tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179248608515705011.post3792391747349090896..comments2023-08-18T16:12:20.743+01:00Comments on Young middle age: Loving challenges and unsisterly sneeringHelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08771705537219032469noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179248608515705011.post-38501115929668709722015-03-30T09:23:32.861+01:002015-03-30T09:23:32.861+01:00I love reading your blog, because I'm beyond t...I love reading your blog, because I'm beyond the years where I think/talk about these things very much (youngest turned 11 a few days ago). It's interesting to remember back, without the intensity, and the underlying desperate need to justify oneself (I'm not suggesting you have that... but I definitely did/do).<br /><br />It's interesting, that you use the language "we need Iota https://www.blogger.com/profile/08507184283437057648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179248608515705011.post-59306683629971407662015-02-10T22:24:51.224+00:002015-02-10T22:24:51.224+00:00Marija, you're so right, and thank you for suc...Marija, you're so right, and thank you for such a thoughtful response. I love that passage from the Politics of Breastfeeding and I think that's what I was mainly trying to say - it's such a mass of external influences. <br />I agree with you too, though, that there's a place for writing that explores what it is within individuals that makes them more or less resistant to societalHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415841494207669940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179248608515705011.post-82948539374389555242015-02-10T18:29:24.040+00:002015-02-10T18:29:24.040+00:00Helen, I'm guessing that you may have already ...Helen, I'm guessing that you may have already read this, but I do think it's worth repeating. <br /><br />"Artificial feeding is risky. This basic fact upsets people who feel insulted if they or their mothers did not breastfeed but most women do not 'choose' how they feed their babies: they do what their culture and society expects. Humans are herd animals and we tend to do Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179248608515705011.post-22632266699562213622015-02-02T20:36:50.337+00:002015-02-02T20:36:50.337+00:00Dawn, thank *you*, for reading, and commenting, on...Dawn, thank *you*, for reading, and commenting, on this and on my last post. It's lovely to feel heard.<br /> If you were anywhere near my kitchen table I would definitely put the kettle on. I'd even bake. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415841494207669940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3179248608515705011.post-30887215538308858782015-02-02T20:32:05.848+00:002015-02-02T20:32:05.848+00:00i feel like i have just been sitting at the kitche...i feel like i have just been sitting at the kitchen table with you, drinking tea and having a deep, connected, meaningful discussion on books that address two topics very close to my heart. thank you.dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17364032261350287323noreply@blogger.com