Amanda Seyfried: moms get judged whether they nurse or bottle feed
Notice that there are no quotes in the title above, because it’s not an exact quote from Amanda Seyfried, it’s a paraphrase of a much longer quote she tweeted, which is below and followed by a quote from Maureen Shaw, a reproductive and feminist rights activist. (I had to look her up but I am probably behind the times.) Anyway Amanda and her new husband, Thomas Sadoski, had their first child together, a baby girl, at the end of March. We still don’t know the baby’s name and we haven’t seen a photo of her. I suspect that Amanda and Thomas are going to be similar to Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer in that they won’t let us know their baby’s name (it was twins for Anna and Stephen) for some time and won’t share photos, which is absolutely their right. I don’t think they’ll go all Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard about it either, I think they’ll just keep it under wraps and not make a big deal about it.
Getting back to the subject of this post, Amanda tweeted about moms being judged for nursing and being judged for formula feeding. Then she tweeted that quote from Shaw about how boobs are for feeding babies (right on), which makes me think that someone gave her the stink eye or said something to her when she was breastfeeding her infant in public. Here are her tweets.
Breastfeeding is awesome. Formula is awesome. Feeding your baby is awesome. Not awesome? Judgement.
— Amanda Seyfried (@AmandaSeyfried) July 5, 2017
"Breasts are intended to feed babies. With all our progress on feminist issues, how can such a simple biological imperative…"
— Amanda Seyfried (@AmandaSeyfried) July 5, 2017
"…remain so stigmatized? In a word: sex. We live in a culture comfortable with exploiting breasts to sell burgers, for goodness sake."
— Amanda Seyfried (@AmandaSeyfried) July 5, 2017
"How would you rather your body be portrayed?" -Maureen Shaw
— Amanda Seyfried (@AmandaSeyfried) July 5, 2017
When my son was one we moved to Europe and I always feel gratitude about that because I nursed him well past that and no one seemed to care or notice. In the US, when he was just a baby, I would often go to a bathroom to nurse I remember getting looked at funny, in the bathroom, like why aren’t you just giving him a bottle? Maybe it was just me feeling self conscious but the attitude seemed different here. You really can’t win as a mom and you have to develop a thick skin, which is difficult for me. I like how Seyfried is supportive of moms on both sides of this issue without explicitly stating her position on it. It seems like she’s implying that she got mom shamed for nursing, but she didn’t say that outright or explain it and I admire that. Also, now I want to see a photo of her baby! Maybe we can get one of Finn with the baby, that dog is a star.
Sidenote: if you are a dog person like me and visit Amanda’s Twitter be warned that she has so many photos of adorable dogs which are available for adoption. Those always get to me for some reason and make me feel like my soulmate dog is out there, just waiting for a forever home.
Also, check out this post about a law in California to prevent pet stores from selling animals obtained from breeders. How is California so far ahead of the rest of the US when it comes to legislation like this? It’s like they’re a different country.
#wayback
A post shared by Amanda Seyfried (@mingey) on Jun 28, 2017 at 5:54pm PDT
Here’s a photo she recently posted for Thomas’s birthday where she’s staring adoringly at him. It’s rare for her to open up so much on social media.
Still can't take my eyes off you. Happy Birthday to the man of my life.
A post shared by Amanda Seyfried (@mingey) on Jun 30, 2017 at 8:16pm PDT
Here are Amanda and Thomas at the Twin Peaks premiere on 5-19. Damn she looks amazing.
photos credit: WENN.com and Amanda Seyfried/Instagram
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