Pinktober Revolution

sas-schatzi

We support the efforts to bring awareness to breast cancer during the month of October, but we are frustrated by Pinking and Pinkwashing. Please, join us as we seek to improve knowledge re: breast cancer.

Vision Statement:To bring full awareness of the reality of breast cancer to the general public; the surgeries, the treatments and the horror that there is NO cure. To ensure that proceeds donated to the cause are publically noted and distributed in an appropriate manner for the community in which the funds were raised. To keep corporations accountable for the use of pink products and the medical field driven to move the cure closer to the finish line.

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This is just a sampling of the bonehead comments we hear all the time. Thanks Scuttlers for finding this

scuttlers wrote: I may make a copy, put on the fridge, and play bingo for one week. If I get a "Bingo", hubby takes me to dinner. If I get a "full card", I get a full spa treatment. Then all those idiots would be wondering why I jump up and down and scream happily at their stupid and asinine remarks. :-). !!!!!

Breast Cancer Action webinar on Sexualization of breast cancer.

http://www.bcaction.org/resources/webinars/free-webinar-please-stop-staring-at-my-breasts-the-sexualization-of-breast-cancer/ Traveltext, 2015

Please ask Look Good Feel Better To Stop Giving Carcingoneic Products to Breast Cancer Patients through the Look Good Feel Better program JackBirdie, 2015.

American Cancer Society, Stop Giving Carcinogenic Cosmetics to Women With Cancer

Thurs. 29 October 2015 By Katy Skahill, Truthout | Op-Ed (BCO member Jackbirdie)

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/102/topics/791442?page=89#post_4539402

Google hits sexualization Oct 2015 43,100

http://pinktobersucks.com/

mostlymom

GmaFoley

"Get over it" you say...Spend a week in my treatments and tell me how...

Linda-n3

"Look at the bright side..... [insert any stupid comment made here] ...."

"Survivorship is much tougher than dying!" or "Survivorship sucks when everyone is happy that you are alive but no one cares about your daily struggles with pain and effects of treatment years after you should be 'fine'"

etc...... I have to get on the road to a class, but boy, is my brain churning on this one!

barbe1958

FOCTOBER!!! Find a CURE!!

ro-berta

OH Barbe, I love that one!!!!!

Anonymous

Wearing pink never CURED anyone

We're aware, now let's find a CURE

Anonymous

This might need an extra-extra large tee shirt...

B - bruised, black & blue, bills, biopsy

R - radiation, raw, relapse

E - emotionally exhausted, excision

A - awful, adverse effects, anemia, aspirate, assinine doctors

S - struggles, side effects, swollen. scars, scared, sleepless nights, surgery

T - taste alteration, tired, treatments, tumor

C - chemotherapy, chemicals

A- appointments, appointments, appointments

N - neoropathy, nausea, needles, nervous, new normal, neulasta, nadir

C - crying, cranky, carcinoma, complication, core needle biopsy

E -encapsulated, excision, extravasation

R - relapse, rough, recurrence

Doesn't look so pink anymore!

(sorry for any typo's.)

sas-schatzi

MY pain doesn't exist?

Let me give you an example.

Where would like it?

Searing , cutting or burning?

Mini1

Barbe gets my vote. PatMom is a close second. No one gives a rat's a** what color bra you announce you wear on Facebook. Cancer sucks comes to mind, but that's a given. Also, I don't want to hear your story about someone you know that died from BC when they least expected it, but thanks anyway!

Anonymous

Veggy- LOVE yours!

How about-

F*** Awareness-

Find a Cure!

or

PINK STINKS!

Breast Cancer is a disease, not a marketing opportunity. 

Stormynyte

Find a cure, I'm tired of walking.

There is nothing pink about 40,000 deaths yearly.

We are aware, find a cure!

Mini1

I laike that Stormy - tired of walking.

How bout quit working on how to help men get it up and start working on getting cancer out?

julz4

Good job All of You!!!!! Totally Loving it!!! The sayings ONLY of course!

janhart

Kate, you got it right....."breast cancer is a disease, not a marketing opportunity."



Love it!

FireKracker

I think Barb says it best....altho there are lots of good ones..

FUCKTOBER....Find a damn cure/vacine.

sas-schatzi

KNew there were going to be some great responses.

Someone, please,  make a good phrase for the stupid statement that is

"you got the good kind of cancer"......

Anonymous

There is no "good kind" of cancer

msjag

Screw  "Think Pink"...  THink CURE!

The only "good kind" of cancer is in the minds of people who don't have it

I love this thread!!!!

Anonymous

I like msjag's idea.

Blessings2011

Not a slogan, but I long for the day when we can PREVENT cancer, not just cure it.

Mini1

We'd have that now if 99% of men were getting cancer and 1% of women. 

julz4

"Cancer Kills.....what's good about that!"

Anonymous

"Stop Pinkwashing, Start Researching"

"Race for the Cure?  It's not racing if you're standing still!"

chabba

Symbol - "The Ribbon" in the ugliest shade of camoflage green imaginable

below - Breast Cancer isn't pretty

Anonymous

One of our members (wish I could remember who so I could give them credit) said-



The only thing pink about breast cancer is the scars it leaves behind.

janhart

I had to laugh at "the good kind of cancer". When I got my diagnosis the doctor called me at home and said, "you do have cancer, but not the bad kind."



Enjoying this thread!

kyliet

" I hate the 'new' normal"

Chemo is NOT easy 'these days' 

sas-schatzi

Kate WOW. This one line could be a book. Hope you don't mind if I add to it.

The only thing that cancer leaves behind is the scars

                          To our bodies 

         To our souls

                                                 To our lives

     To our relationships

                                To everything we hold precious

voraciousreader

Breast Cancer Survivor Does NOT Define Me. I am a LIFETIME warrior.

1Athena1

START TO THINK 

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