Thursday, September 01, 2005

Headlights are for cars

I couldn't figure out what this would be reffering to, after all, I was on a breastfeeding site. Imagine my dismay when I found out!!.
It seems that nipples are absolutely horrible things and they should never show. So now to help all those pregnant and breastfeeding women who cant keep their nipples tucked out of sight, they have some sort of sticker you can put over them. What's next, a sticker so that your tummy doesn't show in case someone decided that pregnant bellies should not be out in public! I was even more irritated because it's on a site that promotes breastfeeding. Why do we keep trying to pretend that some things, that are totally natural, never occur? Now not only are you supposed to breastfeed your child in a loo (yuck, would you eat in a loo??), you are now also supposed to erase any evidence that you might have nipples. What is this world coming to?

This is a time when I think a lot of women are taking back whats theirs. Their nipples, their breasts, their rotund tummies, but I guess for every 1 woman who decides they are going to stop pretending, there are 50 more who find new ways to pull us back.

Well, I'm going to wear my nipples proudly, unless maybe they are leaking and I have to put breast pads on, otherwise, my headlights will proudly stay on for all the world to see.