#dinascully

I put canned corn, shredded cheese and hot sauce in mine.

Canned corn????

Shredded ChEEse?????????????????

since you ASKED lmao the thing is women are shamed for not breastfeeding when it’s out of their control far too much and are made to feel like they didn’t try hard enough or whatever…. and I know that’s not who you’re directing your words at but taking such a hard stance is easy kindling for that fire….

trust me i know firsthand how not even all the prevention in the world can keep from adverse medical things from happening. i’m not here to shame anyone. and i think for the average public taking such a hard stance is a bad thing because they can’t possibly see every side. HOWEVER, i will not be the general public. my job will be to support the infant feeding dyad and to present factual, scientific evidence and then let parents make choices from there. if i omit information in favor of people’s feelings, then i’m not doing my job properly. and as someone who Will see every side of the experience, i doubt it will be hard to say “hey, this is out of your control, you are absolutely doing the right thing right now” and then explain why when that’s relevant, and to call out negligent behavior when i see it.

i think nowadays there’s this pop feminism belief of “choice = empowerment” but there are soooooooo many places in which that’s not the case, and this is one of them. i know it probably comes across when i say this stuff as “she doesn’t believe women should make their own choices” or something like that, but that coming across is rooted in social and cultural beliefs, not my scientific education about breastfeeding. it’s important to remember that women being shamed for not breastfeeding and equating that to that they didn’t try hard enough is another part of breastfeeding culture in (in my case) the united states. and there are plenty of problems in communities related to breastfeeding right now, and i can’t begin to cover all of those. but all of that being said, no one harps on doctors for saying fast food is unhealthy for you even though there’s a lot of classism and fatphobia involved in food culture here, as well as the existence of food deserts and whatnot. i think that if i, as someone whose work is rooted in protecting the milk supply and ensuring that infants are fed, take a hard stance on those topics, that’s pretty normal.

I MISS YOU!!! I’m trying to find and reblog what I can from the depths of Tumblr hell.

literally all of my sims are television show characters because otherwise whats the point lol

fun story, at my last job, that i quit because i could no longer stand the constant daily abuse and stream of racism/sexism/homophobia, they were looking to hire another person for the office and spent a week interviewing people..... i found out one guy got vetoed literally because he was clearly gay and one of the more "reasonable" employees advised against hiring him because he knew that eventually very soon they'd say something offensive in front of him........ i hate them so much