Stories
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Trading breastmilk with men
When Alev Scott advertised her milk for sale, she was inundated with messages from men keen to satisfy sexual fetishes. Here she finds out who they are, and why women sell to them.
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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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A freezer full of breastmilk
When new mum Alev Scott began pumping her milk between feeds, she soon found she was freezing more breastmilk than her baby would ever need. So Alev began to investigate ways to share her oversupply.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
Catalogue
- Books
Aestheticism and the marriage market in Victorian popular fiction : the art of female beauty / by Kirby-Jane Hallum.
Hallum, Kirby-JaneDate: 2015
- Ephemera
- Online
Order of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries dated 3rd February 1904 : market and sales order of 1904 / T.H. Elliott, secretary ; David Lyon, Depute Town Clerk.
Elliott, T. H.Date: 1904- Pictures
Antioch, Turkey: a market place with a fountain. Steel engraving by S. Lacey, 1838, after W.H. Bartlett.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.Date: 1838Reference: 2124961i
- Pictures
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Tabora, Tanzania: the marketplace with townspeople. Photograph, 1910/1920 (?).
Date: 1910-1920Reference: 563726i
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A market with people buying and selling bread, eggs and chickens. Chromolithograph by H. Moulin after Ferdinand Séré.
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 30325i
