It's time for part two of Push Back! But before we get to that, something...weird happened in the United States this Wednesday. Donald Trump threw himself an itsy bitsy wittle coup. You know, the kind of mistake that ANY fascist dictator might make as he's being shown the door!

Why is everyone being SO UNCOOL about this?

Anyway, Erika and Clare discuss that landmark historical event for...awhile, as an intro to the episode. If you're all coup-ed out, our discussion of Push Back begins at 49.14.

As for the actual episode, we get into the nitty gritty details of how, exactly, the natural childbirth, lactivist, and attachment parenting industries are lying their asses off and causing parents (especially mothers) undue stress and torment. Highlights include the fact that breast milk is not the liquid gold lactivists claim it is: Breastfed infants do have some minor protection against colds and diarrhea for the first year, but that's it. Seriously. THAT IS IT. In addition, an epidural cannot "sedate" your baby, and children actually attach to their parents very quickly and easily--which means that all the elaborate rituals attachment parenting gurus demand are a bullshit waste of time. Get ready to enjoy a full buffet of pseudoscience, misogyny, and treating children like glorified props in their parents' lives!

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