Michelle Teheux
2 min readJun 16, 2020

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If I sound angry, it's because I am. There is no excuse for anyone to be anything but supportive to nursing mothers.

Why did you feel like announcing that you think your body is gorgeous? What the actual F? None of us cares what your body looks like or whether you believe it's gorgeous or not. Talk about praising oneself out of left field!

Why do you ask if I walk around naked? What does that have to do with anything?

Did you actually read the piece? It is about a mother nursing her child. That has nothing to do with one's appearance or whether one is a nudist, or, honestly, anything at all. It's about feeding and nurturing a child and not being called out for it.

You had a choice after reading this. You could have realized you are dead wrong and resolved to be supportive or at least to keep your negativity to yourself the next time you saw a mother caring for her child in this way.

Instead, you chose not to learn. Instead, you announced you think you're gorgeous and you asked a weird question about whether someone else walks around naked.

For your information, formula is a substitute for human milk that is sometimes necessary, but it is far from ideal. Infant mortality and morbidity rates are higher in children who are not fed human milk. In order for babies to get the biologically normal food for them, women need to be able to feed them while living normal lives. They cannot be hiding in bathrooms or staying home for months on end. Do you honestly believe your weird hangup matters more than a child's life and health, or the mother's ability to live a normal life?

Good thing you have (in your mind at least) a gorgeous body, because your attitude is disgusting.

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Michelle Teheux
Michelle Teheux

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