Posts Tagged breast cancer

By Vanessa • 13 years ago

What We Missed

President Obama has announced his re-election campaign.

Sweet: Pro-choice activists covered up the recent Obama anti-choice billboards in Chicago.

As most of you may know, Terry Jones’ burning of the Quran resulted in protests in Afghanistan on Friday that led to 16 deaths and dozens injured. Harry Reid said that congressmembers will be investigating Jones’ actions.

A new study suggests that breastmilk may contain indicators for breast cancer risk.

Princess boot camp? Really?

President Obama has announced his re-election campaign.

Sweet: Pro-choice activists covered up the recent Obama anti-choice billboards in Chicago.

As most of you may know, Terry Jones’ burning of the Quran resulted in ...

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By Chloe Angyal • 13 years ago

Peggy Orenstein urges us to “think about pink”

Last month, I posted a video of Infomania’s Erin Gibson taking on the pinkification of America that occurs every year in the name of breast cancer awareness. In Saturday’s New York Times, author Peggy Orenstein echoes Gibson’s concerns, particularly those about who breast cancer awareness is marketed to younger women.

Orenstein, whose forthcoming book Cinderella Ate My Daughter assesses that damage that “girlie girl” culture can do to children, is herself a breast cancer survivor. She traces the evolution of talking about breast cancer, from hushed tones and euphemisms to the groundbreaking memoirs of NBC correspondent Betty Rollin and public stories of diagnosis, treatment and survival from women like Shirley Temple and Betty Ford.

Today, breast cancer awareness ...

Last month, I posted a video of Infomania’s Erin Gibson taking on the pinkification of America that occurs every year in the name of breast cancer awareness. In Saturday’s New York Times, author Peggy Orenstein ...
By Winter Trabex • 13 years ago

Yes, I Have An Opinion

Last week, I choose to support the college’s FMLA chapter by attending an event called the Breastival. The event was held to promote awareness of breast cancer issues, and even though I’m active member of our FMLA group, I went there as opposed to doing something else…like watching anime..

For those of you who don’t know, I’m transgender. Moreover, I mostly pass as a man. It’s not often that I choose to dress up as the female that I feel I am, and when I attended the Breastival, I didn’t dress up that day either. To some extent, having only three skirts and one pair of heeled boots limits my choices. So I knew going in that people who didn’t know ...

Last week, I choose to support the college’s FMLA chapter by attending an event called the Breastival. The event was held to promote awareness of breast cancer issues, and even though I’m active member of our FMLA ...

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