Olivia Wilde photo shoot puts breastfeeding in spotlight

Olivia Wilde has addedanother famous face tothebreastfeeding movementthe American actor and model is featured in a photo shoot in the September issue of Glamour magazine that includes images of hernursing her son.

Advocates for nursing began markingWorld Breastfeeding Weekon Aug. 1 with events designed to break down the barriers that preventmothers from feeding their babies in public.

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InGlamour magazine,Wilde explained why doing thephoto shoot was important to her.

"Any portrait of me right now isn't complete without my identity as a mother being a part of that. Breastfeeding is the most natural thing... It felt like we were capturing that multifaceted woman we've been discussing that we know we can be. You can be someone who is at once maternal and professional and sexy and self-possessed."

Canadian singer Alanis Morissette, American pop star Pink and models Gisele Bndchen, and Miranda Kerr have all made breastfeeding photos public.

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