remove the picture if someone complains, or TPTB find it on their own.

That's life. If you don't like it, start your own website. You can get a domain name for eight bucks, and hosting for about a hundred bucks a year, and plaster it with all the pictures of your udders that you want to.

Posted by unregistered user at 2/24/07 10:21 a.m.

why has breastfeeding become so political??? It's how the himan race continues for gosh sakes! On the other hand it's an indirect threat to anyone who anyone who makes their money off pornography, strip clubs etc. It's too hard to handle for all the millions of people who didn't get breastfed, and therefore they feel deprived on some level, and it's a major threat to anyone in the folmula, bottle industry, who wants nothing more than for every baby to be artificially fed. I don't think all this weirdness around breastfeeding is that surprising. Virtualy an entire generation did not breastfeed, or get breastfed. That's going to create a lot of ignorance, shame, confusion and anger. That's what happens when you start messing with something that should be second nature. And all big business and anyone else who's non-essential to breastfeeding a little one, should stay out of it!!!

Posted by unregistered user at 2/24/07 12:34 p.m.

Hey, Thanks for the invite, Linda - will do!

For me, Prince Harry going off to war (with his minders in tow, by the way...!) is just a political device designed to manipulate the electorate into supporting what is, undoubtedly, on the cards in both our countries. On the day it was announced here, there was a parallel media frenzy about the rise in youth gun crime and, in my rapidly becoming very cynical grey matter, I couldn't help but feel there was some sinister reason behind why both stories where hitting the headlines on the same day - 'bad' kids could do so well doing a spot of National Service, don't ya think? And who better to set the example than Princess Di's beloved younger son.

As for Blair's latest statements regarding Iraq/Iran: unfortunately, my guarded-delight that our troops would be coming home soon turned out to be correct this week when it turned out that we are, pretty much, just turning them around and sending them off to Afghanistan. What a surprise. As for his affirmation that the UK has no plans to attack Iran: sadly, I am long past believing a single word that passes the mans lips - I think if Bush asked him to put his hand in the fire, he would (well, he'd get one of his lackey's to put theirs in on his behalf..).

To the writer who asked when breastfeeding became so political: Breastfeeding has ALWAYS been political - ever since the wealthy/'educated' started dictating how, when, where it should be done and, by whom, way back when(wealthy women paid poorer women to do it for them for centuries, often because the scolars of the day - i.e. men! - told them it was the thing to do!).

But, of course, things only really became serious when their greedy successors (newly professionalised medics,newly industrialised manufacturers and, a succession of governments who, to this day, continue to allow them on their merry way, pushing their wares virtually unhindered) realised that they could make some serious money for all eternity (or, at least, for as long as the human race could survive such sabotage) if they could convince mothers to replace their precious breastmilk with a seriously inferior 'alternative'. This has always been a travesty, but even more so now, with so much emphasis on healthy foods and healthy living (have you ever noticed the 'new and improved' soap powders/face creams/toothpaste etc, where manufacturers replace a previously 'satisfactory' product with an all singing all dancing replacement with 'new' ingredients added that you didn't know you needed before? Great with those products, huh? Not so great when you're talking about the food generations of kids have been eating.... You might find the book "The Politics of Breastfeeding' by Gabriel Palmer enlightening. It's getting a bit old now,but I met the author last year and she told me she is currently working on an update as, sadly,in the 12 years since it was published the situation (breastfeeding being replaced by formula thanks to the aggressive, underhanded and, STILL, largely unrestrained, activities of the formula companies) has either stayed the same or become decidely worse...

As for the showing the nipple thing - god, it drives me crazy! (Don't even get me started on the Janet Jackson fiasco!). How come you can walk into a newsagents (here anyway) or go to a beach, or a mall, or party, or just walk down the street, or watch the latest pop video, and you can see all aspects of women's breasts - the top, the side, underneath, right down the middle - but a smidgen of nipple shows (maybe...it was covered by a piece of trashy jewellery, for godssake!) and all hell breaks loose! But of course, how else would it be? I mean, without all the above mentioned aspects of breasts being socially acceptable, how else would they sell cars, or fast food, or cheese graters? Let nipples become acceptable, on the other hand,and, well, well....breastfeeding might become acceptable too...! And they wouldn't want that would they?

