Tag Archives: mastectomy

The SCAR Project: VICTORY!

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Scorchy

Some weeks ago, I initiated a Change.org petition to address what I thought were problems with Facebook’s policy regarding images of mastectomy. A handful of images had been removed from The SCAR Project‘s page and the project’s founder, David Jay, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Social Commentary | Tagged advocacy, Attitude, awareness, breast, breast cancer, change.org, David Jay, Diagnosis, Facebook, Facebook terms of service, mastectomy, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, petition, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stupid dumb breast cancer, support, The SCAR Project | 38 Comments

Harmonic Convergence

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Scorchy

When the planets align in the breast cancer universe things get interesting. It has been an unprecedented four-five weeks. The first planet to get into position was that of oral arguments delivered to the Supreme Court of the United States … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Book and Article Reviews, Social Commentary | Tagged advocacy, Angelina Jolie, Barron Lerner, biometrics, breast, breast cancer, breasts, Cancer Culture, clinical trials, D.C.I.S., Diagnosis, ductal carcinoma in situ, Information resources, language, language as power, mastectomy, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, My Fabulous Boobies, Nancy G. Brinker™, Peggy Orenstein, Philosophy, pink ribbon, Politics, prophylactic mastectomy, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, surgeon, surgery, survivor, Treatment, vulnerability, William Halstead | 35 Comments

Chronic Illness

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Scorchy

When the Death Star was under construction and then, once completed, sent out Tai Fighters to establish satellite stations, I was busy moving on with my life. Very busy. Work swallowed me whole–and I welcomed it. I was no victim, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Book and Article Reviews, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary | Tagged advocacy, amputation, Attitude, awareness, Blaming the Victim, breast amputation, breast cancer, breasts, cancer cell, Cancer Culture, chronic, chronic disease, cultural commentary, Death Star, Diagnosis, empowered, empowerment, frustration, In the Kingdom of the Sick, Information resources, Komen, Laurie Edwards, Mammogram, mastectomy, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer, Peggy Orenstein, Philosophy, pink ribbon, post-modern, Research, so, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, stigma, support, vulnerability | 20 Comments

Language

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Scorchy

Language shapes our reality. Whether spoken with proper enunciation and grammar or bent and twisted in the neighborhoods, it shapes who we are and how we see the world. Do you have an abortion or do you have your pregnancy … Continue reading →