By Gayle Sulik, on February 19th, 2012 I’m pleased to have written a guest editorial for KomenWatch about the recent scandal involving the Komen organization.
KomenWatch (www.komenwatch.org) is a public service website aimed at “sharing information and generating critical discussion about the largest breast cancer fundraiser in the world, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®.” The KomenWatch website includes a large, searchable database of news sources and . . . → Read More: “The Emperor Has No Clothes”: Komen for the Cure Exposed
By Gayle Sulik, on October 30th, 2011 October 2008 – to – October 2009 © MMM PH
Cathie Malhouitre of Paris, France is a designer and artist who is committed to “the real” when it comes to breast cancer – realistic discourse, realistic expression, realistic portrayal, and realistic engagement. Cathie’s attention to realism is the culmination of her deep desire to find acceptance, peace, and . . . → Read More: 29. A Portrait of Cathie Malhouitre: Uncompromising, Unembellished Reality
By Gayle Sulik, on October 29th, 2011 Earlier this month, I purchased a dozen of Egglands Best organic eggs only to find out the next morning that each one had a trademarked running ribbon stamped on it. There was no indication on the packaging that this particular dozen eggs was part of a cause marketing relationship. My husband laughed and said, “They got you!”After I finished my . . . → Read More: 28. The Intervention Begins With Us!
By Lori Marx-Rubiner, on October 26th, 2011 Lori Marx-Rubiner is a social worker, writer and breast cancer coach. On the national level, she is involved in advocacy and serves on peer review for the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Project (a Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program). Locally she coaches women through their diagnoses and into treatment, and has led in-treatment support groups. She is particularly interested . . . → Read More: 25. Being a “Change Agent” with Clinical Trials
By Gayle Sulik, on April 29th, 2011 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
By Gayle Sulik, on November 8th, 2010 Now that we’ve made it through another Pinktober, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve accomplished.
Most importantly, there is a new form of awareness in the public discourse. It has been bubbling up for a number of years, but this year people came forward in greater numbers to voice their concerns about the marketing of breast cancer, the . . . → Read More: Pinktober, and a new era
By Gayle Sulik, on November 1st, 2010 Caitlin Carmody, membership coordinator of Breast Cancer Action, wrote a thoughtful and insightful post on BCA’s Think Before You Pink blog. She notes that many awareness campaigns focus on individual choices, lifestyles, and behaviors (which can be personally empowering), but they tend to forget about “the context in which breast cancer risk and diagnosis occurs.”
The context might include language . . . → Read More: Another Voice from the Breast Cancer Movement
By Gayle Sulik, on October 24th, 2010 When trying to untangle thorny social problems, people need to work within existing social institutions. As we all know, these institutions are flawed. They work for some and not for others. They produce intended and unintended consequences. Some of those consequences are positive, and others are negative. Inadequacies, inequities, and rewards are built into the system. But even though social . . . → Read More: Run If You Want To!
By Gayle Sulik, on October 7th, 2010 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
By Gayle Sulik, on October 1st, 2010 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…
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* GAYLE IN THE MEDIA * "Seeing clearly through the pink haze" Toronto Sun
*Sad face*: Being happy does not help you live longer" New Scientist
How should we address breast cancer when norms continually change? The Guardian
Your Fun 'No Bra Day' Photos Are Overshadowing Terminal Breast Cancer Patients Broadly
Backlash against “pinkwashing” of breast cancer awareness campaigns BMJ
Breast Cancer to Rise 50 Percent by 2030? Hey, Not So Fast! Health News Review
Breast Cancer: The Flaws in the Cause iafrica.com
How to Make the Biggest Impact With Your Breast Cancer Donations Money
The Very Pink, Very Controversial Business of Breast Cancer Awareness Racked
NFL, Pink Ribbons Not Enough to Win over Women CNN
3 Questions We Need to Answer for Breast Cancer Awareness Month Chronicle of Philanthropy
The problem with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Women's Health Magazine
Pink Ribbon Envy: Living with an Uncool Cancer The Nib
A Year After Bombings, Some Say 'Boston Strong' Has Gone Overboard NPR, All Things Considered
Canadian Mammogram Study KCRW, NPR Affiliate
Time to Debunk the Mammography Myth CNN
Breast Cancer: Awareness, Activism & Pinkwashing NPR Charlotte
Buying Pink Al Jazeera's The Stream Watch »
The Pink Backlash Orlando Sentinel
Why Jolie's Test Costs So Much CNN
Preventative Mastectomies: Disease and Deception BlogTalkRadio
Angelina Jolie and the 'Breast Cancer Gene' KCRW
Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer The New York Times Magazine.
The Story Behind the Pink Ribbon Campaign Sisters Talk Radio
WISH Interview Women's International Summit for Health
Making Cancer About The Patient, Not The Body Part CBS Pittsburgh
Sexy breast cancer campaigns anger many patients USA Today
The perils of pink The Daily
Komen pink campaign creates breast-cancer blues for some Dallas Morning News
A yellow flag for the NFL's pink New York Daily
Gayle Sulik named #7 in SharecareNow’s Top 10 Online Influencers in Breast Cancer
Breast cancer cancer causes so easily derailed Philly Inquirer
Komen Charity Under Microscope for Funding, Science Reuters
The Fight Against Cancer - And Abortion? Salon.com
Susan G. Komen For the Cure defunds Planned Parenthood. In Deep with Angie Coiro
Amid Breast Cancer Month, Is there Pink Fatigue? NPR's All Things Considered
How is Breast Cancer Culture Undermining Women's Health? America’s Radio News Network
Pink Ribbon Culture and Breast Cancer The Kojo Nnamdi Show
The Big Business of Breast Cancer
Marie Claire
Does Breast Cancer Awareness Month Crowd Out Other Diseases? Slate
Pink Inc. Has Many Starting to See Red The Sacramento Bee
Get Your Pink Off Ottawa Citizen
Komen Pink Ribbons Raise Green and Questions USA Today
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