I’m embarrassed to admit that it took this long for me to figure it out: The Alpha Parent is a parody!
You know, for a while there Allison Dixley had me going. But then I realized no one could really be that obnoxiously sanctimonious about something as trivial as breastfeeding or that exquisitely vicious toward women she claims she wants to support. She’s just satirizing militant lactivists by taking their tactics to absurdity.
Wait, what? What do you mean it’s not a parody? Surely you jest!
Do you mean to tell me that Dixley, who portrays herself in her logo with her breast being suckled and a halo on her head, is so insecure that she publicly pats herself on the head for a basic biological function she is fortunate to have no trouble accomplishing? Is she equally proud of herself for having a pancreas that makes it possible for her to regulate her blood sugar without supplemental insulin?
Are you saying that her cunningly honed viciousness accurately represents the way she feels? But that’s pathological!
You mean the woman spends hours creating text and artwork to deliberately wound other mothers? Remember when she wrote this?
Breastfeeding is like Marriage. You can’t cheat on it and expect it to work.
Do you mean she seriously views women who combo feed as cheating on their babies? Or more accurate, she hopes they view themselves as unfaithful?
Or how about when she depicted a bottle of formula in one of those emergency fire alarm boxes, with the caption “Break Glass in Emergency”? Does she really think formula is only appropriate in emergencies? Or is she simply trying to tear down women who use formula?
Consider today’s gem:
I thought that she was just trying to illustrate the post I wrote earlier today, when I explained:
… Cognitive dissonance makes it impossible for lactivists to contemplate the high frequency of breastfeeding difficulties because, according to their way of thinking, breastfeeding is natural, therefore breastfeeding is good, therefore breastfeeding works perfectly. When confronted with women who have breastfeeding difficulties, lactivists face two choices. Either they can acknowledge that natural is not always best or they can pretend that women who are having problems with a natural function are doing it wrong or not trying hard enough.
I figured she was just trying to help me out by illustrating the absurd belief that there are no legitimate reasons for not breastfeeding. And now you’re telling me that she actually believes it?
Wow, I’m shocked. Apparently Dixley gets her jollies by mentally torturing mothers who make different choices than she does. Apparently her self esteem is so pathetically low that she can only feel good when tearing others down.
But then I guess she’s doing what comes naturally to her … being a jerk.
