Media Coverage

On January 5th I was asked to stop breastfeeding in a Montreal clothing store. Here’s a list of media coverage, so far. An especially big thank you to all the bloggers who took the time to write about the incident, and share their personal stories and thoughts on breastfeeding in general, and breastfeeding in public aka Nursing in Public (NIP), in particular. If you see anything I’ve missed, please leave a link in the comments.

From the Blogosphere

• January 6: On a du chemin à faire, même en 2011! by Val on Opération : Montée de lait!
• January 6: Social Media Lactivism by Ruth Martin-Maude on Dandelion Web Design
• January 7: Orchestra, une boutique de Montréal, interdit l’allaitement! by French Lilly on Confessions
• January 7: Nursing In Public – Exercising Our Rights on the AppleCheeks Official Blog
• January 7: Actualité : Interdiction d’allaiter dans une boutique de Montréal on Infos Bébé
• January 8: Another post about boobs! by Claudia on Aux Petits Oiseaux
• January 10: « Vous ne pouvez pas allaiter dans le magasin, madame » on La marâtre joyeuse
• January 10: Des seins c’est cochon! on Daniel Lalonde
• January 10: Public evil #1: breastfeeding in public on Miss Julie’s Hodgepodge
• January 11: L’allaitement en public, recul ou avancée? by Madeleine Allard et Annie Desrochers on Bien vivre l’allaitement
• January 14: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Breastfeeding Mom Blogger by Meri Perra on Bunch
• January 14: Orchestra – l’heure des excuses by French Lilly on Confessions
• January 14: The trick with breastfeeding by Stephen Rhodes on The Marketing PAD
• January 14: Another reason to love Apple on Red, White and GREEN Mom
• January 14: A Place to Shop, A Place to Breastfeed on the Bummis blog
• January 18: Allaite-In! by Val on Opération : Montée de lait!
• January 19: Allaiter sans honte en 2011 ? on La bougeotte en famille
• January 19: Vancouver Sun shames woman for breastfeeding in public by Manda Aufochs Gillespie on The Vancouver Observer
• January 19: Breastfeeding Brouhaha by Ellen A. S. Low on Whitten and Lublin LLP
• January 19: L’allaite-in : un succès! by Val on Opération : Montée de lait!
• January 20: Breast is Best by Rina on Ben Comic Strip
• January 21: Nurse-in News on Red, White and GREEN Mom
• January 21 : A public affair by Alex in the Today’s Parent Blogs
• January 27 : “She’s 5 months old, and she eats breast milk. From my actual breast. Shocking, I know!” in Political Junkie Mom
• January 28 : L’interminable combat pour un “allaitement équitable” in Grande Dame
• January 28 : 1 Hungry Baby, 1 Upset Mom and 7,000 Hits by Monica in socialmedia1
• January 28 : NIP: Is Nursing in Public Okay? Says Who? by Debbie Page in The New Born Baby
• January 28 : The Audacious Mother by Abby Bryan in Bowl of Stars
• January 28 : Flashmob Bares Breasts (To Feed Babies) by Mick in Morning Quickie
• January 30 : Who Knew There Was a Law? by Donna McGill in It’s All About the Right Writing
• March 4 : Montreal Girl Geeks In The News in Montreal Girl Geek Dinners
• March 8 : Se couvrir : un enjeu féministe by Annie in PhD in Parenting
• March 11 : Feeeeeelings, Nothing More than Feeeelings by Aimée Morrison in Hook and Eye
• March 23 : breastfeeding: not just ladybusiness by Kelly Hogaboom in Underbellie
• April 27 : Shattered by Kama in NIP Blues

Mainstream News Coverage

The Canadian Press

• January 8: ‘Nurse-in’ planned after mother stopped from breastfeeding in kids store by Benjamin Shingler
• January 11: Montreal mom accepts apology from clothing store over breast-feeding controversy by Nelson Wyatt
• January 19: Breastfeeding demo for Montreal moms by Peter Rakobowchuk

La Presse Canadienne

• January 8: Une femme se fait interdire d’allaiter son enfant dans un magasin de Montréal
• January 11: Allaitement: le magasin Orchestra s’excuse
• January 19: Des mères tiennent une séance d’allaitement collectif dans un centre commercial

The Montreal Gazette (and other CanWest papers)

• January 9: Montreal mom asked to stop breastfeeding at kids’ store
• January 11: Owner apologizes to mother ejected from store for nursing by Cheryl Cornacchia
• January 19: Nurse-in transforms shopping mall by Cheryl Cornacchia
• January 22: Nurturing nursing mothers by Jessica Howard

