The XX Factor : breast-feeding

Angelina Jolie, Breast-feeding in Bronze

Nina Shen Rastogi — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:21:00 GMT

Daniel Edwards—the celebrity-obsessed sculptor who has already blessed the world with Britney Spears giving birth on a bearskin rug and Suri Cruise’s bronzed poop —has just announced his latest work: A statue of Angelina Jolie , enthroned, majestically...(read more)

Breast-feeding Wars Round 256

Hanna Rosin — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:37:00 GMT

Today's New York Times hosts a bloggingheads debate on breast-feeding between me and Dr. Ruth Lawrence, a researcher from from the University of Rochester and a major breast-feeding advocate. The occasion was my recent Atlantic story taking issue with...(read more)

Breasts and Prostates

Hanna Rosin — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:56:00 GMT

Today's paper has a story I knew was coming but have truly dreaded. It turns out that PSAs—the screening test for prostate cancer—may do more harm than good . Most of these cancers are very slow growing, it turns out, and may not need to be treated. Meanwhile,...(read more)

Ouch!

Hanna Rosin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:31:00 GMT

Sam , you hit us where it hurts. It's true, my generation hasn't found an easy way into Facebook. I have friends who use it obsessively, like teenagers, and I'm sort of embarrassed for them. I have others who use it like Linked In, to make professional...(read more)

Why I Can't Wait To Breast-Feed

Samantha Henig — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:56:00 GMT

I'm still years (and, I hope, a wedding) away from being a lactater, so I've yet to experience the pressure from other mothers or lactation specialists or medical studies about how to nourish my newborn. But I must say, I'm excited to breast-feed (and,...(read more)

Breast-Feeding Gets Us Where We Are Vulnerable

Hanna Rosin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:06:00 GMT

Ann , here is my best guess about the success of the breast-feeding brigade. Some of it is because of external forces, and some is our own inner craziness. The researchers who helped the American Academy of Pediatrics craft its rigid pro-breast-feeding...(read more)

Breast-Feeding: Just Another Front in the Mommy Wars

Rachael Larimore — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:03:00 GMT

I just wanted to chime in in support of Hanna's great Atlantic article. Like Hanna, I happily nursed my first two children for a year. With my second, I had the great luxury of working from home, so I rarely even had to pump. I'm planning to nurse my...(read more)

Why Is the Breast-Feeding Brigade So Successful?

Ann Hulbert — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:16:00 GMT

I've been waiting for your breast-feeding article , Hanna, so thanks for the alert that it's now out in the Atlantic , Emily . The piece is great, and persuades me that nursing isn't the secret to thinner, smarter, healthier babies — certainly not among...(read more)

Breast Is (or Isn't) Best

Emily Yoffe — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:30:00 GMT

XX Factor 's Hanna Rosin has a fascinating piece in the latest Atlantic on the breast-feeding myth. She writes that after nursing her first two children for a year each, she finds herself longing to free her breast early from the mouth of baby No. 3....(read more)

Breast-feeding and Culture

Emily Bazelon — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:56:00 GMT

Rachael, here's a partial answer to your good question: Breast-feeding rates vary in this country by income and race and maternal education. According to this from the Motherwear Breastfeeding Blog, which cites CDC stats, in 2005 "women living below the...(read more)

Breasts, etc.

Amanda Schaffer — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:51:00 GMT

Rachael, isn’t part of the issue that white-collar jobs tend to accommodate pumping and breastfeeding more than blue-collar or service industry jobs do? This piece , for instance, paints a stark contrast between female Starbucks execs who get to use a...(read more)

The Breast Policy?

Rachael Larimore — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:31:00 GMT

Emily, I noticed while reading your piece on breast-feeding and IQ that you touched on a point that has always been mind-boggling for me: Previous studies have also linked breast-feeding to higher IQ, but they generally haven't ruled out the fact that...(read more)