If you’ve read The
Grapes of Wrath, you’ll remember the book ends with Rose of Sharon Joad,
still grieving her stillborn baby, breastfeeding a starving man. Any English
teacher will tell you by having Rose of Sharon give of her most valuable gift
after all the tragedy she’d endured, Steinbeck is commenting on man’s capacity
to extend humanity to his fellow man in even the bleakest of circumstances and
how collective sharing is the only way out of despair.
So here’s my question, is Salma Hayek much of a reader?
Much has been made about Hayek’s breastfeeding of a starving
African child, an action that seemed more impulsive than premeditated. The
lovely Ada
wrote a piece at Time noting Hayek’s action might bring about a change of
perception about breastfeeding in Africa, where men denounce it because it
interferes with their sex life...
Read More...
