“[The decision] wasn’t a shock, but it was certainly a huge disappointment,” Riley said, pointing out the “double standard.”
She added: “This is just one instance among many examples of how our society aims to silence women and to take away our agency.”
Since Clear Channel’s judgment was reported by The New York Times, Swehl, which hosts free educational breastfeeding videos, runs community events and sells breastfeeding accessories, has seen a 500% increase in traffic to its website, drawing in 40,000 new users.
On May 14, it also pivoted a preplanned community event into a Hot Moms March, convening activists, influencers and healthcare professionals on the streets of New York City to celebrate what the invite described as “a woman’s right to celebrate her pregnant belly—while fighting against the rampant censorship that women and their bodies receive.”
