Ring card girl fights hypocrisy over breastfeeding images

Cadet, Missouri based Jackie Owens is a mother of three and ring card girl. Any number of images are in circulation of her between rounds in a bikini, and of her breast feeding. She has received both compliments and criticism for both. The ironic thing though, is that some people who compliment her in a bikini offer criticism of her breast feeding.

Owens got tired of it, and reached out to Abby Theuring a blogger and mom, admirably seeking to normalize breastfeeding in public, and empower women by rejecting social norms that hurt women and children.

“Today is the day I rant about perspective and hypocrisy,” Owen’s wrote to Theuring, via Facebook.

“I’ve shared my nursing photo on breastfeeding page threads several times. It is currently circulating and being shared on facebook and instagram breastfeeding pages, which I absolutely LOVE. Because it should be seen and normalized.

“I am an MMA ring girl, which I also love. I am paid to wear similar bikinis, booty shorts, revealing tops, take pictures with fighters and members of the audience. These pictures also circulate through the Internet: facebook, instagram, youtube videos of fights, people that I don’t even know share pictures with me on pages of theirs.

“I have received an amazing amount of support, and criticism, on both. Ironically, on different ends of the spectrum, even from the same individuals. Guess which one had positive vs negative feedback. Smh. If seeing the picture on the left is ok with you, then seeing the picture on the right should be ok with you.”

Amen.

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