Tag Archives: Pinktober
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
the “pinktober” lament: breast cancer isn’t pink and fluffy
#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
#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
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
aetna is totally screwing individual subscribers and breast cancer survivors/patients
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
and zoom! #pinktober returns
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
pink is for roses.
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
