Victoria Smith
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Old lady feminist, aggressively promoting my agenda in an uncompromising way. Agent: @LittleHardman Email: glosswatch @ https://t.co/vHSPg1rFaj
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https://thecritic.co.uk/author/victoria-smith/ 21-03-2012 09:18:21
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The idea that breastfeeding counsellors are being suspended for refusing to support 'male lactation', either in reality or in principle, seems shocking, but if you've been involved in birth or breastfeeding in the past 5 years or so, it's unsurprising.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/0…
This is not about excluding; it is about safeguarding the vital breastfeeding education spaces that must exist for women if we are to help increase our internationally low breastfeeding rates – just as importantly, help women to access the right support.” web.archive.org/web/2024050119…
Breastfeeding charity suspends trustees who want to stick to helping breastfeeding mothers, and not men who want to lactate.
Charity Commission asked to investigate
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/0…
On the side of progress? Many activists, despite what they claim, are anything but, writes Victoria Smith thecritic.co.uk/moral-progress…
The wonderful Victoria Smith is running a half marathon for us in September. Show her some support and donate if you can! #JustGiving justgiving.com/page/victoria-…
As a former Chief Safeguarding Officer, I know a little about safeguarding, Caroline Dodds Pennock.
Safeguarding can work in one of two main ways
In some contexts, it relies on case-by-case checks/risk assessment (such as individual DBS checks, individual mental state assessments,…