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Thanks to Kaki’s FGM for this read. I wish I still had a lactating breast and hungry nursling that I could take to the streets in solidarity.

Ohhhhh … It makes you uncomfortable.  It makes you … uncomfortable.  Because you are the one exposing a part of your body, that has been sexualized and vilified (insanely, at the same time), in a public area to provide sustenance for your offspring.  Because you are the one summoning the courage to get over the stigmas and social mores that scream at you not to do it, even though your baby is crying from hunger.

Oh no, wait.  That’s the women you’re shaming.

Full post here.

And as a follow up, watch this. Thanks so much to reader Colette for sharing!