lactavists unite

Is anyone else riding on a high after the nurse-in in NYC?

If you're in the dark (which is very unlikely, if you made it to this blog, lol), the New York Times has a great article about it. This has been in the works for about a week, with mamas coordinating at MDC and other AP message boards; the purpose was to protest some comments on ABC's The View, which has made anti-breastfeeding comments for years but finally said some things that 'broke the camel's back', so to speak. About 200 mothers with their kids showed up outside the ABC headquarters on Monday; mirror protests were thrown around the country at ABC affiliates. There are photos taken by attending mamas here and here. It has made CNN, local newspapers across the county, and even the Jimmy Kimmel show (he played Barbara W's claim from Monday that she didn't say anything against breastfeeding, then replayed the snippet from last week which quite directly refuted her claim, lol). MSNBC's Keith Olberman said that lactavists are "most powerful lobbying group in this country at the moment."

How awesome is that? As a mama on MDC said, as of yesterday, "we became cool".

And to all you mothers out there pressing for recognition of your rights to feed your baby as you wish, where you wish---you are amazing. Really just amazing.