Agencies of women who breastfeed: reflecting on breastfeeding, motherhood, and the internet in Brazil

Abstract

The article presents the results of a research on breastfeeding, motherhood and the internet in Brazil carried out between 2020 and 2022. The research started with the analysis of content available on a digital platform aimed at pregnant women and mothers and sought to question how the experience of breastfeeding today is permeated by the information available online and the interactions that result from it. The material was complemented with interviews with some users of the platform and in dialogue with other works on motherhood, feminism and the internet. The aim was to reflect, on the one hand, on the current model of communication about breastfeeding and motherhood in Brazil and, on the other, about the ambivalences surrounding the experiences of mothers in taking care of their children while interacting with the digital environment.