Tag Archives: Pinktober

the “pinktober” lament: breast cancer isn’t pink and fluffy

Posted on October 1, 2019 by

#PinkPower ? #PinkTober ? #IfightTODAY ? Damn. It’s October 1st. Freaking #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth is here again in all it’s glorious hues of Pepto Bismol pinkness. I hate it. I hate the month of October now. Every time you turn on the … Continue reading →

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as pinktober approaches….

Posted on September 25, 2018 by

Just like women used to be offended or even upset by sexist advertising campaigns of the past, I have grown to loathe the big pharmaceutical companies’ cancer drug commercials. I am also on overload on hospital and cancer treatment center … Continue reading →

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#pinktober truths

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

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

Posted on October 19, 2017 by

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)

Posted on September 28, 2017 by
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aetna is totally screwing individual subscribers and breast cancer survivors/patients

Posted on October 7, 2016 by

I wrote recently about groundhog day with Aetna . Sadly, the truth is that Aetna doesn’t want individual subscribers in Pennsylvania any longer. They say they value their subscribers, but really, they don’t. They are over us. (Bastards.) Being an individual subscriber off … Continue reading →

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a little sad

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

I have been chewing on this a few days, a woman who was a new friend that I had met not long ago by accident died of stage 4 breast cancer recently.  She was diagnosed with stage 4 and found it … Continue reading →

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and zoom! #pinktober returns

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

In June I marked my four year cancerversary.  The other day I marked four years since the completion of treatment. I have had four years to get used to the onslaught of PINKTOBER and all the  ungodly pink products that really … Continue reading →

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pink is for roses.

Posted on September 30, 2014 by

Pinkification pukification here we come. Yes tomorrow marks the onslaught of putrid pink things because you know breast cancer is so pink and frothy and light, right? Like fuzzy bunnies, Barbie, and cotton candy,right? I hate #pinktober. The world gets … Continue reading →

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you know you are over “pinktober” when…..

Posted on October 27, 2013 by

When Susan G. Komen co-opts even your eggs, it means enough of Pinktober. Here’s hoping the chickens that lay the eggs are not pink now too….

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