Woman shamed for breastfeeding during graduation

[redheadbaker]

www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/the-internet-is-freaking-out-over-a-picture-of-a-woman-breas?s=mobile

This woman found out she was pregnant in her last year of college, gave birth during her last semester and still graduated on time. She snapped a photo of herself nursing during het graduation ceremony and is being slut-shamed on social media.

She should be commended for her accomplishments. It can't be easy to be a college student and a new mother.

[marshmallowhands]

Some people are painfully ignorant. Good for her for feeding her baby and not giving a shit about the haters. Her posts/replies are way classier than the dissenters'.

[pixy0stix]

People ain't shit.

[heyjude]

Boo.

[Velar Fricative]

How dare her baby not wait to get hungry after all the graduation festivities were over!

[mominatrix]

oh, for CRYING OUT LOUD.

[Alyssa]

What really pisses me off are when people refer to her as being a hoe......because she is breastfeeding. People are acting like she ruined the ceremony because she's feeding her child which is ridiculous.

I was in a packed restaurant a couple days ago and a mother was breastfeeding her baby with no cover and you know what.....no one made an issue of it. No one went up to her and made a snide comment and no one complained to the management. She fed her baby, she finished her dinner and then she left. It was no big deal. That's the way it should be.

[abramos]

FFS.

[cville]

Jun 9, 2014 16:16:27 GMT -5 Alyssa said:

What really pisses me off are when people refer to her as being a hoe......because she is breastfeeding.

And also because she's not a gardening tool.

[pixy0stix]

Reading some of those comments, some people are assuming she's graduating from high school. ffs.

[foundmylazybum]

Oh...I love HER responses...the "This was "our" moment and the daughter provided motivation? ::Sniffle::

She seems like a class act and knows what really matters

[zarapipe]

Good for her, on so many levels.

[penguingrrl]

I will never understand the mindset that BFing should be hidden or shameful or only done at "opportune times." Babies need to eat and need to eat frequently. Why should she have to bring pumped milk and pump during the ceremony because people are uncomfortable with babies eating?

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Jun 9, 2014 18:47:09 GMT -5 penguingrrl said:

I will never understand the mindset that BFing should be hidden or shameful or only done at "opportune times." Babies need to eat and need to eat frequently. Why should she have to bring pumped milk and pump during the ceremony because people are uncomfortable with babies eating?

And this is exactly why it's good that she not only did it, but made it public. The people with the negative reactions weren't exposed to it growing up, so the mission to normalize it by not using a cover is cool with me.

[erbear]

fuck that shit. Good for her.

I breastfed my baby at the high school graduation...in front of a bunch of kids...whilst talking to some parents. Not a soul blinked an eye or called me a slut.