Ann in the UK

Posted by unregistered user at 2/26/07 12:18 p.m.

I have a myspace account! I also breastfeed my 8 month old daughter in public and everywhere. I see nothing wrong with this at all. I am so upset that so many people just can't appreciate that mother nature gives us a chance to feed our babies the best thing out there. Don't give up! I think that pictures of breastfeeding mothers with there babies are AWSOME...... By law it is alowed as well.We have right too. Get over it. If it offends you don't look. Keep breastfeeding AMERICA...... Cathy & baby 8 months old

Posted by unregistered user at 3/1/07 12:55 p.m.

This is a nice example of what is wrong with society. This is all "me" and "I". "I should be able to breastfeed where I want." "Nobody can tell me not to breastfeed." Whatever ever happened to consideration for OTHER people. Not everyone may not want to see a mother breastfeed while they are out doing their shopping or browsing a website, just like not everybody would like to see me take out my penis and urinate. Why can't you accept that, be a considerate member of society and not make a spectacle of yourself? The last time I checked, you can breastfeed in your car rather than in the middle of the DVD new release section at WalMart.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/1/07 6:35 p.m.

Mr. 25550, you taking your penis out and urinating in public is illegal. Breastfeeding is not.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/2/07 1:14 p.m.

Mr 25550, why don't you take your own advice - stop thinking me, me, me and think of others. And if you don't want to see do like I do with the top shelf of magazines at the store - don't bloody look!

Ann in the UK
(See, I'm not ashamed of putting my name to my comment, mr annonymous)

Posted by unregistered user at 3/4/07 5:10 a.m.

I've been breast feeding my son for 3 years. That photo is beautiful. When I look at my son's face while he is breast feeding I see pure comfort in his expression. I am not embarrassed to breast feed in public, you'll just see a shirt folded over a baby's mouth. Big deal. And the best part, the baby is quiet!! I'll appreciate that over a noisy kid any day!!

Lisa (NY) http://www.BetterLivingChoices.com

Posted by unregistered user at 3/5/07 6:53 a.m.

So I went into my MySpace account and uploaded a picture of my son breastfeeding.

This news item sent me off on a tizzy that resulted in this: http://tere-tere.blogspot.com/2007/02/breastfeeding-is-not-wrong-or-obscene.html

I suggest that #25550 read it, as it might help clarify that there's a world of difference between feeding a child and peeing in public.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/6/07 10:03 a.m.

For those discussing whether the nipple is showing, it seems that Myspace has even deleted pictures of children nursing when there was no breast or nipple showing AT ALL!

And they've responded back to numerous complaints that porn star Jenna Jamieson's myspace profile and pictures are within their terms of use.

So according to MySpace
Near-naked porn star -- Not sexual/offensive
Completely covered mother nursing a child -- sexual/offensive

On what planet does THAT make sense?

Liz

Posted by unregistered user at 3/7/07 9:17 a.m.

You guys have way too much time on your hands. I am a mother as well and have breastfed my children. HOWEVER, if it absolutely had to be done while in a public setting, I would place a light blanket over any exposed areas of myself to avoid being a sideshow. People are going to look, stare, or whatever they will do if your breasts are out, it is human nature. Yes, we all know you are proud for breastfeeding, great for you! BUT, is it really necessary to post pictures of your child's tit-time on MySpace? You can't even see their face so how does it make this ALL about the children? Share intimate photes like that with family or strangers that are dying to see them. There are also websites specific to breastfeeding mothers that are proud to show off their mammaries. Consider deleting your account and go to those sites. Your boob pictures will never be deleted again and the Internet will be a happier place. MySpace is a social networking website, not a place that was intended solely for use of breastfeeders. Consider creating MyBreastfeedingSpace if this is your goal in life. Get over it!

Posted by unregistered user at 3/15/07 8:27 a.m.

I didn't get a warning and my whole page was deleted, including my blogs I'll never get back.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/15/07 10:25 a.m.

To poster 26019: my dear girl, how utterly deluded you are. You really need to read a lot more. This isn't just about Myspace. This is about breastfeeding women finally banding together and rebelling against yet another incursion by yet another cohort in the artificially manufactured formula feeding culture which corporate America (or, more specifically, Big Pharma) and, their competitors/partners in corporate Europe, has foisted upon western women (via various avenues, including the health sector and the media) for generations.

