By now you've heard that a Vancouver mom had her Facebook account blocked after she posted photos of herself breastfeeding on the social networking site.
For 33-year-old Emma Kwasnica, it wasn't the first time Facebook removed personal photos or froze her account because of photos it deemed to contain sexually explicit content.
What you may not know is that since she joined the site in 2008, almost 30 of Kwasnica's breastfeeding snaps were pulled in four separate incidents. It may be just me, but why would you want to share photos of your breasts online, with acquaintances, friends, colleagues, Tom, Dick and Harry?
While Kwasnica is right that there is nothing explicit about breastfeeding photographs (heck, I even have some my own), it makes you wonder why so many, why so public?
“This is a child’s right to eat, a mother’s right to nurse her child,” she told the Star recently. A Facebook page was set up in support of Kwasnica, and had already drawn 3,500 supporters.
Apparently Facebook's policy is a little murky these days, with content police struggling to get its priorities straight. While it allows breastfeeding photos to be posted on the site, it does not allow "a fully exposed breast" -- be it attached to a babe or not.
I think we safely agree that breastfeeding -- and breasts for that matter -- are not pornographic. Perhaps it's a question of time and place. And, to my mind at least, Facebook isn't that place.
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