I was Saffy one Halloween. Easy costume – bad hair, glasses, frumpy skirt and cardigan. The funny part was, everyone knew who I was instantly.

Saunders being involved with the new Ab-Fab is the only thing that would make me want to watch it. The idea of a remake scares me. I’m not so sure that because redoing The Office in the U.S. makes it a good idea to try it with other shows. British humor is a specialized thing and most Americans don’t “get it.” FYI, my cat’s name is Saffie – named after Saffy. I figuerd myself as irresponsible as Patsy at the time I got the cat and thought it was a good analogy!

Breastfeeding. Man, don’t get me started. I have NEVER wanted to breastfeed, and because I was honest about this throughout my pregnancy the breastfeeding “police” were all over me. I did pump for 2.5 months (while HOME, he never latched), but when I quit, I’m telling you, people were shaking their heads at me. They can bite my a*s.

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I do think women are subjected to some fear-mongering to bf longer. Or, at the very least, some inflated advertising (”children breastfed X number of months are smarter, stronger, healthier!”), but Rosin’s take that it’s a tool of the patriarchy to keep us down is so throwback. Just say your job makes it too troublesome. Or, hey!, even more novel, don’t say anything.

I found the serendipity of her complaining about her decision to stop bf’ing and the hubbub over Salma Hayek telling. Badly formed opinions being bandied about when what women need is objective medical information. I mean, hell, the scientists studying red wine do a better job of it.