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Today’s Pink Ribbon Blues Contributor is Claire Festel, a writer from British Columbia. Her new book, Remarkable Yukon Women, shares the profiles of fifty women over the age of fifty who were born, or who settled in, the sparsely populated Yukon territory of western Canada. Illustrated with portraits of these women by artist Valerie Hodgson of Whitehorse, Yukon, the . . . → Read More: Carol Murphy – “Lucky to Be Alive” Beth Gainer is an author and breast cancer survivor who writes the blog-column, “Calling the Shots.” On April 17th, 2011 she posted an excerpt from her upcoming book with the same title, Calling the Shots: Coaching Your Way Through the Medical System. The book is a primer for how to advocate for oneself through a difficult medical landscape. It includes . . . → Read More: “Breast Cancer and the Blame Game” A message from Breast Cancer Action: — Why does BCA so fiercely object to Breast Cancer Awareness Month? What is so wrong with pink ribbon marketing? Why on earth would corporations involved in the treatment and diagnosis of women with breast cancer try to control how the public understands the disease? Curious about the answers to these questions? Join . . . → Read More: “The Politics of Breast Cancer” Webinar: Sign Up Today! Sarah Sadtler Feather, The Carcinista Sarah Sadtler Feather, also known in the blogging community as The Carcinista, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006. After five years of treatment, she died at home on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. To honor and celebrate her life there will be two memorial services, one in the Boston area and in the . . . → Read More: On-Line Memorial at Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer In October 2009 Suzan was diagnosed with stage 3B inflammatory breast cancer. Her doctors told her that the tumor that engorged her left breast and caused her nipple to invert was growing at a fast rate. Instead of the usual 5 percent growth rate in cancer cells, Suzan’s cells were growing at a rate of 40 percent. About a week . . . → Read More: “Blood Lines”: An Exhibit by Elizabeth M. Claffey “Pink ribbon campaigns have been highly successful in rallying recognition and funding around breast cancer. But our guest thinks the cheerful image of such campaigns whitewashes realities of the disease, both in terms of statistics and patient experiences.” April 18, 2011
Doctors Michael Greenberg, MD and Matthew Birnholz, MD interviewed me on XM Radio’s ReachMD for a series . . . → Read More: Reach MD Interviews Gayle Sulik about “Pink Ribbon Blues” This weekend breast cancer advocates, activists, researchers, educators, policy-makers, and other concerned citizens will be making their way to Washington DC to learn, connect, and transform at the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s Annual Advocacy Training Conference. This will be the 19th year that NBCC has hosted the conference, always with the goal of bringing together a diversity of people, ideas, . . . → Read More: Heading to Washington! NBCC’s Advocacy Training Conference The ancient Mayan pyramids of Chichen Itza, in Mexico's southern state of Yucatan, are lit in pink light as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. October 19, 2010. (REUTERS/Jacinto Kanek) www.boston.com Annika Munkel is a third-year marketing student at London South Bank University. After seeing the inundation of pink products during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month here in . . . → Read More: Cause-Marketing Awareness Survey in the U.K. When Breast Cancer Action asked if I would be interested in writing a letter of support for their organization, I said YES without hesitation. How could I not support this organization? BCA’s focus on root causes and systemic issues benefits not only the cause of breast cancer but extends to patients’ rights, environmental protections, social disparities, safe and effective treatments, . . . → Read More: My Letter of Support for Breast Cancer Action |
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