• SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    They’ve detected microplastics in breast milk. You know what that means? It’s time to start living up to our name as mammals.

    We hormonally induce lactation for everyone. All the time. Just leech out those microplastics. Nips into 3d printers.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      I walked into my break room at work a couple of years ago and overheard some of my female coworkers complaining about the formula shortage. I asked if they’d ever thought about breastfeeding and they looked at me like I’d just grown a second head. I get that some women here and there might need a supplement for this, but the idea that feeding babies canned formula should be the norm is completely insane.

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        7 hours ago

        Breast feeding is a huge amount of work, asking a person to do that and have a job is a big deal. Pumping breastmilk is incompatible with lots of jobs. If they have already stopped breastfeeding they may not be able to restart.

        It would be great to live in a society where breastfeeding was normal and easy. Society is crazy and women shouldn’t be criticised for trying to exist within it.