Extended bf pic

[VictorianSqualor]

Don't know if this has been linked before but isn't the picture in this article lovely?

I think that bf in public is a different issue.
this woman is, I think, trying to change the image of extended bf.
she is trying to show that women who choose to carry on feeding their babies are not weird and bizarre and revolting but actually normal people despite wanting "to have 2 toddlers off each tit"
and I think she has succeeded.
in any event, how she is photographed is up to her, and just because she chooses to look attractive (and lets face it, she is gorgeous) then I think it shows up some pretty unpleasant attitudes to castigate her for failing to look "appropriately motherly" whatever that means.
she can look how she likes. just because she is a mother nd is bf, doesn't mean she has to conform to someone else's messed-up and ill-informed stereotypes, and nor does it mean she has an obligation to pander to other people's screwed up attitudes to breasts and sexuality.
imo.

She's not pouting, or scrunching her cleavage together, or smouldering at the camera.

She's just very relaxed, and very beautiful. Someone who is relaxed with themselves and their body usually do exude sexiness. Just because she is b/feeding at the same time doesn't make it wrong.

I think this is the problem with b/feeding issues in this country. People are far too hung up on things that are in fact just natural.

I think I'll go as far as saying that if you feel a dislike (note I said dislike and not indifference) for this picture of a mother and her children, then you are either very prudish, or have hang-ups about your own bodies. I really really do. I can't see any 'normal' reason for not liking it.

I'm not "messed up" because I have a view on what a provocative photo looks like.

Careful beansprout, be prepared for 20 angry posters "I feed like this! How dare you!! Should I just wear a sack cloth shroud to please you goddammit??!!!! I wear full basque and suspenders when I'm feeding! In Mothercare!"

well beansprout it is how this bf woman looks.
actually lots of bf women strip to the waist in their own homes.

No, you're right, it's not how we expect people who are BFing to look.
But that is because society lads mags portray the womanly form as 'for men' not as beauty in it's own right.

She is wearing jeans FGS, not a PVC nurses outfit!

There is nothing wrong with being sexy and being a mother.

It's just a shame that the way to promote extended breastfeeding has gone the way of promoting everything else i.e use overtly sexy images. Very unoriginal and unnecessary.

Also, judging by the strong reaction against the image they aren't doing a great job of getting women onside, so it may even backfire on them.

Please don't infer we are messed up because we don't happent to like a photo the same way you do.. She chose to be photographed like this, good on her. I choose to think about it a certain way, I'm not trying to change anyone elses mind.

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I have to agree with maidamess .

not read teh article though, so didn't want to say anything without seing it in context.

I'll read it now.

I don't like the pic either. It makes me uncomfortable, but can't explain why.

It's just that tedious message that hey, as long as you can still look "sexy" while you are doing something, then that somehow makes it better and more acceptable.

Believe me, beansprout, loads of women strip to the waist to breastfeed! I see 'em everyday.

MMJ I know she's not wearing that. I was joking.

I think it's lovely. And genuine question for those who don't like it, what position do you think she should have been in? (speaking from some limited knowledge of photography which tells me that most leg positions would look weird if shot from this angle - as would most ways of putting her hair, tbh)

LOL maidamess.

I'm a bit surprised that some of you seem to think that this is an unmediated image. Of course there was no stylist involved, and no art director, and no photographer. Oh no. I'm sure she was entirely in control of this image and made all of the choices about hair, make-up and pose.

NOT

And really, can't we have this discussion without insinuations being made about our self-esteem and/or sexual hang-ups? I'm feeding a 3-and-a-half year old right NOW, and I like to think I'm pretty attractive. I just think this image is unnecessarily stylised and sexualised.

She's not wearing a bloody basque and suspenders, fgs.

I love how the morons posters of netmums refer to her "sexy jeans"
er, actually they are just jeans aren't they?

policywonk, I am certain nobody thinks it is an unmediated image.
who on here thinks that?