Protesting social attitudes that stigmatize breast-feeding in public in Italy, more than 100 mothers gathered in Rome on Tuesday for a public mass-nursing aimed at bringing attention to the matter.
“People still give a start when they see a woman breast-feeding,” Grazia Passeri, president of (Save Mothers), told the Italian news agency ANSA, “but they have to learn that a breast is not just a sexy object.” Passeri’s organization is currently running a campaign with the slogan, “I’ll Nurse Where I Feel Like It.”
One of the participants in Tuesday’s mass-nursing, told ANSA that, when she breast-feeds in public: “They give me evil looks, but I do it anyway.”
Many societies still feel squeamish about seeing women breast-feed in public.
I don’t like seeing women breast feed and I’m a female.
But if the baby needs to be fed, feed the baby. I don’t know how these women think that people will stop being weirded and grossed out by public displays of breast feeding. We’re just used to those things being used for so much more than keeping a baby alive that it’s a little unsettling. It’s a public perception that would be very difficult to change. Additionally, I never see hot moms breast feeding, only fug ones. I think that also has something to do with the stigma. Just saying.
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And yes, Verne Troyer aka Mini Me is suing TMZ and is trying to prevent his sex tape from leaking. I couldn’t bring myself to write a blog about it, too depressed.
I had a fun week, hope you live it up this weekend.
LINKAGE
Paris Hilton looking like poo - CK
Lindsay Lohan’s secret sister revealed?!! - CS
Slashing the scares out of horror films - AB
Best. Interview. Ever. - RR
I have no clue of what the hell this is all about - PB
More proof Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick is straight, hangs with topless chicks - SOW
Jay-Z, you jerk, why can’t you GIVE BACK! Now the a-hole is set to buy a share in the NY Yankees - GB
Amy Wino’s book deal - DS
Wanna go to the American Idol auditions? - AIW
So you think you can dance elimination recap - GTS
Thank you, Photoshop - ND
I’ve blogged stories about Ed being a man whore. He’s a slut and he’s into chicks. Chace probably swings both ways, but Ed was just dating Leighton. And, in summary, this rumor was probably crafted by their publicists to get more attention and buzz to the low-ratings series.
We’ve been contacted by entertainment reporters - within days of each other - from the NY Post and the NY Daily News. They both wanted to share a juicy piece of info - too juicy to print, they said.
Seems like on-set sources, which the pubs tell us are reliable, have told each paper that Chace Crawford and Gossip Girl co-star and real-life roommate Ed Westwick are in a relationship and not trying to hide it, at least on set.
BOTH NY papers tell us that Chace and Ed were recently seen kissing, open-mouthed on set.
The Post and Daily News both declined to publish this item because they don’t like to “out” people. Well, it’s either true or someone(s) is/are trying to spread rumors to both New York papers about the Gossip Girl co-stars.
From left to right: Lisa Wu Hartwell, DeShawn Snow, Kim Zolciak, NeNe Leakes, Sheree Whitfield.
I LUV this idea. The cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County and New York isn’t diverse at all. Mix it up! People of color are wealthy too, and look at the house in the background? It’s no secret that mansions in the south are bigger than in L.A. and the Hamptons. I’ll watch this series.
Lisa Wu Hartwell: Owns her own real estate firm, Hartwell & Associates, a jewelry line called Wu Girls, a baby clothing line, Hart 2 Hart Baby, and juggles a budding acting, modeling and writing career. Hartwell is very active in Atlanta’s social scene.
DeShawn Snow: Snow and her husband Eric, captain of the Cleveland Cavaliers, recently moved to their dream home in Alpharetta, GA. She exercises her faith by running The DeShawn Snow Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on improving self-esteem in teenage girls. She is a regular on the Atlanta social circuit and extremely active in local philanthropy, sitting on the board of three different charities.
Kim Zolciak: Zolciak lives in an exclusive gated townhouse community in Duluth, GA with her two children, 11-year-old Brielle and six-year-old Ariana. Zolciak is single, but happily dating with hopes to marry again in the near future. She also has her sights set on fame in the music business as a country singer, and is currently working with Grammy award-winning mega-producer Dallas Austin.
