My response to Ms. Lakritz (long!):
Seriously, I'd love it is Facebook disappeared from the face of the world. People will post all sorts of pictures of themselves. I personally have no urge to post pictures for the whole world to see of my wedding, my ultrasound, my child's first birthday, myself drunk at my cousin's wedding etc. etc.
However, feeding a kid is feeding a kid. Breasts are not obscene. Breastfeeding is not like dropping your pants! It isn't all that intimate, really. How is it different than holding a baby and bottle feeding it? That is pretty "intimate" and nobody would take those pictures down from Facebook.
I have breastfed two children, and will a third a few months. I know people in North America tend to think it is something that needs to be covered up (discreetly, with a blanket or a shawl), and that breasts are, if not entirely, primarily sexual. But I think the culture needs to change. Let's get over it. I will not cover up my baby if I am "out" and my child is hungry. If people don't like seeing a bit of my breast, they can look away. Or perhaps they can look, and then next time they see an advertisement for beer with bikini-clad models, their perceptions of breasts will be a little different. Hopefully the children of those people will not be offended. People in my parents and grandparents generations were offended by seeing an interracial couple. Thankfully, those prejudices are far less of a force nowadays.
Legs are sexy too--but very few people have a problem with women posting a picture of themselves in shorts. The same analogy could be made with long hair, the nape of the neck, the ankles, and other body part that can be found sexually attractive.
You ask "Why, indeed, the need for all this voyeuristic narcissism? Societal standards dictate that you don't walk around in general with your breasts showing. So, show some class and self-respect--two more commodities sadly conspicuous today by their absence. And if you have excess energy to devote to a cause, there are plenty of worthwhile ones you could channel it to instead." Facebook's raison d'etre is "voyeuristic narcissism," so this is not an argument specific to breastfeeding mothers. And as a cause, feminism is a damn good one!
The protesters are trying to change the cultural perception of breasts and breastfeeding. That is what the protest is about--not because they really care that much if they are allowed to post photos of themselves breastfeeding. They are trying to send a message to the world that breasts are not obscene and child-rearing is not obscene. Women's bodies are not designed solely for the sexual pleasure of men. While a woman is breastfeeding, she may take part in popular culture to the same extent any of the thousands of busty party-goers who post pictures of themselves on Facebook may.
I hope that you will think about these issues a bit and print a follow-up commentary.
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She's writing about how thousands of people joined the group, something that subsequently took way longer than joining a facebook group takes. "Hello. Pot? This is Kettle! Um, you're black!" I guess it does take "all kinds to make a world." 
Thanks for sharing this, OP.
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Nothing special about that!