CBC

• January 10: Audio – More mom than “lactavist” (January 10) with Mike Finnerty
• January 10: CBC News : Montreal at about 8 min 30 sec by Daniel Halton
• January 11: Store apologizes to breastfeeding mother
• January 19: Breastfeeding Que. mothers stage ‘nurse-in’

Radio-Canada

• January 10: Audio – Allaiter en public, encore mal vu dans la société with Michel Désautels
• January 18: Militer en allaitant with Christiane Charette

LCN/TVA Nouvelles/Canöe

• January 9: Expulsé pour avoir allaité
• January 10: Video: Une Montréalaise s’est vu montrer la porte…
• January 27: Sophie Durocher prend position pour l’allaitement

The Globe and Mail

• January 9: Breastfeeding mom’s ‘bad day at the mall’ prompts a ‘nurse-in’ by James Bradshaw
• January 10: Breastfeeding mom gets apology from clothing store by James Bradshaw

Examiner.com/CJAD

• January 10: Store apologizes after asking breastfeeding mom to stop by Shuyee Lee
• January 20: Breastfeeding moms stage nurse-in demo by Shuyee Lee

CKNW – Vancouver News Talk Sports Radio AM980

• January 11: Audio Vault: (January 11, at 2:30) with Mike Smyth

La Presse

• January 19: Cent bébés au sein pour la cause by Isabelle Audet
• January 19: Video: Cent femmes allaitent en public

Métro Montréal

• January 19: Une loi réclamée pour défendre le droit des femmes qui allaitent by Marie-Eve Shaffer

Abitibi Express

• January 18: Une Abitibienne derrière l’Allaite-In du 19 janvier by Martin Guindon

L’Écho Abitibien

• January 21: «Allaite-in»: succès phénoménal pour une Valdorienne by Michel Ducas

Journal de Montréal

• January 19: Donner le sein à son bébé en guise de protestation by Josianne Desjardins

CTV

• January 19: Moms hold breastfeeding demo at downtown children’s store

The Sydney Morning Herald (and other Australian and New Zealand papers)

• January 20: Breastfeed ban sparks mothers’ mall protest by Glenda Kwek

News/Talk Leader CJAD 800

• January 20: Nurse-in attracts over a hundred people by Shuyee Lee

McGill Tribune

• January 25: “Nurse-in” draws crowd to support public breastfeeding by Kyla Mandel

AOL News

• January 27: Breast-Feeding Canadian Moms Create Flash Mob at Mall by Selena Ross

La Seigneurie

• January 28: Allaitement en public: entre malaise et acceptation by Martine Veillette

The Daily Mail

• January 29: The ultimate flash mob: Mums stage simultaneous breast-feeding protest after woman is kicked out of shopping centre

shine.yahoo.com

• February 1: Breastfeeding: why is it so upsetting? by Lylah M. Alphonse

The Edmonton Sun

• March 11: Public breastfeeding still taboo by Joanne Richard

Mainstream Editorials

• January 11 : C’est odieux!! by Lina Côté in La Nouvelle Union
• January 12 : Breastfeeding in public is a human rights issue in the St. Albert Gazette
• January 12 : Breastfeeding: a motherhood issue by Allison Hanes in the The Montreal Gazette
• January 15 : Remember what breasts are really for by Sharon Brooks in the The Brantford Expositor
• January 23 : Allaitement en public: du respect svp by Geneviève Proulx in La Tribune/Cyberpresse
• January 25: Exhibition de tétons by Leslie Doumerc dans le Quartier Libre
• February 8: Allaitement en public: une pétition inutile by Marie Annik Grégoire dans Cyberpresse

Non-Profits

• January 12+: Bulletins on INFACT Quebec
• January 12+: News on INFACT Quebec
• January 12+: Revue de Presse on Fédération Québécoise Nourri-Source

In the Forums

• January 5+: Allaite-in à Montréal dans un magasin qui refuse que les femmes allaitent on Dans le ventre de maman
• January 6+: Une autre histoire de maman allaitante expulsée d’un magasin à Montréal on Doctissimo
• January 6+: Maman qui allaite expulsée on Vert Bébé: un forum écolo
• January 9+: Allaite-In à Montréal le 19 Janvier. Y allez vous? on Mamanpourlavie.com
• January 29+: Flash-mob of breastfeeding mums in Canadian shopping centre on netmums.com