Category Archives: #pinktober sucks

in honor of breast cancer awareness month it’s time to remind you that this disease is neither pink nor fluffy.

Here we are, another year, another Pinktober. It has taken 14 years for me to realize the problem is not the fact that it’s October and it’s about breast cancer awareness, it’s still about all the pink crap that manufacturers … Continue reading

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it’s pinktober so why not body shame a breast cancer survivor, right? ummm, not so fast.

Like clockwork, if you are a woman with a voice who happens to be a breast cancer survivor, and who also brushed past ovarian cancer barely (thank you full hysterectomy in 2014 to remove septating cysts and more that initially … Continue reading

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the one good thing about a global pandemic is….

I found the silver lining in COVID19. I haven’t seen much of Pinktober which I hate. This is the month I really hate because you even see pink pumpkins. Whoever thought a pink pumpkin looked good? It looks like someone … Continue reading

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#pinktober truths

Ahh #Pinktober. Ask most women who have had the disease, and who are still in treatment for the disease how they feel about a month-long barrage of cheap pink marketing ploys and they will tell you they dislike the farce. … Continue reading

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sometimes the #pinkprofiteers make you shake your head and wonder

As seen in Hope’s Cookies this week. Pray tell, how do their cookies raise awareness exactly? Here’s what some people said to a friend of mine who was equally irritated by blatant #pinkprofiteering: One for each? ‘Cause nothing says breast … Continue reading

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keep calm….and ignore pinktober (pass it on)

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