Is it possible to be a lactivist and a feminist?
Is it possible to be a lactivist and a feminist? I feel like I am both but I also find myself at times feeling confused and torn between the 2 and how they fit together.. or apart. To clarify, I am very pro women’s rights re: equal pay, having a career, sexual freedom and safety, breastfeeding, her rights as a working mother etc. I am also vocal about how difficult it is when as females in this day and age we grow up believing that we can be and do anything we want but that this can cause some of us trials and tribulations when we become a mother and find ourselves getting lost in the roles of mother and “housewife”, the mental load, and no “me time” etc (I could go on). But then I am also pro “natural term weaning”, pro responsive parenting and honouring the intensity of which children need us (day and night) for their first few years. As an individual I believe it is my right to return to my career, and as a mother I believe it is my right and my...