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“Nursing a Sexually Wounded Culture”
This is an article written by Johnathan West for the website The Theology of the Body in 2007. “Theology of the Body” was a series of 129 lectures given by Pope John Paul II and was the first major...
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Why Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week?
Why celebrate World Breastfeeding Week? Why have a whole movement about nursing? Why post about it and blog about it and talk about it and argue about it? Because it’s important. It’s important for...
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Mother. Feminist. Latter-day Saint. Lactivist.
Contradiction in terms? Less than you might think. I first became involved in breastfeeding advocacy and the rights of mothers when a doctor refused to prescribe an antibiotic for a UTI because I was...
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The Latter-day Lactivist Experience
Latter-day Lactivism is compiling stories about people’s perceptions of nursing in Mormon culture. We would like to hear not only from breastfeeding mothers nursing in church, but also those who have...
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When You Punish Nursing, You Hurt Women: A Doula’s Perspective
Utah lactivist and mother of three, Katherine Anderson authored the following article in the name of mothers and their children worldwide. In my years as a mother, I have seen quite a bit of the...
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Call for Nursing Photos
Want to be in the trailer for a film? LDL is hoping to include nursing photos in a “teaser trailer” for NURSING IN ZION, a documentary about the lack of support for mothers in Utah. If you would like...
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Drying Up: How Breastfeeding Fails (part 1 of 6)
The series Drying Up: How Breastfeeding Fails addresses the complex issues of breastfeeding and why women struggle to meet their own goals. Posts will cover personal choice, bodily autonomy, the role...
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Drying Up: Breastfeeding as the Biological Norm
Breastfeeding As a Biological Norm Humans are complicated creatures. We are unique in several ways from our primate kin and other mammals. Even from our own foremothers, women today have challenges and...
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Drying Up: Natural Resources (part 3 of 6)
What is the best resource for nursing mothers? The lack of support for mothers is more than a breastfeeding issue–it is a societal one. The government initiative “Healthy People 2020” is a list of...
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