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Bloggers Whip ‘Em Out in Support of Maggie Gyllenhaal
In response to the “that’s gross!” and “cover up!” shit-talkers who swarmed StrollerDerby yesterday to comment on Sarah’s post about Maggie Gyllenhaal nursing in public, bloggers are putting their best breasts forward in solidarity with the actress, and nursing mamas everywhere.
A virtual nurse-in! God, I love the internet.
The Queen of Spain is, like many of us, sick and tired of the breastfeeding-in-public debate. She says, “It
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11 Comments
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amGetting a bit tired of this… frankly, I don’t give a rat’s ass if you breast feed or don’t.
If you breastfeed, great. It doesn’t make you the madonna, and it doesn’t make you, or your baby, better than the mom & baby that don’t breast feed.
If you don’t breastfeed, great. It doesn’t make you or your baby better than the mom & baby that do breast feed.
It’s all about choices, and having chocies is one of the benefits of living in a technological society.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI don’t quite get what the problem is. I live in Europe (Germany) and it is not an issue here. I don’t see how in a liberal, western country with lots of bare skin in the media this can be such a big deal. Everyone almost everywhere seems to agree it’s best for a baby or at least that it’s a legitimate choice to breastfeed. So how is a mother to do it? Not leave the house?
It’s hard to think of anything more innocent than breastfeeding. So I can understand that it can be hard for a mum to expose her boob in public because normally she wouldn’t, and I have never seen anyone not trying to be discreet about it. But how can it be such a problem for onlookers? When it is so clear no provocation can be intended? Just a hungry baby, come on!
bex commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amBaby hungry?
Baby eat.
Simple.
bex commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amBaby hungry?
Baby eat.
Simple.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amPuritans unite! Maggie Gyllenhaal has boobs . And you’re not going to believe this — are you ready? She uses them to feed. her. children. Next she’ll want to push a kid out of her lady business, or perform some other wholly unnatural act. Crazy Hollywood
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI nursed in public all the time and I would tell my husband … “If it was an elbow that the milk came out of there would be no controversy! ” Go Maggie!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 am“But the fucking illustration attatched to this post?! It’s horrifying! I’m due this summer and now I am honestly creeped out by breast-feeding.”
You’ll get over it.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amOh my god! I thought the Magie pic was so sweet.
But the fucking illustration attatched to this post?! It’s horrifying! I’m due this summer and now I am honestly creeped out by breast-feeding. I’m still going to do it – but damn – I would have been much better off never having seen that disembodied swollen breast and monstrous sucking baby.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amIf you take a photo of yourself nursing, and you can’t see boob, it’s probably time to wean the kid.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amObviously the original picture, not the above illustration
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amI love the look on Maggie’s face in this shot, she looks so in love. That’s what I find striking about the picture.
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