Things I Love
Music
Rachel Garlin is a San Francisco-based singer-songwriter who tours internationally and headlines at folk festivals across the US. She has a background in education and composes songs for special projects. I am fortunate to have known Rachel since med school, and she took me up on my request for her to create a piece about breastfeeding. “I saw you nursing today” is a clever folksong describing how all mammals breastfeed their young.
I saw you nursing today- Rachel Garlin
Local Santa Barbara Artists
Janey Cinzori, a local Santa Barbara artist, makes beautiful coastal-themed pieces through her Ocean Jewelry brand. She created a line for breastfeeding and also developed a breast cancer survivorship line that celebrates women warriors.
Jennifer Lujan De Nunzio of One Last Glass also poured an amazing Dulce De Leche breastfeeding candle as well as a Central Coast Cure candle to honor breast cancer survivorship.
Santa Barbara Company is a woman-owned and green-certified florist that sources flowers direct from small farms to support local growers and reduce the carbon footprint of shipping. Their bouquets are amazing for a postpartum mama or anyone else in your life that you love
Other Links
- Nursing in Nature: A compilation of wild animals I have been so fortunate to see nursing everywhere from East Africa to coastal California! I also posted some special highlights from colleagues and friends.
- French artist Camille Henrot explores the postpartum body and breastfeeding/pumping through her fascinating exhibit Wet Job.
- One of my favorite organizations that highlights the science of breastmilk is human-milk.com out of the UK.
- Shondinii Walters: Navajo artist who does beautiful breastfeeding prints.
- Girls Love Mail: I participate in this non-profit organization that provides all new breast cancer patients with a handwritten note of encouragement from a breast cancer survivor.
- Leilani Rogers: Breastfeeding photography and social justice campaigns, including gorgeous work for Black Breastfeeding Week.
- Chloe Trayhurn: Beautiful breastfeeding and motherhood prints featured throughout my site. Thank you, Chloe, for sharing your work!
- Kelly Rosso: MD Anderson trained breast surgical oncologist and talented medical illustrator.
- Mathilde Cohen: Law Professor at University of Connecticut whose work focuses on food law, race, and gender. With photojournalist Corrine Botz, she authored an academic manuscript in International Breastfeeding as well as a Ms. Magazine article on breastfeeding during the Covid pandemic.
- Empowered Mama Breastmilk Keepsake Jewelry: Mama-owned and run, gorgeous handmade jewelry and other breastmilk keepsakes.
- Rebel Donuts: My son is a donut connoisseur, and Rebel Donuts in Albuquerque, NM, remains our all-time favorite. They do the world’s best custom donuts, including promotional items for World Breastfeeding Month 🙂
- If Men Breastfed Video: Clever parody of a workplace man cave — a must watch for any moms who have returned to work and struggled to find support for pumping.
- Breastfeeding Art Around the World – I was discovering and receiving so many beautiful photos of breastfeeding art that I decided to create a stand-alone post.
