Friday, July 28, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Magazine's 'breastfeeding' cover reflects larger debate on public nursing

Just like anything in life, the more you see it, the more you get used to it. I happen to have a window on the world of one woman's breastfeeding experience. Her comfort level is so high and her child so content that I barely notice her feeding routine anymore.

Of course not everyone is in my boat. Check this story out to hear what other folks have to say.

Magazine's 'breastfeeding' cover reflects larger debate on public nursing

I wonder if the same outrage is directed towards the entertainment industy because of their 'use' of breasts.

Sue Richards

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Topfree Equal Rights Association

Rather than pilfer news from TERA, I'll send you to their site to have a read. Please note the Recent Topfreedom News. Seems a female blogger and Flickr site user is taking some heat for a couple of breast photos she posted.

Topfree Equal Rights Association

Sue Richards

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Monday, July 24, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Pink - Stupid Girl


Thanks to Shape of Mother for bringing this to my attention.

Sue Richards

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Take A Quiz

Dove the soap makers have started a campaign focused on self-esteem. After wandering through their site I came across three quizzes.

How Do You Really Feel About Yourself?
Friend or Foe: How healthy are your relationships?
Is Your Workout Helping or Hurting?

Take A Quiz here. You may learn something important.

Sue Richards

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Monday, July 17, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: An Inconvenient Truth



Please watch the trailer. Then go see the movie. It doesn't matter what political, gender or cultural stripe you wear. Everyone needs air. We all need water.

Sue Richards

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Monday, July 10, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Carnival of Feminists XVIII

Here's the perfect blogger reading list for your pleasure, amusement and potential hair raising. My Menopause Blog even got a post listed.

Ink and Incapability: Carnival of Feminists XVIII

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Naked Ambitions

Thanks to Sophia Loren (see blog post farther down todays page), nude calendars and folks with opinions on nude calendars are getting a bit of ink here and there. Comment is free: Naked ambitions

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Breast Ironing

This story is very hard to comment on.

Millions of Cameroon girls suffer "breast ironing"

What do you think?

Sue Richards

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The Breast Views Blog: Sophia Loren

Friday, July 07, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Use for Porn

Since I've mentioned porn on occasion in this blog, I thought you might enjoy the Breast of Canada calendar designer Gareth Linds' take on one of its uses in society.

Check out his blog and opinion here.

Sue Richards

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Wal-Mart and PCV Products

The Breast Cancer Fund is asking for action on PCV's. According to their recent newsletter..... "These products are dangerous to our health and environment from start to finish. In the factory, at home and in the trash, PVC products release toxic chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects."

Last fall, Wal-Mart committed to phasing out PVC in their packaging but as of yet, have not followed through.

Here's a way to give them a wee nudge.

Ask Wal-Mart to declare independence from PCV Today.


Sue Richards

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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

The Breast Views Blog: Breast Reduction Story

The following story was written by Talya, one of my calendar models. She frankly exposes her not so positive with breast reduction surgery.
I was always the shortest in my class (always sat in the front row of class pictures) and at the age of 10, my mother took me to a specialty bra shop where they fling open the door and make you walk into the middle of the store so everyone can inspect how it fits you! My first bra was a REAL bra—not one of those nice and pretty training bras—a REAL bra with the clip in the back poked through in a silhouette at the back of my shirt. My mom even wrote a letter to my dance teacher explaining why I was wearing a t-shirt over my leotard!

As I grew up (and the girls who made fun of me for having boobs, turned out to be the last to sprout their own), I came to love and appreciate my breasts as being a part of who I am.
As you remember, I modeled for you in my second year at university (2 years ago). I was thrilled that someone would let me flaunt my breasts on a calendar that was not degrading, but celebrated women’s bodies (thanks for that opportunity, by the way)! A year after that, I went ‘under the knife’. Being the shortest in my classes (still) and having the size breasts I did made my back hurt too much to bear.

I had a breast reduction, thinking this would solve my problems. But alas, my male surgeon neglected to really prepare me for the emotional stress that would ensue and ugliness that I would see my breasts to be. In a matter of hours, my breasts went from being my most coveted body part to my most hated. I hated the scars, I hated the loss of feeling, I hated the shape, and I even hated the fake-looking perkiness of them!

I became very depressed and refused to look in the mirror for months. I was scared I would never know my breasts the way I had before and I no longer touched and massaged them. I tried to find friends who had gone through the surgery who had felt the same way. But they were all too happy with the results to worry about the scars—they didn’t love their breasts the way I did before their surgery. When I asked my sister why I felt this way (she had gone through it 2 years earlier), she said I must’ve done it for the wrong reasons if I didn’t love them better this way… she loved hers.

I spoke to a counselor who did research for me. The only discussion about support she could find was for women who had undergone mastectomies. It was then that I realized what it must be like for women with breast cancer—especially younger women.

I am grateful that I have not had breast cancer (yet), but this experience has given me so much insight and perspective on my own feelings about my body. I am getting used to them day by day. I am forcing myself to love them and hoping that will naturalize over time. But when I think about what the Breasts of Canada calendar can do for women, I am proud to say that I have been a model and celebrated my body; and I would gladly do it again…ugly scars and all!


Sue Richards

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