I am not sure where to post this. I love your blog, it has come to e at a prefect time in my life. I happened across a web site and was wondering your take on it.

http://freerangekids.wordpress.com/

You really call her saying “It is a serious time commitment that pretty much guarantees that you will not work in any meaningful way” a "balanced" piece of journalism?
I think it is offensive to every working/pumping mother out there today. There is absolutely nothing "balanced" about her article. She applies her upper-class white anglo attitude, combined with straight out misinformation, to steer overwhelmed women into justifying her own actions. It is completely biased and irresponsible.
If she had titled the article "My own personal feelings about breastfeeding" and kept out the misinformation, that would have been one thing. But it's entirely another to tout yourself as a researcher just to rant on a topic.
By the way, as Peggy O'Mara brought up - Betty Friedan wrote "The Feminine Mystique" when MOST mothers were formula feeding. Clearly it wasn't the breast keeping them down.

I thought the Rosin's article was excellent and very balanced. I'm a feminist and breastfed my two children for over 2 years each and have had many of the same concerns.
As a sociologist by training, I look at the studies and socio-economic realities for children place a much stronger correlative role in IQ, health and future success for children than breastfeeding does (even citing the most generous studies).
I think we should really look at socio-economic support for mothers and children. I am myself, American Indian and see how providing higher paying jobs, education and daycare and healthcare help disadvantaged groups succeed. Look at the role in GI Bill in pulling a huge segment of the American population out of poverty in the mid-20th century.
As a breastfeeding mother I can see how Dr. Sears's Attachment Parenting can lead to what Betty Friedan described in The Feminine Mystique". I've experienced it myself. To viciously silence the women in this country regarding their own bodies and experiences is a mind boggling response, to say the least.

Thank you for posting these articles and the HBAC story! It is really funny to me that Kimya Dawson had a run in with Rosin because when I watched the podcasts myself (as outrageous and nauseating as they were) I honestly was surprised that her song was used and I actually thought to myself "I can't believe she got permission to use that song!" (I am a fan of Kimya Dawson and know a bit about her.) Well anyways apparently Rosin DIDNT get permission! What a sleaze! If she's such an amazing journalist she should probably brush up on her copyright and piracy laws. Hahaha! Anyways, great post!
~Melissa
www.nursingbirth.com