#pinkisnotacure Let your Voice Be Heard

Thank you for posting this. Is this event planned for October 13th, 2015? or is it planned for another day?

Ok, Thank you again!!! I hope that more people see this.

Here's a direct link to the event's FB page. https://www.facebook.com/events/912441292131635/

Yes "finding" cancer early doesn't mean it won't progress to stage 4. This word is not being heard.

I'd love to see all the Delta flight attendants wear the T shirt instead of their ridiculous pink blouses, shirts and turtlenecks in October. Just peeves me -

Amy

I put a bunch of stuff in a posting on my FB page about the fallacy of Komen and Pinktober. I have 523 "friends." Guess how many "liked" my posting. Two, yes that's right, 2. Of those two, one is Stage IV and the other just lost her best friend to the beast. And lots of friends in my town have had breast cancer. Two have died recently. I don't understand why people are not getting the message? Fear? Too busy being dumbed down by the media? :-(. It's frustrating...

I posted this t-shirt photo on my FB page - with hundreds of "friends" and received 3 likes...no one wants the ugly truth about pink. It's not about the likes really, I just want people to be aware, not of BC but the fallacy that pink is a cure.

Amy

That is really sad and frustrating, Amy & Kat.

I think some of it is peer pressure - it's not socially acceptable to be anti-Komen. They are the 2000 pound gorilla in the game.

The thing with social media is everyone supports a cause. Today is national coffee day, recently there was national dog day and apparently an erroneous national daughter day. It's also childhood cancer month and I think there's something going on with awareness of heroin addition and overdoses for September. Add that to the supermoon, the Pope's visit to the U.S., the big stink about a nurse wearing a "doctor's" stethescope and all the local, college and national football scores, posts about breast cancer are just one more thing popping up on everyone's FB newsfeed.

Having been on FB since 2008, I'm growing weary of it. Everyone has a cause, and no one pays attention to anyone else too much. I still check it out each day but I wonder why I do. One gal posts about the meaning of good relationships. Another gal posts cute little reminders to have a happy Monday! Tuesday! Wed....blah. And still, another gal is offended by everything that comes down the pike.

This year, after dealing with bc for almost 5 years, I wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper regarding how the pink promotions in October overshadow the facts of bc. Among other things, I included some bc facts as well mention that we need research, not awareness. The letter will be printed in the paper this Sunday. It seems a more targeted approach and I am a bit more comfortable writing about it after dealing with bc for these many years. Once my letter is printed, I plan to post it on this forum and will provide a link in case you're interested in reading it.