If you are
on Facebook, you have seen them. And
Facebook is trying to ban them or delete them.
What are
they? They are “brelfies”.
Brelfies
are breastfeeding selfies. Photos of
mothers and babies, breastfeeding are the latest
trend and it isn’t only
celebrities such as Pink that are doing it.
Regular people, just like you and I, are taking photos of them
breastfeeding. Facebook, trying to
enforce their nudity policy is trying to delete these photos, but most moms
think Facebook is wrong to include breastfeeding photos as nudity and delete
them. It is estimated that one in five
mothers of breastfeeding babies have already posted a “brelfie”. Celebrities such as Alyssa Milano, Gwen
Stefani and Pink even post brelfies.
On Wednesday
February 25, 2015, Twitter lit up after a woman stated that those who post
brelfies are just “showing off.”
However, the parade of mothers who posted in response said the things a
lot of us say: “It is natural for babies to eat at the breast.” “Breastfeeding
should not be sexualized.” Some photos
were calming and beautiful, but some mothers posted photos that were comical
and clearly jabbing at the woman who attempted to pass judgment.
You can
Google the word brelfie or even check out the #Brelfie hashtag on Twitter and
Instagram. There are even brelfie pin on
pinterest.
It is my
hope that brelfies help to make breastfeeding more mainstream. And why not?
Isn’t that what breasts are intended to do? Feed babies?
If brelfies do change the way people “look” at breasts and
breastfeeding, this brelfie movement will demonstrate the power of the
consumer.
Professionals
can advocate in many different ways for change to occur, but it is (and always
has been) the consumer who has the power.
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