Most of the state breastfeeding laws permit mothers to breastfeed in any public place.

[jackshoegazer]

I found this and am appropriately forwarding it to you, my dear readers.

The LiveJournal Abuse Team has decided that icons featuring nursing babies are "inappropriate" for default icons and are threatening users with permanent suspension if they don't change their default icon. We've tried responding to the LJ Abuse Team but they're standing by their decision and so this has been escalated to contacting the parent company (Six Apart) and if that doesn't produce results, we're bringing LJ's attempt to censor breastfeeding to media attention. We're trying to get widespread awareness of this on LJ and have as many supportive letters as possible written to Six Apart (contact@sixapart.com) and feedback@livejournal.com as well, so if this is something you care about, please take a moment to write to those addresses, and repost about this issue in your own journal. The original message that kicked it all off can be found here.

I find this particularly upsetting because I have made breast-feeding icons in my iconomicon.  Thank you.

Comments

[weishaupt.livejournal.com]

I need to make an icon out of that photo of a woman breastfeeding a bearcub.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Oooh, find me that picture. I'll make a whole icon post of breast-feeding icons.

[weishaupt.livejournal.com]

Here's tiger cubs and a monkey.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

Thanks!