Yet another poorly-researched piece on infant feeding from @nytimes, on the heels of several years, now, of lactation science-denying articles—particularly @NYTParenting, who has hired the likes of Emily Oster and Jody Sengrave-Daly.

nytimes.com/2023/12/18/hea… My problem is not with the idea that frenotomy is a controversial. It’s that this article is just bad journalism. This piece is sensationalized, poorly researched, and utterly lacking in nuance.

@RhiaRhiaRhi @ohcarolinian @FurnessColin Wow that’s an interesting insight. I hadn’t thought of it that way but yeah it really tracks. The way they are trained involves a “correct answer” for everything, and not knowing things is very uncomfortable for people who are very type A, got good grades their whole lives etc. @RhiaRhiaRhi @ohcarolinian @FurnessColin Conversely, scientists are not only taught to be comfortable with uncertainty, but to snuggle up to it and make friends with it. Uncertainty is literally the primary space in which we operate. It is where discoveries happen.

Q: What's the deal with your Twitter name?

A: It's the de-Anglicized, Irish version of my name. I changed it for St. Patrick's Day and found that I...kinda didn't want to change it back? So I didn't. I'm not changing it IRL (yet?), but I do like having it here on Twitter.

🧵 A few people at #AABA2023 recognized me from Twitter (😳) and asked about the name thing. My learning and thinking about this is ongoing, so I honestly don't have much to say about it right now, but here's some basic info for the curious...

Can anyone explain to me why the recent @WhiteHouse summit on child hunger had no mention of #breastfeeding? The literal food designed for human children? That we make with our bodies while we eat Cheetos and watch Drag Race?

🧵1/6 In @POTUS speech he talks about investing in “startups” and “innovation,” but like…we already invented it? 50% of us carry the technology around in our boobs all day long. It’s a sustainable, cost-effective solution staring us in the face.

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My brain every time someone says “#fedisbest” at me We need to talk about #breastfeeding like the reproductive right, child right, and public health issue that it is.

She’s not buying a tiny house. She isn’t even just feeding her child…

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What does "full spectrum" #ReproductiveRights mean?

A #MothersDay2022 educational thread.

🧵👇🏼 🙅🏽‍♀️ Protect the right not to be pregnant if you don't want to be.

Did you know? Most abortions in the U.S. are obtained by PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY MOTHERS.

This: 👩🏻👩🏾‍🦱👱🏼‍♀️ ...is not the face of abortion.
This: 🤱🏿👩‍👧‍👦👨‍👩‍👧‍👦👩🏽‍🍼👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 ...is.

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Some #FathersDay science!

We tend to think of mothers as the more biologically connected parent, and the assumption is that moms are more of a “natural” at parenting whereas dads are not. This is not true. Dads have some VERY interesting biological responses to their kids!

1/13 @LeeGettler & colleagues found that dads who spend lots time with their kids-caring for them, cosleeping, hanging out, just everyday things-experience a rise in prolactin.

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@SusannaLHarris S’mores are an example of how humans are endlessly combining and re-combining different foodstuffs in order to increase the diversity of nutrients in their diet, thereby conferring an adaptive edge @SusannaLHarris In the case of chocolate, cookies, and marshmallow, we are mostly talking about sugars combined with other compounds. It’s not the sugars that are sweet, though, it’s the way their OH groups so readily interact with the sugar receptors on our tongues