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Category Archives: Social Commentary
STFU
So I’ve been attempting to write post after post after post, inevitably trashing them all. I tried one on depression, one on anxiety, one on pink. Whatever I tried it just never worked. And I have to say that through … Continue reading →
Posted in My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged "cure rates", anxiety, Attitude, awareness, Beyond the Pink Moon, boredom, boring, breast, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cancer Culture, cancer loop, Cancertown, career, Diagnosis, Exemestane, Facebook, fear, friends, frustration, knitting, Komen, Lyrica, MBC, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, OxyContin, Philosophy, pink ribbon, Pinktober, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, STFU, stigma, strong, support, TODAY, Treatment, vulnerability, whiney
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61 Comments
The Breastless Nude
Recently I went on quite a tear when it was revealed that Kohl’s and Komen had co-opted METAvivor’s intellectual property for an ad campaign. It really rakes my last nerve when people do this; rather than call up an original idea–which … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary
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Tagged advocacy, breast cancer, breastless nudes, Cancer Culture, Charice Isis, David Jay, Grace, iconic mythology of breast cancer, Kohl's, Komen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, objectification, photography, pink ribbon, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, The SCAR Project, vulnerability
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27 Comments
Jinxed
I have another lytic lesion in my sacrum. When I saw the picture from my routine PET/CT it looked like the Eye of Mordor. The circle of the body was bright orange and there on the left, on the sacrum, … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary
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Tagged 30%, @Judy_KomenCEO, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, Biopsy, bone metastasis, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, Elephant in the Pink Room, Exemestane, Eye of Mordor, Information resources, jinx. jinxed, Komen, Letrozole, lytic lesion, Mammogram, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, metastatic disease, metastatic research, Metavivor, PET/CT, Philosophy, pink ribbon, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, superstition, superstitious, support, Susan G. Komen, Susan G.Komen for the Cure, Varian
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30 Comments
Facepalm
You all know my feelings about Susan G. Komen (see my commentary here, here, and here). And it has always been puzzling to me that a woman whose sister supposedly died of breast cancer that metastasized would establish an organization … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged #talkpink, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, avarice, awareness, BOYCOTT, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, greed, hubris, Information resources, Jonathan Blum, Kohl's, Komen, met, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, OCCUPY, pink ribbon, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Susan G.Komen for the Cure
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9 Comments
OCCUPY #talkpink
Please head over to Twitt
Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary
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Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, Information resources, Kohl's, Komen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, stage iv breast cancer, support
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2 Comments
#TALKPINK
Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged #talkpink, @Judy_KomenCEO, @NancyGBrinker, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, Information resources, Kohl's, Kohl's cares, Komen, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, pink Kohl's cash, pink ribbon, pinksploitation, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Susan G.Komen for the Cure
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4 Comments
Komen SHAME!
There’s no getting around the horse’s ass: Kohl’s and Susan G. Komen made a reprehensible move. It’s the same old cause marketing shill that makes money for Kohl’s, employs another celebrity hack, and fills the coffers of Susan G. Komen … Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Breastploitation, Social Commentary
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Tagged #talkpink, advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, Information resources, It's the (pink) elephant in the room, Kohl's, Kohl's cares, Komen, Media, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, Philosophy, pink Kohl's cash, Pinktober, Politics, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, vulnerability
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5 Comments
One More Thing!
Okay, just one more commentary on this ad campaign and I will move on. When I found out that I had breast cancer, the world-class surgeon to whom I was referred downplayed its seriousness. When I look back, it has … Continue reading →
Posted in Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings
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Tagged @OfficialPAC, advocacy, breast cancer, Diagnosis, embarrassingly bad ad campaigns, fear, Information resources, metastasis, pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Action, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, seriously fucked up shit, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, vulnerability
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40 Comments
You Want It? You Got It.
Dear Ladies Who Want My Breast Cancer, I know that my blog posts and Twitter activity have been minimal since august of 2013. It was a miserable year filled with tests, pain, and uncertainty. I think I have been distant … Continue reading →
Posted in Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary
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Tagged @OfficialPAC, advocacy, Attitude, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, embarrassingly bad ad campaigns, fear, fucked up shit, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain management, pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Action, pink ribbon, Politics, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Treatment, vulnerability
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33 Comments
Past Tense
The paperwork is in. Fifty pages compiled by four people and faxed to two insurance companies. Disability. I didn’t want to do it. Indeed, for two years I fought hard to crawl my way back to who I was. I can hardly … Continue reading →