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Twitch is okay with breastfeeding — but many viewers aren’t, and that’s a problem

Twitch is okay with breastfeeding — but many viewers aren’t, and that’s a problem

4 years ago
Anonymous $9jpehmcKty

https://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2019/08/02/twitch-is-okay-with-breastfeeding-but-many-viewers-arent-and-thats-a-problem/

A Twitch streamer apparently started a revolution when she began breastfeeding her child on stream. When a clip of her doing so was deleted, she protested to Twitch. Site support eventually revealed the issue was that no one had, up to now, actually set policy on breastfeeding — but they did decree that it’s allowed.

The streamer, HeatheredEffect (real name: Heather Kent), was chatting live with a friend on Twitch and feeding her adorable child at the same time — she told Buzzfeed News the only time that particular friend was available was during her daughter’s lunch time. She also said she was curious to see if her community would take it well — and, according to her, they did. One viewer even posted a clip titled, “Normalize Breastfeeding.”