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- noun The
advocacy ofbreastfeeding .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Trailer for Formula Fed America and a call to lactivism
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Yesterday was a big day for lactivism in Vancouver.
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However, I engaged in my own little act of lactivism yesterday.
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But the rally at ABC is only the most visible example of a recent wave of “lactivism.”
Women Protest Barbara Walters’ View on Public Breastfeeding | PopPolitics.com 2005
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But the rally at ABC is only the most visible example of a recent wave of “lactivism.”
Women Protest Barbara Walters’ View on Public Breastfeeding | PopPolitics.com 2005
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But the rally at ABC is only the most visible example of a recent wave of “lactivism.”
Print - Women Protest Barbara Walters’ View on Public Breastfeeding | PopPolitics.com 2005
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I think one problem is that there are two distinct meanings of “lactivism”.
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Having nursed Molly literally thousands of times over the last year my own lactivism is documented
Screw You Fred Meyers: The Story of the Reluctant Lactivist 2006
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Despite boasting what was clearly the classiest case for lactivism since Ancient
Cracked: All Posts Jacopo della Quercia 2010
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However, the contradictions in lactivism become apparent here.
Balderdash 2009
vanishedone commented on the word lactivism
Spiked: 'The intolerance of formula-feeding on Facebook has its counterpart in real-world ‘lactivism’, which not only advocates for breastfeeding but also against bottlefeeding. Indeed, the free bottles of infant formula that used to be given out to new mothers are are now banned from public hospitals in many parts of the US, much to the delight of militant lactivists.'
January 26, 2009