This is the same artificially manufactured formula-feeding culture which has contributed significantly to and, to this day, is STILL contributing significantly to, the deaths of millions of infants, children and their mothers across the globe for generations; the same one which has caused, and is STILL causing, untold numbers of life-threatening and/or debilitating illnesses and conditions in generations of people across the globe; the same one which has contributed, heftily, to the western (and cultural notion that breasts are ok to make a buck out of (largely to sell anything from a CD to a beer, from a magazine to a car, from a house to a detergent) but, cannot possibly be seen doing what they were, primarily, designed to do, for fear of loosing a few bucks…. And it's the same one which has forced millions of ordinary women – some, undoubtedly, as blinkered and obliging as you seem to have been - who choose, yes, choose, not to comply with current cultural habits, to skulk away to dark corners (and worse) to do something without which, you and I wouldn't be here to argue.

Thanks to fostering such attitudes, Myspace is not only pandering to will of the unscrupulous formula manufacturers (largely Big Pharma) who, thanks to over a century and a half of, largely unrestrained (by a succession of political cohorts around the globe), misleading marketing and underhanded activities, have managed to turn breastfeeding into something abnormal and shameful, but, they're also contributing to the social exclusion many breastfeeding women and their children are subject to. And, by supporting their stance, instead of that of your breastfeeding sisters, so, my dear poster 26019, are you.

Go and read a book, dear, and come back when you've read enough and, matured enough, to have a proper, informed discussion on the subject with the grown ups.

Ann in the UK (again)

Posted by unregistered user at 3/15/07 1:23 p.m.

Last time I checked, you did not need to read up on breastfeeding articles written by knobs like you to have an opinion. Do what you will, continue saving the babies and the mothers who die from being formula-fed. That is bizarre, I did not even know mothers took up drinking formula themselves! People will die from almost anything they eat, including breastmilk! How about those that die or become ill from allergy to milk/soy protein and cannot even tolerate breastmilk? They require special formula which in turn, saves their lives. I never said there was anything wrong with breastfeeding. Nobody forces these mothers to hide in corners to feed. You completely missed the message. I intended to point out that your point of view is understandable but at the same time is also an opinion. EVERYONE has one and there is no way to change the world and make them all agree with your own. Therefore, you should read more thoroughly before commenting and making yourself look like a fool. It wouldn't surprise me if you also were fanatical about topics such as saving the whales and cherishing our tropical rainforests.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/15/07 2:03 p.m.

Oh my god, you really are a moron. I had considered replying in full to your nonsense, but there is little point, this statement "Do what you will, continue saving the babies and the mothers who die from being formula-fed. That is bizarre, I did not even know mothers took up drinking formula themselves!" tells me enough about you to know there is little point. How old are you, 12?

Saying "nobody forces these mothers to hide in corners to feed" is like saying no one complained when Janet Jackson had a 'wardrobe malfuncion'. I suggest your go away, read up on the subject - try putting something like 'breastfeeding in public' into google/google news, then ask yourself why there are suddenly so many Bills being enacted to enable women to do it (Scotland, England, Little Rock Arkansas...)unhindered.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/25/07 9:23 p.m.

WOW, talk about bias! Look if any woman chooses to breastfeed in public that is her choice and if she really feels she must take a picture of it ok more power to her. There is nothing wrong with breastfeeding but it is NOT for everyone. This begs the question why can't one simply through a light blanket over themselves while breastfeeding in public? I have no problem with what the woman is doing(feeding her child) but forgive me while shoe shopping or grabbing a latte I don't want to see that.

Why is it that every person who doesn't jump up and down with joy at the thought of watching a mom breastfeed on the subway or wherever is automatically ridiculued? MySpace is free and when one signs up they must agree to the terms of MySpace. Why are people acting like this woman was scammed financially? Why are people so angry...did she really need that picture up? Does she not know about sites for women who want to discuss and embrace breastfeeding?

I could understand all the fuss if the woman was kicked off a bus for breastfeeding(happened where I live and I was outraged at the driver's behviour) but for the love of God its MySpace!

