Well, when circulation is down and you’re a slowly-rotting corpse of print journalism, this is one way to get your name back out there …
Some out there were pleased with the cover …
https://twitter.com/#!/MommyNews/status/200598316659113984
https://twitter.com/#!/LactivistNLoubs/status/200598252352053249
https://twitter.com/#!/JenLynnPhillips/status/200602651526836225
https://twitter.com/#!/Beamer05/status/200597495682838528
https://twitter.com/#!/LeeKratzer/status/200596728460738560
https://twitter.com/#!/MikePuglielli/status/200595574150533121
https://twitter.com/#!/MaryPols/status/200603774069387265
… But by and large, the reactions were negative. Even many “lactivist” pro-attachment-parenting moms were disappointed by Time’s choice:
https://twitter.com/#!/suzannembest/status/200610704926052352
https://twitter.com/#!/blackgirlinmain/status/200601262037794818
https://twitter.com/#!/FeministBreeder/status/200604856615055360
Most of the Twitterverse expressed feelings ranging from mockery to disgust to just plain WTF:
https://twitter.com/#!/freeponies/status/200598323168677891
https://twitter.com/#!/MikeNVirginia/status/200598130260058112
https://twitter.com/#!/thatkristen/status/200600824685150209
https://twitter.com/#!/amandarykoff/status/200598045639983104
https://twitter.com/#!/mr_raccoon/status/200597970356416513
https://twitter.com/#!/Lackadazy/status/200597605682642945
https://twitter.com/#!/missamandapants/status/200597684946599937
https://twitter.com/#!/Sharrard13/status/200596663100899328
https://twitter.com/#!/MySecondEmpire/status/200594784530870272
https://twitter.com/#!/pattysull/status/200610764153819136
And then there was this guy:
https://twitter.com/#!/Carlsonsports/status/200598454924361728
We kinda hope he’s right, actually. The idea that it’s actually a three-year-old kid being breastfed makes us, well, uncomfortable. Happy Mother’s Day …
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