‘It wasn’t controversial’: Buffy Sainte-Marie opens up about breastfeeding her baby boy on Sesame Street in 1977, saying someone will always ‘sexualize it’ now
By Erica Tempesta Buffy Sainte-Marie opened up about her decision to breastfeed her baby boy on Sesame Street in 1977, saying the groundbreaking moment ‘wasn’t controversial.’ The Oscar-winning singer and Indigenous-rights activist played herself on the children’s series from 1976 to 1981. After the birth of her son, Dakota ‘Cody’ Starblanket Wolfchild, she suggested a breastfeeding segment to […]
