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#365feministselfie Who me?
I'm not much of a selfie taker. I'm from a generation where OTHER people take photos of you.When I heard about Viva La Feminista's call for proud, positive selfies for all of 2014 as a way to counteract the backlash against people, mainly women, for posting pictures of themselves on social m...
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I'm not much of a selfie taker. I'm from a generation where OTHER people take photos of you.When I heard about Viva La Feminista's call for proud, positive selfies for all of 2014 as a way to counteract the backlash against people, mainly women, for posting pictures of themselves on social m...
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The women behind breastfeeding advocacy: Janice Peake Reynolds
Women aren't always good at tooting our own horns, so today I'm going to toot a horn loudly. Not mine, though. I'm tooting Janice Peake Reynold's horn. Janice is a marketing expert who has worked behind the scenes for many years using her powers for good as a volunteer breastfeeding advocate.Jani...
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Women aren't always good at tooting our own horns, so today I'm going to toot a horn loudly. Not mine, though. I'm tooting Janice Peake Reynold's horn. Janice is a marketing expert who has worked behind the scenes for many years using her powers for good as a volunteer breastfeeding advocate.Jani...
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Edmonton should follow Calgary's lead on transit
city council will get an update today on negotiations for more than half a billion in provincial and federal funding needed to move forward with the SELRT.What if we could speed up the transit commute from southeast Edmonton to downtown right now? Immediately. What if we could make changes for th...
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city council will get an update today on negotiations for more than half a billion in provincial and federal funding needed to move forward with the SELRT.What if we could speed up the transit commute from southeast Edmonton to downtown right now? Immediately. What if we could make changes for th...
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Breastfeeding Friendly: policy must support public breastfeeding *and* private spaces
SheKnows parenting columnist Monica Beyer interviewed me a while back on this Vermont airport "Mamava" lactation station - a private space for women to pump and breastfeed.Vermont Airport mamava stationBreastfeeding mother Lee-Ann Grenierrelaxes in comfort at a pop-up breastfeedingtent on the Tas...
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SheKnows parenting columnist Monica Beyer interviewed me a while back on this Vermont airport "Mamava" lactation station - a private space for women to pump and breastfeed.Vermont Airport mamava stationBreastfeeding mother Lee-Ann Grenierrelaxes in comfort at a pop-up breastfeedingtent on the Tas...
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How green is our valley? Numerous projects threaten Edmonton's jewel
A relentless pounding beats a rhythm as I type this blog post. Ten blocks from my century-old home on the edge of Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River valley construction workers prepare to ford the river, building a new Walterdale Bridge. Bright sunlight, blue sky, a few remaining golden lea...
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A relentless pounding beats a rhythm as I type this blog post. Ten blocks from my century-old home on the edge of Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River valley construction workers prepare to ford the river, building a new Walterdale Bridge. Bright sunlight, blue sky, a few remaining golden lea...
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Facebook comes down hard on birth photos even after clarifying it has "long allowed...educational and scientific photos of the human body..."
Emma Kwasnica, one of the women who has repeatedly been harassed by Facebook for sharing breastfeeding photos, is currently serving a 7 day ban from public posting on the network for sharing a series of photos of the birth of her fourth child in a closed educational group on breastfeeding and bir...
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Emma Kwasnica, one of the women who has repeatedly been harassed by Facebook for sharing breastfeeding photos, is currently serving a 7 day ban from public posting on the network for sharing a series of photos of the birth of her fourth child in a closed educational group on breastfeeding and bir...
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Twinings Tea removes royal baby bottle image
Twinings has decided to remove its image offering a baby bottle to the new heir to the throne after concern that Twinings – and Oreo as well – sent the wrong message to the royal new mom, who is breastfeeding Prince George. Twinings replaces bottle-feeding image in response to social media c...
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Twinings has decided to remove its image offering a baby bottle to the new heir to the throne after concern that Twinings – and Oreo as well – sent the wrong message to the royal new mom, who is breastfeeding Prince George. Twinings replaces bottle-feeding image in response to social media c...
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Kate breastfeeds while major brands offer the prince a bottle
Even as the Daily Mail reports Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge began breastfeeding her newborn heir to the British throne, tongue-in-cheek ads designed to go viral on social networks offered wee Prince George a baby bottle.Images shared on social networks by Oreo and Twinings in the wake of th...
