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Runaway Ribbons and De Facto Cause Support
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...
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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...
View Article“The Emperor Has No Clothes”: Komen for the Cure Exposed
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...
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29. A Portrait of Cathie Malhouitre: Uncompromising, Unembellished Reality
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...
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28. The Intervention Begins With Us!
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...
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27. March, Run, or Streak to a Different Drummer!
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure tagline about “imagining a world without breast cancer” does not resonate for everyone. For those who will never finish treatment, and for whom the survival rate has...
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25. Being a “Change Agent” with Clinical Trials
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...
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Status Update: Cancer Is Not a Ribbon
The Cancer Show turned part of one of my blog posts into a status update: “Cancer is not a ribbon, a screening test, or a leisure activity. It is not a sassy t-shirt, a proclamation of survivorship, or...
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Heading to Washington! NBCC’s Advocacy Training Conference
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...
View ArticlePinktober, and a new era
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...
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Another Voice from the Breast Cancer Movement
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...
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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...
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