Carrie – what sort of negative reactions are being reported in the newspapers? As I have not heard or seen any myself.

Are the papers carrying on because – shock horror – you can see part of her breast?

Given the hoo-haw over Janet Jacksons nipple, nothing would surprise me anymore from the USA. It seems guns and violence are perfectly acceptable but dare to show a part of the human body and everyone has a mini meltdown!

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A magazine cover photo of Angelina Jolie breast-feeding one of her newborn twins may have turned the superstar actress into a role model for new mothers.

The photo, taken by Jolie’s partner Brad Pitt, will adorn the November issue of W magazine. Other family pictures taken by Pitt in the weeks after the birth in July of twins Vivienne Marcheline and Leon Knox will appear inside.

“I think it is fabulous. Seeing a celebrity like Angelina Jolie breast-feed can be a role model to encourage women to make a choice that is wonderful for their baby,” said Andi Silverman, mom of two and author of “Mama Knows Breast.”

“Breasts are used to sell all sorts of products, so to see them used the way nature intended can only be a great thing,” Silverman told Reuters.

……Jolie’s global influence as a style-setter and through her humanitarian travels and support of kids in third world countries, ensured the impact of the photo of her special moments with her baby.

“The response from moms we have seen is that if someone as popular, beautiful and together as Angelina is breast-feeding her children, it inspires other women to do so themselves,” said Dr Shannon Fox, a psychotherapist with the http://www.Momlogic.com website.

Little is seen in the picture of the act of breast-feeding. It shows Jolie smiling, while a tiny hand is just visible at bottom of the frame.
La Leche League International, the world’s oldest breast-feeding support organization, said the photo was particularly welcome as Jolie has twins.

“Mothers of twins report it takes a lot of time, effort and physical energy to breast-feed. I think the picture is beautiful,” said La Leche League International spokeswoman Jane Krouse.

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La Leche League International, the world’s oldest breast-feeding support organization, applauds Jolie’s apparent decision to be photographed nursing on the cover of W.

“Breast-feeding in public reveals a whole lot less than what has been revealed on the red carpet. … I think we do need more role models like Angelina Jolie willing to be photographed and say, ‘Hey look, it can be done, it oughta be done,’” La Leche spokeswoman  Jane Crouse said.

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Of course, it is expected that this breastfeeding cover would generate mixed reactions, both positive and negative. Obviously, I am on the positive side. When I look at it, I did not find anything wrong with it. I see what we can gain from it. In fact, Brad was very subtle in capturing that beautiful moment. He saw to it that his family is still protected by ensuring that the pose is not gross or vulgar at all. It was certainly done in a very tasteful manner. I can’t imagine how anyone can think of it as disgusting when most magazines do lewd covers. Very hypocritical. I wonder, some people react this way because the one on the cover is Angelina Jolie, when in fact, her W cover is not lewd at all !!! As I have said before, everything she does is being nitpicked, no matter how good her intention is. Some people will always find fault everything about her. That’s their mission in life. And I am sad for them. By the way, how do they react when they see posters in the hospitals or any medical institutions are showing pictures & promoting breast feeding?? Are their sensibilities were offended, too??? Of course not for the simple reason that it’s not Angelina Jolie who is posing. If every time you look at Angie with a dirty mind, it’s not her problem anymore. Maybe she can’t really contain her hotness, is that it?? People, grow up, breastfeeding is a natural activity between a mother & her baby, whether it is done publicly or not. It’s up to you how to do it in a subtle way.

I think the reason why they decide to do this cover is that they want to show the world that they can be also in control of what comes out in the publication. They want to counteract the fabricated things which the tabloids are constantly selling in their magazines at the expense of this admirable couple. The couple deemed it wise to balance the false stories about them by coming up with a very noble idea, that is by promoting breastfeeding and at the same time the love in the JPs family. And I laud them for that.