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Even as the Daily Mail reports Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge began breastfeeding her newborn heir to the British throne, tongue-in-cheek ads designed to go viral on social networks offered wee Prince George a baby bottle.Images shared on social networks by Oreo and Twinings in the wake of th...
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Facebook changes breastfeeding image review system: how it works, and how Facebook can make it better
Facebook has made a major change to how it handles breastfeeding images.Earlier this year the FB v. Breastfeeding team started receiving reports of this new way of handling breastfeeding photos reported as nudity or pornography by other users. Instead of its usual heavy-handed practice of one-way...
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Facebook has made a major change to how it handles breastfeeding images.Earlier this year the FB v. Breastfeeding team started receiving reports of this new way of handling breastfeeding photos reported as nudity or pornography by other users. Instead of its usual heavy-handed practice of one-way...
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Facebook still struggling with breastfeeding, nipple photos
Does it all come down to the nipple? Facebook's guidelines for breastfeeding photo sharing have been revised to remove references to nipples and areola and they now simply say a fully exposed breast is not allowed unless a child is actively nursing.After a lovely image of a child about to latch o...
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Does it all come down to the nipple? Facebook's guidelines for breastfeeding photo sharing have been revised to remove references to nipples and areola and they now simply say a fully exposed breast is not allowed unless a child is actively nursing.After a lovely image of a child about to latch o...
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Breastfeeding moms seek social responsibility from Facebook - protest planned for shareholder's meeting
Breastfeeding moms will be outside Facebook's shareholders meeting in San Francisco next week to protest the network's harassment of nursing mothers.Click here for more details on the June 11protest at Facebook's shareholder's meetingIn 2007 the first reports emerged of breastfeeding photos being...
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Breastfeeding moms will be outside Facebook's shareholders meeting in San Francisco next week to protest the network's harassment of nursing mothers.Click here for more details on the June 11protest at Facebook's shareholder's meetingIn 2007 the first reports emerged of breastfeeding photos being...
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How can Facebook fix its pro-rape problem when it can't stop breastfeeding pix removals and bans
This morning my backup account on Facebook was banned for 30 days. That's the one I use when Facebook bans my main account. Like it did in March and April, see Facebook bullies women who flout breastfeeding photo bansThis is the banned image.Banned 3 times in 48 hoursThis picture of a child...
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This morning my backup account on Facebook was banned for 30 days. That's the one I use when Facebook bans my main account. Like it did in March and April, see Facebook bullies women who flout breastfeeding photo bansThis is the banned image.Banned 3 times in 48 hoursThis picture of a child...
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Yo, Facebook, our breasts are not "products to promote sexual exploitation"
Just two weeks ago Facebook banned an ad for a breastfeeding promotion video, saying it doesn't accept advertising for:"adult products or services, including toys, videos, or sexual enhancement products.”Now Facebook Spain has rejected this advertisement for a moms and babies group in Spain, sayi...
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Just two weeks ago Facebook banned an ad for a breastfeeding promotion video, saying it doesn't accept advertising for:"adult products or services, including toys, videos, or sexual enhancement products.”Now Facebook Spain has rejected this advertisement for a moms and babies group in Spain, sayi...
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Facebook bans ad, compares breastfeeding to sex toys
Breastfeeding, baby care and birth videographer David Stark, of BabyBabyOhBaby, has had an advertisement for one of his products rejected by Facebook because it is"advertising adult products or services, including toys, videos, or sexual enhancement products.”Read the whole story here on Birthswe...
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Breastfeeding, baby care and birth videographer David Stark, of BabyBabyOhBaby, has had an advertisement for one of his products rejected by Facebook because it is"advertising adult products or services, including toys, videos, or sexual enhancement products.”Read the whole story here on Birthswe...
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Facebook rewards cyberbullies and trolls, punishes Facebook Moms
Three 30-day bans andone 10-day ban for this picIn the last 45 days I've been the subject of two back-to-back 30 day bans from Facebook for standing up for +Murielle Bourbao who shared a breastfeeding picture and was banned, twice, by Facebook.Think that's harsh? Amy Brown, who run...
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Three 30-day bans andone 10-day ban for this picIn the last 45 days I've been the subject of two back-to-back 30 day bans from Facebook for standing up for +Murielle Bourbao who shared a breastfeeding picture and was banned, twice, by Facebook.Think that's harsh? Amy Brown, who run...
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