Jezebel: breast friends

Breastfeeding A Friend's Baby: Bonding? Or A Blurring Of Boundaries?

Margaret — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Earlier today Good Morning America reported that "cross nursing," or moms breastfeeding their friends' children, is on the rise. In the clip above, moms Sarah and Morgan explain that they started cross nursing one day when Morgan was watching Sarah's 3-month-old son. He was crying and wanted to nurse, and Morgan thought, "Okay, Buddy, we'll just go ahead and do this." (Morgan doesn't say she'd discussed this with Sarah beforehand, so there was probably a pretty awkward conversation when Sarah came to pick the baby up.) Now Morgan regularly breastfeeds Sarah's son, a practice that many mothers find "disgusting" or "weird", according to one poll. Sarah and Morgan (like writer Jennifer Baumgardner) say that cross nursing is actually a way for mothers to bond and create a sense of community. Clip above.

Related: Breast Friends [Babble]

People Who Pressure You Into Getting Breast Implants Aren't Your Real Friends

Tracie — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:40:00 EDT

An episode of MTV's True Life reran today called "I'm Under Peer Pressure" and one of the subjects featured was Nikki, a 23-year-old waitress at Hooters who feels that her flat chest might be holding her back in terms of making tips... and her overall confidence as a woman. Her friends, who happen to be fellow waitresses at Hooters and also happen to have their own sets of fake breasts, seem really invested in the idea of Nikki getting implants, and even have a pow wow with her, to convince her how great it'll be for her. In the end, she caves. Clip above.

Bill Maher Agrees With 'Facebook': Breasts Are For Fondling, Not Feeding

Anna — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:00:00 EDT

On Friday night, comedian/talk show host Bill Maher closed his HBO program Real Time With Bill Maher with a monologue (clip above) about breast-feeding that was simultaneously hilarious, honest and predictably sexist. Not surprisingly, some women are up in arms about it. (For one, Maher compared breastfeeding to masturbating.) But are these lactivists being just-as-predictably humorless, or do they have a point? After the jump, Anna and Moe hash out the pros and cons of breastfeeding... from their extremely knowledgable, never-had-a-baby point of view.

Bill Maher Can Suck My Tits [Huffington Post]
Earlier: Facebook: Boobs Are For Body-Shots, Not Baby-Feeding

Do Bouncy Breasts Make Women Skip Workouts?

Dodai — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:30:00 EDT

A researcher at the UK's University of Portsmouth has discovered that 60% of women experience breast pain when exercising, regardless of their cup size, reports the Telegraph. In addition, breasts bounce more than measured in previous studies — up to 8 inches, not only up and down but also side to side and in and out. The survey also finds that breasts move as much during slow jogging as they do at maximum sprint speed. "There really are women who want to do exercise but who don't have the bras to cope," says the researcher, Dr. Joanna Scurr. Scurr is working with bra manufacturers and will present her findings to the British Association of Sport And Exercise's annual conference. As the only Jezebel who wears a damn bra, I can recommend the Last Resort Bra from Title Nine for those whose cups runneth over (left). It's fugly but amazingly effective for my um, quarterly-ish workouts. But I'm looking forward to what Dr. Scurr comes up with! [Telegraph]

The F Cup Cookie: Get Huge Knockers Without Surgery!

Dodai — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:00:00 EDT

Japan: Home of all things adorable. Including the F-Cup brand cookie, a pinkly packaged snack containing 50mg of Pueraria Mirifica — an herb which allegedly makes breasts bigger, says Plastic Surgery 101. The plant mimics the effect of estrogen in the body, possibly making breast tissue increase. Despite the cute, innocent box with girly graphics, the root in the cookies is potentially lethal, since estrogen products come with an increased chance of blood clots. But hey, there are risks with implants, too, right? Sayonara, silicone!

F-Cup Cookies - No Need To Bother With Those Pesky Implants [PlasticSurgery101]
Earlier: Safe Sex In Japan: Cute & Cummily