The 3 Minute Activist
MyCardMaker (September 6, 2006).

Looking at your Mother's Day cards while browsing your "card with artwork" section, I was shocked to see a card image that showed a "super mom" flying through the air with a baby bottle! Please remove this card from your site. Please do NOT show bottles or bottle feeding associated with babies, especially with "super moms". Today it is a well researched fact that breast milk is the optimal nutrition for babies and breastfeeding is a also best for mothers. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) states formula-fed infants have higher risks for infectious diseases, death, obesity, diabetes, etc. Mothers who do not breastfeed are more likely to have breast cancer, osteoporosis and other serious health problems. (For the complete AAP statement see: http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/ content/full/pediatrics;115/2/496 ) Sadly, many babies are at higher health risks because they are fed formula. Part of the reason that more babies are not breastfed is the lack of breastfeeding images in popular media, especially when compared to bottle feeding images. Although your referral to formula feeding may not have been intentional, it does send a not-so-subtle message that bottle feeding is "super" (even better than normal breastfeeding) to your customers and the recipients of the cards you produce. Please contact me to let me know your plans for removing this graphic from your card selection. Sincerely,