Last month, Adrienne Pine, an American University professor, became momentarily famous for breast feeding her little son in class. The topic raised the questions of adequate child care, American discomfort with the female body and much more.
Given the mind-spirit-body connection, how can women have a truly healthy spiritual life when our bodies are riddled with doubt, self-consciousness, fear, judgment, disappointment, and demoralizing references?
Adrienne Pine, the assistant anthropology professor at American University who recently became a national name when she nursed her child during a lect...
I agree whole-heartedly with Pine and have been faced with similar situations where I wondered what I would do if I had no babysitter available when I needed to teach a class.
Young women without children are watching to see how we do it. They feel both sympathy and resentment. We are their role models and worst nightmares. They are stressed by seeing our stress.
If it is appropriate for a baby to be someplace then it is appropriate for that baby to eat in that place. The more we see that, the more it becomes the norm.
American University Professor Adrienne Pine is exasperated and tired of talking about the debate she supposedly sparked when she breast-fed her child ...