Hollie McNish, Poet Shamed by Breastfeeding in Public, Has the Last Word
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A lot of thoughtful, impassioned arguments have been made by moms who have had to defend their rights to breastfeed in public, but few are as powerful as this.
Hollie McNish, a published U.K. poet and spoken-word artist, posted this video entitled "Embarrassed" on YouTube on July 4 that slowly but surely became a viral sensation.
McNish's edgy, rap-like stanzas describe what it feels like to be publicly shamed into hiding out in toilet stalls to breastfeed her daughter.
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