UO Thursday

JSS1002

minxyglams said:

JSS1002 said:

ClandestineX said:

Businesses do not profit on breastfeeding without a cover, so there wont really be marketing for it and the reason why it isn't aired usually. 

Just like with any protest.. there are your bad eggs that just hurts what they are trying to protect. To get people to stop being sensitive to it, just keep doing it, but do so without a scene. If someone is uneducated about it (Usually those types have a bigger mouth) then kindly inform them otherwise.. not go ballistic on them, even if what they are saying pisses you off to the nth degree.

No,I meant the marketing of the nurse-in and why it is an issue is all wrong.  I don't expect a business to go market anything other than their goods and services, but any time you're championing for a cause, it is a form of marketing.  

@JSS1002 - That's a really twisted way of looking at standing up for a cause. Just sayin'. Was the 'I have a dream' speech nothing more than an 'advertisement' for civil rights? Is it that every time someone stands up for their rights and fails, it's actually just a failure of marketing? Seems pretty heartless and sad...

Well, I'm in marketing and I believe in what I do, so I don't share your opinion of the syndax.  Marketing is basically a way of coalescing beliefs, explaining a cause, and winning popular opinion. Campaigning is marketing. Sales is marketing. I have a dream, yes, was marketing. Any time you "take an idea to market," whatever market that may be, it is marketing.

Also, advertising is not the same as marketing.

JSS1002

Kate_C said:

JSS1002 said: Kinda like how the "occupy wall street" movement has the reputation of making everybody roll their eyes, call them dirty hippies and tell 'em to go get a job. That's because they are dirty hippies who need to get a damn job. -shaking my arthritic fist at the hippie kids- I kid. Honestly it seems like nurse ins are a bigger deal IRL to the moms participating than to anyone else. I'm not sure I've ever heard anything about them other than on the Bump.

Seriously, get off my lawn.

KrisM86

lilbit0910 said:

I know i might get some serious back lash on this but i have to say it.

honestly i'm just over hearing about breast feeding and i am sure there are other NON breast feeding moms out there that feel the same. i feel as long as the baby is healthy and eating well then why does it matter whether it is breast milk or formula. Also i feel that a lot of women who breast feed ( not anyone specific on this board) feel superior to those of us who don't. 

JSS1002

That is exactly what I think.  I don't see how "bringing awareness" solves the problem -- people are aware, they are just uncomfortable with bare breasts.  Seeing ten dozen of them isn't going to make that any better.

The idea that it is possible for it to be "inappropriate" to feed my baby is crazy. Seriously, wtf. Should breastfeeding moms be confined to their homes because they have the audacity to feed their babies the way nature intended? Really? People who think like you really make me angry. When I NIP, I'm feeding my child. Again, how in the world is feeding a child inappropriate? If you have an issue with seeing breasts used for their intended purpose, maybe you should leave.

JSS1002

KrisM86 said:

I know i might get some serious back lash on this but i have to say it.

honestly i'm just over hearing about breast feeding and i am sure there are other NON breast feeding moms out there that feel the same. i feel as long as the baby is healthy and eating well then why does it matter whether it is breast milk or formula. Also i feel that a lot of women who breast feed ( not anyone specific on this board) feel superior to those of us who don't. 

JSS1002

That is exactly what I think.  I don't see how "bringing awareness" solves the problem -- people are aware, they are just uncomfortable with bare breasts.  Seeing ten dozen of them isn't going to make that any better.

The idea that it is possible for it to be "inappropriate" to feed my baby is crazy. Seriously, wtf. Should breastfeeding moms be confined to their homes because they have the audacity to feed their babies the way nature intended? Really? People who think like you really make me angry. When I NIP, I'm feeding my child. Again, how in the world is feeding a child inappropriate? If you have an issue with seeing breasts used for their intended purpose, maybe you should leave.

Again, to clarify, I don't think it is inappropriate. I was misquoted. :-)

KrisM86

My comments were referring to lilbit0910. She clearly said that she thinks NIP is inappropriate.

kgs0505

@JordynLeighx3 - I'm with you, I don't think cupcakes belong at weddings either!  They are too messy for a formal event!  I had cupcakes for my son's first birthday, and that was very casual.  Never again!  There was red frosting all over my house!  Cupcakes are too portable for little kids and they get it everywhere.  Plates and forks force them to stay in one place.