Looking for Pinktober Alternative buttons, shirts, charities

I have a Metavivor shirt that I wore last October. I may have to get a new one for this year.

ShetlandPony is right, too little attention is focused on the plight of Stage IV people.

It's a fundraiser that keeps pink charity employees in a job and funnels 30% of takings to research.

Basically, though, it's a marketing exercise and a false celebration.

I apologize for hijacking with the chemo shirts, I realize that wasn't the original intent of your thread, SP.

Think Before You Pink is a nice, catchy slogan, I thought it might be connected to the group that made the film “Pink Ribbons Inc" so I checked the trademark database and they do hold a trademark on it.

The group is Breast Cancer Action (also trademarked) and I was curious about them and what they've done besides make the film, so I went to their site.

it seems they exist mainly to criticize the pink ribbon movement but do not use any funds to further research or to directly aid cancer patients. Looks like they do some lobbying on environmental issues which they believe are connected to cancer but other than that, not too much else that's constructive in my opinion.

They have a donation campaign called Don't Pink For Me, another good slogan that they have trademarked, but they don't seem to be selling merch at this time, just collecting donations.

Its still okay to use Think Before You Pink in your forum sig 😉

I just found it a little ironic that they're kind of diverting donations away from more constructive charities which is the same thing they criticize the awareness campaigns for. (Unless I am missing something...if anyone knows more about this org, please correct me

If I’m not mistaken, I believe they were part of the movement against Myriad holdinga patent on BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 testing.

Wearing an anti-pink t-shirt seems like playing into the same nonproductive scheme as wearing a pink ribbon. Although SO tempting. When I get the chance I do say that 20% to 30% of 5 year survivors have a metastatic recurrence....and that stat is a guess because recurrences aren't tracked by researchers or drug conpanies. Guess they don't want their "cures" to look like failures.
My hair has grown back in and my current target therapy drugs do not cause hair loss or I'd definitely get one of those hats "oncologist does my hair".

This is very cool. Did you ever have it printed up on anything? It would be great to put on business cards, post cards or coasters and hand them out at events or at the cancer center, etc. or flyers, but cards are easier to spread around.

I love that ribbon traveltext, and love that you altered a poster Shetland. I have been messing around on photoshop designing a shirt that has been on my mind. Can I share the image here to get opinions ( which really kinda makes me nervous😬)

Here is is.

Love it!!!!!

Dani, that's great!

I like the shirt Dani!

Hi there! Newly diagnosed. Don't know staging yet haven't had surgery. Anyway...this will be my first Pinktober as a Breast cancer patient soon to be survivor. I never could get behind the whole pink ribbon thing thought it tried to sexualize breast cancer plus being in the retail world, I knew it was all too tied to making money not actually helping fund research!

Would love some ideas for shirts/car magnets on the anti-pink message!

Thanks all!!

Dani, Love the design!