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Oprah Radio host Dr. Laura Berman talks with Gayle Sulik, author of Pink Ribbon Blues, about breast cancer awareness, where your donations for research are going and the downfalls of what Gayle calls “breast cancer culture.” Here’s an audio clip of the first part of this live interview. — I really enjoyed this interview at JAZZ with Dr. Laura Berman. . . . → Read More: Gayle Sulik On Oprah Radio’s “The Dr. Laura Berman Show” The Ad for the pink and white awareness umbrella reads: “A beautifully constructed umbrella is appreciated rain or shine! Recipients will know you care when you pick gifts that show you’re there! Umbrella comes in clear vinyl sleeve. Awareness Pink Ribbon Design.” Awareness. We see and hear that word a lot, especially when it comes to the cause . . . → Read More: Awareness Umbrella Talking about gender, says Sociologist Judith Lorber, is for most people the equivalent of fish talking about water. It is so common, routine, pervasive, and normal– that “questioning its taken-for-granted assumptions…is like wondering whether the sun will come up.” It seems natural and predictable. The same is true for pink. Pink ribbons are so commonplace that we’ve just gotten used . . . → Read More: Swimming In A Sea of Pink During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM, which is co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society and pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca), pink ribbons and products abound. Supermarkets, shopping malls, television shows, billboards, and workplaces brim with products and inspirational stories from pink ribbon culture. The media-friendly interplay of femininity and cancer culture provides a light, entertaining depiction of breast cancer that obscures . . . → Read More: Pink Kitsch, Brought To You By NBCAM 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 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 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 |
"women urged to get screened because it might save their lives. But that’s only 1 possible outcome, and it’s the least likely one" @cragcrest cutt.ly/jei8WJr 
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