Poster 26019 hit the nail on the head with her post :

You guys have way too much time on your hands. I am a mother as well and have breastfed my children. HOWEVER, if it absolutely had to be done while in a public setting, I would place a light blanket over any exposed areas of myself to avoid being a sideshow. People are going to look, stare, or whatever they will do if your breasts are out, it is human nature. Yes, we all know you are proud for breastfeeding, great for you! BUT, is it really necessary to post pictures of your child's tit-time on MySpace? You can't even see their face so how does it make this ALL about the children? Share intimate photes like that with family or strangers that are dying to see them. There are also websites specific to breastfeeding mothers that are proud to show off their mammaries. Consider deleting your account and go to those sites. Your boob pictures will never be deleted again and the Internet will be a happier place. MySpace is a social networking website, not a place that was intended solely for use of breastfeeders. Consider creating MyBreastfeedingSpace if this is your goal in life. Get over it!

^I agree 100%, this poster is a breastfeeding mother who understands and considers the feelings of others!

Last breastfeeding is natural but when a child can ask for it they're too old to have it, but if one is going to breastfeed a kid who can chew a steak then it is easy to see why most will be put off.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/27/07 5:15 a.m.

27692: "Why can't one simply throw a light blanket over themselves while breastfeeding in public?" Why SHOULD they??? They're feeding their CHILDREN, in the best way - they way ALL of the leading health experts now recommend - possible, not posing nude for Playboy. What needs to change are small minded, perverse attitudes like yours which, if you dig deep enough and try thinking outside of the box for a minute, you may find have come about thanks to over a century of virtually unrestrained sabotage by a VERY lucrative collaboration between formula companies, successive healthcare practitioners (who have only opted out of it - so they say - relatively recently) and politicians and, our present host excepted, of course, their cohorts in the media.

Have you ever stopped to think why breasts are so often used to sell anything from soap powder to pet food, or why it's ok for a magazine/movie/the latest pop sensation...etc to show the top, bottom, right side left side and right down the middle but, if a mother just does the same (if you can ever see anything more than what you see on advertising hoardings/magazined covers from here to Timbuktu, you're staring too hard, dear) whilst feeding her child she's haragued as some sort of harlot? Think about it.

As for the lady who posted her pics on Myspace: Myspace is a blog for people, to talk about themselves and their lives, to others. She was talking about her self and life and, at present, this involves, to a large extent probably, breastfeeding her child - something which she is very proud of. Myspace is FULL to the rafters of women willfully exposing far more than she exposed inadvertently. The point is: why have Myspace targeted her over them? (You might like to see who owns Myspace and follow his 'connections' it might wake you up a bit).

BTW: The day I throw a blanket over myself so I can feed my baby will happen the same day we afford the same expectations to my bottle feeding counterparts.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/28/07 4:13 p.m.

"The point is: why have Myspace targeted her over them? (You might like to see who owns Myspace and follow his 'connections' it might wake you up a bit)."

Please, do enlighten us, you all-knowing entity.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 1:50 a.m.

I would, but I fear from your comment, you don't really want to know. Scared your take on reality might be challenged?

Try doing a little search, you know, point and click... it's not hard, even an idiot could do it - oh you already did.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 6:00 a.m.

Wait a minute - a woman is complaining about what a privately owned company does and doesn't allow on its website? No wonder breastfeeding mothers aren't taken seriously.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 6:33 a.m.

What kind of 'privately owned company' allows images of pouting, underaged girls posing half naked like they're in some sleazy soft porn movie whilst it deletes those of a grown woman feeding her child...oh that's right, MySpace.

No wonder Mothers are up in arms.

(Would that be the company owned by Murdoch - who owns several soft porn outlets in Europe? http://www.bloggerheads.com/page_3.asp No hypocrisy there then...)

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 6:57 a.m.

THEN LEAVE! If you don't like MySpace's terms, START YOUR OWN SITE and you can have a million of your little baby fetish pictures up. It's that simple! I'm glad that MySpace is sticking it to the entitleMOOOOOOS. Hell, I just may start reporting breastfeeding pictures myself just for kicks. :)

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 7:03 a.m.

"Baby fetish pictures"? Ha. What kind of creepy, uninformed mind thinks like that?

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 7:05 a.m.

What kind of "mothers" pout and throw tantrums when they can't get their way? Ah, well. Somebody has to fight for poor white trash across the 'net, eh?

Posted by unregistered user at 3/29/07 9:40 a.m.

