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This past October, more people than usual asked important questions about pink ribbon commercialism, pinkwashing, and ways to deepen breast cancer awareness. You can find articles and op-eds featuring Breast Cancer Consortium (BCC) members here and other relevant pieces in the BCC News & Views archive. If you’ve been following Pink Ribbon Blues, you may have already had a chance . . . → Read More: Breast Cancer Consortium Quarterly (Issue 4) 
Explaining Pinkwashing and those Pink Fracking Drill Bits » The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook For More on Fracking in General and the Pink Drill Bits in Particular, See the following articles on . . . → Read More: Breast Cancer Action Featured on The Daily Show 
On November 4th, I joined Texas “Dentonites” to enact an ordinance prohibiting hydraulic fracturing within our city limits. I voted for a Frack Free Denton. After the votes came in, Denton became the first city in The Lone Star state to put a legal limit on what it will permit the gas and oil industry to do within its borders. . . . → Read More: Why I voted for a Frack Free Denton 
This year especially journalists and others have been asking deeper questions about breast cancer awareness, the commercialization of the pink ribbon industry, the portrayal of breast cancer in relation to other diseases, and how consumers can avoid pinkwashing. I was interviewed for some of this month’s stories, and I wrote some of my own. Breast Cancer: The Flaws in the . . . → Read More: Catch up on stories you may have missed this month
Take breast cancer awareness into your own hands. Print, Cut, and Share these postcards from the Breast Cancer Consortium. There are 4 postcards per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet. They print nicely in color, or black and white. Download #RethinkPink Postcards (4-sheet) » (PDF) Click to Expand Image . . . → Read More: #RethinkPink Postcards 
On Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (October 13th) the Breast Cancer Consortium (BCC) published “Demystifying Breast Cancer” — a special issue of the BCC Quarterly edited by Grazia de Michele and Cinzia Greco. This international collection of original and compelling essays is intended to bust myths, resist stereotypes, and unveil how social dynamics impact the experience of breast cancer. The . . . → Read More: Overpass Girl: The Power of Anonymity
The bulk of my work, but especially in and around the month of October, is concentrated on breast cancer. “Awareness.” Culture. Industry. Advocacy. Mass Media. Scientific Controversies. Sound bites. Misinformation. Profiteering. Marketing pitches. Parades of pink. People in the middle try to set the record straight, often while dealing with realities of a disease that are never truly addressed in . . . → Read More: Reflecting on Breast Cancer Awareness 
Andrea Miller PhD is an enthusiastic and innovative sociologist in the Sociology, Women & Gender Studies, and International Human Rights programs at Webster University. She received the William T. Kemper Award for Teaching and Excellence in 2011, has academic expertise in gender and sexuality, and her current research focuses on gender identity and hacker culture. I have known Andrea for . . . → Read More: Teaching Pink Ribbon Culture 
Published on Psychology Today Sept. 29, 2014 Photo by the author It all started with Cathy. Then after Rachel came into my life I knew the critical stance I had taken on the culture and industry surrounding breast cancer would keep going until meaningful change became a reality. As with many people involved in social movements, my . . . → Read More: Rethinking Pink: How This Work Started, And Why It Continues 
A version of this essay was published on Pink Ribbon Blues and republished on the Oxford University Press Blog on September 30, 2011. This updated essay was recently published on Psychology Today. Pinking the White House for Breast Cancer Awareness “Before September is even over, stores are filled with pink merchandise. Magazines fill editorial pages, poignant survivor . . . → Read More: The Teal before the Pink: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month |
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