After her diagnosis in 2007, Sarah Horton was shocked, overwhelmed, and angry. Her life had taken a sudden turn as she was thrown into a world of medical decision-making, multiple surgeries, physical and emotional trauma, personal loss, fear of death, and the onslaught of pink ribbon culture and disease politics. Yes, she was grateful to be alive, and thankful . . . → Read More: Sarah Horton, Alive and Anti-Pink
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Paula’s thinking pink, are you? Regardless, you may be supporting pink cause marketing by default. Pink products are so ubiquitous – especially during breast cancer awareness month that you might have to go out of your way to avoid pink ribbons when you purchase your favorite products. One of my readers told me a story about how she accidentally bought . . . → Read More: Runaway Ribbons and De Facto Cause Support PinkRibbon.org did a “quick poll” to ask this question. Though there is no information about how many people responded to the poll or had the opportunity to respond, whether the sample was representative of any particular population, or how long the poll ran, the organization reports that 71% of responders said “YES” – pink ribbon commercialization adds value. To answer . . . → Read More: Does Commercialization of the Pink Ribbon Add Value to the Cause? An article in the LA Times by Christie Aschwanden, “The Downside of Awareness Campaigns,” states that “Despite the pink ribbon push, cancer deaths have dropped only slightly. And the focus on awareness may be pushing more women into treatment unnecessarily…Some experts are questioning whether this awareness campaign is truly helping women with breast cancer.” Aschwanden provides a compelling back story . . . → Read More: LA Times, On The Downside of Awareness Campaigns Since October is already dedicated to the breast, why not offer support in a new way? Donate new and used bras to women who need them. The Bra Recyclers is a textile recycling company based in Arizona that specializes in recycling bras and providing them to communities of women. The company collects, categorizes, and distributes the bras to organizations whose . . . → Read More: Bra Recycling Month Breast Cancer Awareness Month… My True Love Gave To Me…Some Lotions That Were Paraben Free. Parabens are chemicals that are added to cosmetic products to act as preservatives. If you check the ingredients of many commonly used cosmetics, moisturizers, sun screens, baby lotions, hair care products, hair dyes, and shaving creams you’ll often find parabens: ethylparaben, methylparaben, propylparaben, isopropylparaben, butylparaben, . . . → Read More: On the First Day of… As Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes off tomorrow for another 31 days of heightened pink ribbon festivities, I am reminded that I am not alone in my concern about what all of this pinking is really doing for the cause of breast cancer and for the women and men who are diagnosed and at risk for developing this disease. Though . . . → Read More: On This BCAM Eve Look around. You can already see it gaining momentum. The rise of PINK OCTOBER, that gargantuan commercialized, media-friendly, feel good activity of the year. It’s almost like Christmas! Only instead of red and green, we see a plethora of pink draping across the social landscape, as lovely and innocent as new fallen snow. In the midst of peace and good . . . → Read More: Look Out for Pinktober |
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