Pinktober Revolution

sas-schatzi

Traveltext you got it. Eric was a wonderful young man with a tremendous family orientation. He had a thread. Not sure how it could be pulled up.All our stories suck, but his particularly hurt b/c he was responsible about seeking care and was blown off for about 10 years.

Loral

glennie19

Excellent, Loral!! I need to steal that for Facebook.

Sad about Eric. To keep seeing doctors and being blown off. Horrible.

Doctors don't expect to see it in men,, or in younger women. How many women on here under 40 with BC? And they are blown off cuz they are "too young" to start having mammograms,, it's just a cyst, blah blah blah.

I think that if they want to spread "awareness",, they need to get the message out there that BC doesn't just happen to over age 50 women. Both sexes,, all ages,,, SUCKS!!!

Spookiesmom

😍.

scrunchthecat

Ladies - There is a social media campaign today for metastatic breast cancer awareness. If you use Facebook or Twitter you can use the hashtag #BeyondTheBreast. (I also like #PinkIsNotACure and use them together).

mema4

Watching Ellen today with the comic, Tig Notaro, which I recorded last week. She is the comic that talked about her breast cancer on stage and bared her chest. On the show today they displayed only a partial photo of her performing, basically only her shoulders. So, if she has no breasts, is it porno to show a bare chest.

We have to be brazen and get real out here. Without these sights, everyone will continue to believe it's all glossed over.

Suladog

mema,

so true..I was wondering that myself last night. Tigs' doc is amazing, and as someone who's a flattie I do wonder what the deal is. We have HBO so I can see it as it was performed but I really was wondering what's the criteria for "decency" and if showing breasts is a big deal why is the place where they used to be but are no more still taboo???

glennie19

Wondering too,, why is it still taboo? Is it just too shocking for the non-BC people?

sas-schatzi

queenmomcat

Bleep. I just found out that Delta's big on The Pinkness of Breast Cancer Awareness....and I'll be flying them in October. Don't worry--I won't say anything to the poor flight attendants if they're stuck wearing pink.

How's the fund raising rate, in terms of reputabiity?

sas-schatzi

Queenie, define the question?

queenmomcat

Sas: just for starters, the broad questions. What percentage of the funds raised through Delta's campaign for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation) will be spent on the stated purpose (breast cancer research) and what on administration? What aspects of breast cancer is the foundation researching? Have the researchers made progress toward their stated goals?

sas-schatzi

Ah---let's go to the List thread. You can find that info, but it will take some detective work. You up for it.

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/110/topic...

queenmomcat

Let me see what I can come up with, if only for my own peace of mind. But mainly I'd want to NOT be all up in the flight attendants' faces.

sas-schatzi

Queenie here you go.

http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_US/about-delta/corporate-responsibility/force-for-global-good.html

This links to a Delta Corporation giving page. The donation only to 501c3 charities. They are partnered by contractual arrangement. The breast cancer organization they give too is Breast Cancer Research Foundation and The American Cancer Society. No stated amount is designated. No history of amount given. No state requirement of use of funds.

queenmomcat

So probably not the worst arrangement out there--at least they're giving actual money to actual legitimate agencies--but I'll keep looking, starting with the linked page. (There's more in Delta's web site, and may be some on the BCRF and ACS sites.)

sas-schatzi

List page on BCO---- https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/110/topic/794711?page=1

I did BCRF a few years ago. It has links in the evaluation

queenmomcat

Thanks: that does answer a good many of my questions. Good organization? possibly, though that would depend in part on how closely they were affiliated with the Estee Lauder company. Not just in terms of being associated with (possibly) carcinogenic products, but whether they are in any way influenced by the company.

Jackbirdie

A curious proposition. Is a product that contains known carcinogens not by definition a carcinogenic product?

It may be not necessarily a "cancer causing" product.

I think most of the big cosmetics companies make their quarterly numbers by employing that distinction. Not sure I like that.

queenmomcat

Depends on whether you're a corporate lawyer, or a consumer. (the 'possibly' in this case is because I'm not sure if they've reformulated their products to address the issue. But I'm betting not.)

Jackbirdie

check out EWG's site skindeep. They update for new formulations. They mostly haven't (reformulated)

Over 60,000 products independently evaluated. I don't mean to sound snarky. I'm just pissed. Pinktober really pisses me off. Sorry. I did find a good sunscreen using their info.

queenmomcat

Jackbirdie: surely no more snarky than I! I'll check out the list--I wasn't expecting Estee Lauder or any company to have reformulated their products.

mema4

My hubby is doing some consulting work for Estee Lauder. I only use cosmetics from my dermatologists office. I doubt they're perfect but they are closer than what you buy in a store. Inconvenient as hell.

Here's some pink for our Sass:

sas-schatzi

Mema I love it.............where is it.......it's perfect for me ........ Laughing still ...OMD.....sassy

Mini1

I love the Kiss My Pink... shirt. I want one. Alima Pure cosmetics are very good. A little pricey, but they work well. I wore EL's Beautiful perfume for years. I miss it, but I can't bring myself to wear it. It's much harder to find perfume than make-up, IMHO. I run everything I use through EWG. And I make my own soap and lotion now. It's a pain, but better than the alternative.

Alyson

Hi ladies haven't been here for awhile but do read. Thought you would like to see one of our BC research tees. Gets great comments because you have to explain what it means. All proceeds went to research. There were 1000 shirts and you paid the amount of the number on your shirt. 

Will get pics of our other tees later. 

Suladog

Mema,

great shirt!!!!

Alyson

These are our BC fund raising shirts. Nothing pink here and half there price goes to research. 

And this one was a special fund raiser

sas-schatzi

My friends here. Scuttlers posted this and it's just to good to miss. It's all the bonehead comments in one place.

5 hours ago scuttlers wrote:

2 hours ago 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. :-). !!!!!

Jackbirdie

Sas and scuttles! This is amazing! I'm so stealing it!

Thank you for always thinking of us, Sas