Posted on 02/10/2009 2:11:08 PM PST by lewisglad
UNICEF spokesperson Salma Hayek nursing a baby in Sierra Leone.
Hayek was in the West African country in September as part of her involvement in the fight against tetanus, one reason Sierra Leone has the highest infant and child death rate in the world.
But I'm guessing her humanitarian efforts won't draw as much attention as the "Nightline " television footage that showed Hayek breast feeding.
Bloggers, as expected, are going crazy.
“There is a close enough view that I could count swallows!” exclaimed Tanya on Motherwear’s Breast Feeding Blog, who was “blown away” that the scene was shown on network television.
Others were a tad cynical.
"Now here’s a good way to call attention to your giant bosom while simultaneously saving impoverished children,” wrote Buzzfeed.com senior editor Peggy Wang. “Angelina who?”
Whatever her motive, Hayek used her breasts as nature intended: She fed a hungry baby. For that she should be commended. If she also raises awareness that breast feeding helps build immunity, more power to her.
“In fact doctors there say that because malnutrition is so rampant they would like to see women in Sierra Leone breast-feed for two years,” wrote Kimberly Caplan on ABCnews.com.
“But such behavior is rare. The reason? Men urge their wives to quickly stop breast-feeding because of cultural mores that forbid sexual intercourse with breast-feeding women."
(Excerpt) Read more at featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com ...
Thank God for humanitarians like her.
I can see this thread turning south in a hurry.
I ain’t mad at her, just wish I was the kid!
Take that, Angelina.
Was the woman previously pregnant or already lactating? If not, she wasn’t breast feeding.
rules?
Lucky Infant!
I wish I was an African hungry baby.
Salma Hayek: I'm Addicted to Breastfeeding 11/11/2008 12:46:21 PM PST · by Red in Blue PA · 135 replies · 1,507+ views Fox ^ | 11/11/2008 | Fox
Salma Hayek may soon need rehabilitation for an addiction. The actress, who gave birth to daughter Valentina in 2007, says she can't stop breastfeeding. Click here to see photos of Hayek She said: "I'm like an alcoholic. It is like, I don't care if I cry, I don't care if I am fat, I am just going to do it for one more week, one more month, and then when I see how much good it is doing her and I can't stop."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2130281/posts
Lucky kid!
They’ll do absolutely ANYTHING to get that important “Male 18-39” demographic to tune in to the infotainment oops I mean news programs.
“Got milk? Salma Hayek does. Story at 10!”
Courtney Love tried this in Manhattan.
DAYUM!
Them puppies could suffocate the poor kid!
LOL!
Stupid comment of the day. But since that was your intent, it’s commendable.
footage at 5:30 of the clip http://www.dlisted.com/node/30630
That’s kind of like Obama and the Statue of Liberty.
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