arclightHave US airports always been a concentrated dose of American dystopia or has it just been O'Hare and everything post-9/11? Somehow Security was not the most disturbing source of decay and horror. Or maybe it was and I'm just numb to it.
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Landed at SeaTac. What airport dystopia awaits?
I'm sure SeaTac has its own WTF elements. This isn't one of them.
Seeing the breastfeeding station after deplaning is not nearly as disconcerting as the patriotic beaky Underoos.
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At Haneda airport I've seen "quiet corners"; a mostly walled off spot with a chair, low lighting and sound dampening. For anybody who finds the stress, noise and crowds too much to handle.
At Haneda airport I've seen "quiet corners"; a mostly walled off spot with a chair, low lighting and sound dampening. For anybody who finds the stress, noise and crowds too much to handle.
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Carolyn@arclight Privacy or they don’t want to see it, so think the woman should take her baby into a dark hole with no visible sources of air?
Mar@CStamp I don't know what's been your experience, but as a mom who breastfed two kids for many years, I very much welcomed these private spaces in busy places. I never used the one at the airport -I only traveled by air after weaning- but I was happy to learn of its existence.
Maybe I'm too modest, but I didn't like to be seen breastfeeding by dozens of strangers, let alone pumping 😬. I have social anxiety and the stress of having so many people around made things very difficult. The noise and movement also distracted both of my babies. It's not always easy to find a clean stand to put all the pump paraphernalia and a handy outlet to connect it. Idk, just my experience.
I assumed the pods were ventilated somehow.
As a side note, I felt that Seattle was quite chill with breastfeeding moms. I did it in quiet restaurants, parks and even a church. But for the crowded places, I appreciated and made use of the breastfeeding rooms.
@marsiposa @arclight Nice to have options. I hope they look better on the inside. That looks not so much a room as a box.
@CStamp yeah, I'm also curious how they are inside.
I'm guessing many breastfeeding rooms are not exactly an example of thoughtful design. I've heard *stories*. The breastfeeding "room" at one of my jobs was one of the employee restrooms, which I could lock, but also.. Idk... I could never shake the feeling that pumping in a restroom is yucky 🤢.
As I write this I realize that maybe my expectations were very low to start with 😅
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Maria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️@arclight SeaTac also has at least one mixed gender restroom. It's the first one I've ever been in. It's basically a large restroom with multiple fully enclosed toilet stalls. I think urinals are in their own room. After a lifetime of seeing men's rooms and ladies' rooms, it was quite mind-boggling to see a mixed gender restroom. I think it's civilized, too.
@arclight they also have a sensory (quiet) room, most times honor the sunflower lanyard for invisible dissabilities, have accessibility assistance for blind or low-vision and have a social story-guide tailored for autistic people with the process of going through the SEA-TAC airport.
Dashes of civilization among the chaos.
👻™ supreme goblin 🐊@arclight These are all over the place in Seattle, it's great, there are even some at Climate Pledge Arena
I'm not sure why people who are breastfeeding would be taking their babies to a hockey game or a concert but, hey, if they are, they're taken care of
aburka 🫣@arclight sounds like you should be okay there https://southseattleemerald.org/voices/2026/03/23/opinion-port-commissioner-says-sea-airport-not-impacted-by-reported-ice-deployment