Er, hate to burst your bubble there, but 'poor white trash' tend to feed their kids formula - it tends to be educated women who breastfeed. Sorry.

Posted by unregistered user at 3/30/07 8:07 a.m.

"What kind of 'privately owned company' allows images of pouting, underaged girls posing half naked like they're in some sleazy soft porn movie whilst it deletes those of a grown woman feeding her child...oh that's right, MySpace."

On the contrary, what kind of righteous, wholesome, breastfeeding fanatics use MySpace? Oh yeah, a whole army of them. People like you make the world a little bit more bitter every time you open your yap or in this case, use a computer. That is exactly what I don't get, if it irks you so much, just do not visit the site. It is a simple solution that could even be thought of by a half-wit like yourself.

"No wonder Mothers are up in arms."

Let me guess, you are another parent upset because your 13 year old whore put her profile up and you want it down because it's MySpace's fault she's even on the computer?

Posted by unregistered user at 3/31/07 10:19 p.m.

Breastfeeding fanatics? So,let me get this straight: a proud mother, who also happens to breastfeed (you know, as recommended by ALL of the worlds leading health experts), posts a picture of herself doing what she spends much of her time doing at present on a social network (possibly with the altruistic view of making breastfeeding more socially acceptable to younger, poorer, less educated women) as it's something she's not, and shouldn't be ashamed of, and suddenly she's a 'fanatic'? Let ME guess: (as the your other ridiculous comment suggests) you are a fruitcake.

Posted by unregistered user at 4/1/07 1:24 p.m.

I don't even understand that. You are assuming that all the posts against this were made by one person. You are wrong.

Posted by unregistered user at 4/2/07 11:20 a.m.

I don't have a problem with women breastfeeding in public, I say let them! But what I do have a problem with is when I see a woman breastfeeding in public and she doesn't want me looking! If a woman is gonna get her breast(s) out then I want to see, its human nature! and if she is uncomfortable with me checking out her breasts then she shouldnt get them out!

So to conclude I am on the side of the breastfeeding women! and I think MySpace is wrong for deleting these images.

Posted by unregistered user at 4/3/07 10:03 a.m.

Poor you, can't see boobs on MySpace. How about visiting a pay site? Plenty of boobs there for ya.

Posted by unregistered user at 4/3/07 10:51 p.m.

UGH, why don't these women get jobs? We WANT to see scantily clad women. We DON'T want to see your gigantic, milk-filled tit w/your sprog hanging off! Sorry, but you're not as beautiful as you think you are!

Posted by unregistered user at 5/29/07 10:37 a.m.

i think that it is horrible that something so natural would be taken off or even accused of being sexual. How do they think their ancestors were fed. This world is rediculous.

Posted by unregistered user at 6/23/07 6:29 a.m.

oh They'll let girls have their breast and their butts hanging out in pictures on myspace but they wont show a breast feeding mom.Their picutre posting policies state pictures with nudity or sexually suggestive content will cause your account to be erased but that does not happen.MYSPACE NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN

Posted by unregistered user at 6/23/07 6:41 a.m.

they deleted a picture of a breast feeding mom but wont delete one with a man squeezing a girls nipples as her main page.YEA THATS BECAUSE the simple MINDED MaN Dont want to see a child suckin on the boobs theyre tryin to u kno what to while looking at these images.It started of as a friends place now its a meat market.It need to be regulated its starting to get out of hand nip it in the bud...

Posted by unregistered user at 6/23/07 10:58 a.m.

THERE WAS A WAY TO REPORT THE INAPPROPRIATE IMAGES,ABUSE AND WHAT NOT BUT THEY TOOK IT OFF.TAKE MYSPACE OFF THEY HAVE MADE ENOUGH MONEY SOLICITING GIRLS ON THERE LONG ENOUGH

Posted by unregistered user at 7/3/07 1:23 p.m.

You have to realize there are a lot of underage kids on myspace, so, whether its natural, or not, its still a breast, and, some people do not want their kids looking at those! Its the rules no exceptions!!!

Posted by unregistered user at 7/3/07 1:26 p.m.

and..I AGREE myspace is a MEAT MARKET. Its worse than going into a bar. Worse, their are murderers lurking on there, who can easily find out info about people. The only way myspace can be used as good is if you only add friends you really know from your real life, and, block others from your page requiring a last name to even request you!