Breastfeeding Mosaic Built from Banned Facebook Images
An enormous visual mosaic is under construction in support of breasteeding mothers' rights.
Facebook's crackdown on breastfeeding mothers continues unabated, but today the community unleashed a potent new way for moms to add their voice to the protest – one which makes use of the very images of breastfeeding that Facebook banned.
An enormous visual mosaic (made up of 100,000 images) is under construction as a protest. This breastfeeding mosaic is built out of pictures submitted by supporters, and images of breastfeeding women are welcomed – particularly those images previously deleted by Facebook.
Even so, any type of picture can be contributed to the mosaic - and people who don't want to submit an image are still strongly encouraged to add a comment or to sign the virtual petition.
When Facebook decreed that a mother nursing her child was an obscenity, and began to delete these "offensive" images from their website, they probably didn't anticipate the stiff resistance that they've faced. Unfortunately, even in the face of impassioned protests, Facebook has remained stoic – and has refused to draw an official distinction between the image of a mom nursing and pornography.
The breastfeeding mosaic is being hosted at Pregnancy Health Guru, a site which is home to the largest library of pregnancy videos on the web. In addition to hosting the mosaic, PHG will also allow people who upload images for the protest to create personal libraries of their images, which can be stored and shared – with no risk that they'll be deleted.
You can see the mosaic and add your pictures at the following URL: http://pregnancy.healthguru.com/applications/petition/breastfeeding.
Related Links:
- Visit The Breastfeeding Mosaic
- Breastfeeding is Not Obscene! – Facebook Group
- Surgeon General Recommends Breastfeeding – from WomensHealth.gov
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