breastfeeding
‘I felt offended on behalf of my breasts’ – Jean Hannah Edelstein
When misguided well-wishers suggest to Edelstein, post-mastectomy, that she might now have ‘the breasts of her dreams’, she wants to reply that those had always been her own
What have we been missing?
Ge’s short stories set in China are her most adventurous, ranging from politics in the time of Confucius to sex in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
What women need to know
Pregnant women are still woefully ill-prepared for the gruelling experience ahead of them and the life-changing damage that often results, says Lucy Jones
The breast test
New mothers who can’t keep to the breast-feeding orthodoxy face needless misery and shame
Portrait of the week
Home A man died when 1,500 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais in one night. The…
My time of the month
I have spent the last few days posing with a tampon as part of an international campaign to demystify the…
Letters
When the wind blows Sir: Clare Oxford’s piece (‘Gone with the wind turbines’, 12 April) is both timely and sad.…
I think in my attitude towards breastfeeding, I’ve found the perfect middle ground
What attitude should we take towards women who wish to breastfeed their babies in public? Older, more conservative readers may…
