Dear @sciam editors - you should consult some experts before you publish a piece from an author with a history of misinformation in their work. 1. Shame/guilt have no place in public health. 2. Breastfeeding is a public health, health equity + human rights issue. 1/3. Our goal is to provide transparent information & build better systems of support to enable people to breastfeed for as long as they desire. 2/
It’s Day 7 #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #WBW2022 #NationalBreastfeedingMonth
What is a "normal human infant"? Who defines it? And if/how lactation is part of their care? This is where we get to colonialism, capitalism & biomedicalization. Settle in. 🧵 1/
Importantly, anthropology is not above this – it’s a discipline that grew out of the colonial paradigms it ends up critiquing. So this, too, has to be part of our story. 2/
