Sometimes it seems there are now two color shows every October; the one spectacularly painted each year by Mother Nature’s hand and the one manufactured and marketed around pink and pink ribbons. During the rest of the year when you think about October, which show comes to mind first? For me, it will always be …
Pinktober
Has the pink ribbon become the “bully” of ribbons? Maybe. Maybe not. (I’m just asking.) If you were to ask any number of people over, say the age of ten (maybe even younger) that you meet on the street (in the US anyway) if they’ve ever seen a pink ribbon and what cause it represents; …
Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes and goes. And yet, it doesn’t really matter what month it is. Not to me anyway. My breast cancer experience continues. My advocacy does as well. This post offers 12 things you can do all year long to support breast cancer educated awareness. Thank you in advance for reading and …
Why is breast cancer the shopping disease anyway? Every October I’m more baffled by the sheer amount of stuff being marketed and sold in the name of breast cancer awareness. If you can eat it, drink it, play with it, wear it, hammer with it, bake with it, travel in it or even put your …
Make that 13 things wrong with the pink ribbon! Often I can’t think quickly on my feet, so I find this list to be handy when people ask me what’s wrong with pink ribbons (and they do). No matter what your thinking speed might be, it’s nice to have some specific responses ready to go, …