NeNe Leakes: Leakes is an active member of Atlanta society. She resides in the upscale Sugarloaf area of Atlanta with her husband Gregg, a successful real estate investor and business consultant, and their two sons, 18-year-old Brice and nine-year-old Brentt. Leakes donates her time to various foundations and is the founder of The Twisted Hearts Foundation, which brings awareness to domestic violence against women. Never one to sit still, the outspoken social butterfly also hopes to open a luxury boutique hotel in the very near future.
Sheree Whitfield: Single socialite Whitfield, a resident of the exclusive Sandy Springs area of Atlanta, juggles her busy home life with a packed social calendar. She is a busy working mother to three children -Tierra, Kairo and Kaleigh. Whitfield owned her own upscale clothing boutique - Bella Azul - for years before closing up shop to focus on her next business venture, a clothing line called “She by Sheree.” Whitfield is opening a new chapter in her life as a single mom while balancing her entrepreneurial spirit and active social life.
The season preview airs July 30 at midnight after a rebroadcast of Project Runway.
Luvs it!!! Paris Hilton is building on her famous name.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles announced Thursday that the hotel heiress has made an “extremely generous” donation toward the construction of a new 460,000 square-foot medical tower at the downtown facility.
Hospital officials didn’t specify the amount Hilton gave, but said her contribution will trick out a double-patient room in the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases, which is slated to open in 2010.
“I am so happy and fortunate to announce my support for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles,” Hilton said in a statement. “The children I have met through my [involvement] at Childrens Hospital have truly touched my heart.”
Why does Jessica Biel look like she’s sucking on prunes? Those are some major cheekbones she’s got goin’ on, someone should have mercy and chisel them down. And how did she turn into an Asian woman overnight? All of a sudden she’s lookin’ like a fug half sister of Renee Zellweger. And her hair is like a mullet gone from bad to worst; I can’t get over those bangs. They make her look smelly. Yeah, they do.
Jessica Biel hands over leash duty to boyfriend Justin Timberlake while out for a joint stroll with her pooch, Tina, Thursday in Los Angeles
Kimora Lee Simmons has won sole custody of her two daughters with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, Ming, 8, and Aoki, 5.
Kimora Lee Simmons, 33 and CEO of the Baby Phat line, cited irreconcilable differences when she filed for divorce from Russell Simmons, 50, in March after nearly 10 years of marriage.
According to legal papers obtained by The Insider, Russell Simmons gets the girls one week out of every eight, plus extra time for summer vacations and holidays.
In addition, he pays $20,000 per child per month in child support. That cash flow stops when each reaches the age of 19 1/2, or until the daughter is emancipated, married, becomes self-supporting, joins the armed forces or stops living with Kimora Lee Simmons.
Finally, he’s required to buy or lease a car valued at $60,000 or more for the girls once every 24 months.
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve never heard of anyone having to buy a pricey whip or lease one every 24 months for their kids with their ex-wife. Who the hell is Kimora’s lawyer? I need to start saving up now for when I split from my wealthy future ex hubby. Congrats, diva ho.
Rihanna leans on Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine Wednesday during their visit to MTV’s Hollywood studios, where the duo taped a performance of their duet, “If I Never See Your Face Again,” for Pete Wentz’s new show, FNMTV.
In a few months I’ll be going to yet another Maroon 5 concert. I love my sexy, talented boys.
“Temper” is just the politically correct word for cry baby loser. Why do I like MK all of a sudden? I really don’t wanna like Mary Kate for her fashion choices and stoic comment on Heath Ledger’s death, but whatever. I’m caving in.
On Thursday’s Late Show With David Letterman, Mary-Kate Olsen revealed, “He used to play on the soccer team for my high school.
When Letterman asked if she thought he was “wormy,” she nodded and said, “yeah.”
“He does not have a good temper,” added Olsen, who was promoting her new indie The Wackness. “He walked out of a few games. He would walk off the field. He was like, ‘Me or the coach!’”
Letterman said he was surprised by the story because Pratt looked like the kind of guy who has never broken a sweat in his life.
“Oh, my God — that brings up stories!” Olsen said. “I don’t know if I should talk about it.”
She then laughed and added, “The Wackness is a great film!”
Asked if they were friends at the time, Olsen said, “No.”
After Letterman asked her how a guy can be so “oily,” Olsen uncomfortably laughed and changed the subject.
You know Spencer loves Mary-Kate now for mentioning him and keeping him famous, but I can only imagine how rude he would be to her if he runs into her on the street at any time. Her troll ass should always walk with bodyguards.
