Woman attacked for breastfeeding in public - anyone up for retaliatory flashmob?

[MrsWifty]

Briefly, a woman in Brighton was verbally attacked yesterday for feeding her baby in a restaurant by five customers. She's organising a flashmob in response - would anyone be interested in joining it? There's more detail about the incident and the flashmob here.

Sadly I live many many miles from Brighton, or I would be there in a flash (har har) to support her.
Is there a national BF awareness day? There should be, then we could all get our boobs out feed in very public places to educate the ignorant that this is how babies have their dinner!!

Sadly I can't come either. Have you posted on MN local too?

you know, the title of this makes it sound as though the woman was actually attacked.
she wasn't. some people just said they didn't like it.

I thought that at first too thisis. 'Tis misleading.

She has a JJ cup? Wow.

I know wah, think I would have been more than abusive. Mine only ever reached C and then was when I was ebf!

I also think that a flashmob is kind of pointless.

if it was the cafe that had said she wasn't welcome then i can understand doing it outside the cafe for example.
but the fact is, none of the people having a go at this woman are likely to even know this is happening, let alone see it...

i can totally understand how the woman must have felt at the time, but I am not sure that doing this is actually going to achieve anything

Am not sure a flash mob will achieve anything. The staff of the restaurant are by the woman's own comments "friendly" and evidently this has not been an issue before.

Now if these sniffy "women should only ever breast feed at home and out of sight" people could be identified then it might be a starter - a Breastfeeding flash mob outside their houses

I'm not sure flash mobs do anything positive for attitudes to breastfeeding.
The people they are aimed at already find BFing distasteful, so a group of BFing mothers will reinforce their ignorant attitude that women who breastfeed are militant.
I think the positive part of this story is that someone did stand up for her, and personally, I think this is the part that should be focused on, not the negative opinions of a bunch of women.

Thanks JiltedJohnsJulie - I have posted in Brighton too.

To those a little [sceptical] about a flashmob, I totally see where you're coming from. I think Claire (the JJ-cupped feeder in question) was very shaken by the whole thing, and this is her way of getting control back. Dillydaydreaming - I agree, it would be much better if we could somehow track them down and do it outside their house - can you imagine?

Faverolles - interesting point about focusing on the standing up. Maybe we could do something with that idea, perhaps take photos of people who support it holding an I Heart Breastfeeders placard on the day and compile a picture gallery of that?

I'm shocked - I live in Brighton and frequented the coffee shops of the Laines feeding DD and only ever had thumbs up and supportive smiles. She did well to stand up for herself. I'm up for giving support but like some other posters, not sure a flashmob is the best way to do this

I have joined mumsnet specifically to congratulate all who turned out to protest in Brighton. I am an older mother my children are 18 and nineteen and I breastfed them both with difficulty (daughter born at 26weeks very premature) no real help from midwives or healthworkers then. Feeding in public very embarrassing even at the special baby care unit at Pembury Hospital I was discouraged by a consultant and the nurses would laugh at women who were attempting it when they were washing theor breastss beforehand. I am so pleased to see women taking political action because home and family and womens issures are almost totally disregarded by politicians. Perhaps everybody should pressurize their local Mp on these issues.

Are they going to flashmob the "friendly" restaurant or find the aggressive fellow customers?? I am very pro-bf in public but how is the attack the restaurant's fault?