Category Archives: Breast Cancer PSAs

Public service announcements.

Open Letter to Joan Lunden

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Scorchy

I want to thank Joan Lunden and the people of TODAY of putting the spotlight, however brief, on metastatic breast cancer–the one that no one talks about. A link to the TODAY spot is below. http://www.joanlunden.com/category/35-breast-cancer/item/453-today-show-pinkpower-day-3 Dear Ms. Lunden, You are … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life | Tagged advocacy, Attitude, awareness, bald, breast, breast cancer, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, breasts, Diagnosis, frustration, hair loss, hair loss due to cancer, Information resources, Joan Lunden, Media, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, October, pink ribbon, Pinktober, Politics, Research, stage iv breast cancer, support, TODAY, TODAY show, Treatment | 39 Comments

The Robber Baron

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Scorchy

Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life | Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, breasts, Don't Ignore Stage IV, Information resources, Komen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, Philosophy, Politics, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Susan G.Komen for the Cure | Leave a comment

Facepalm

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Scorchy

You all know my feelings about Susan G. Komen (see my commentary here, here, and here). And it has always been puzzling to me that a woman whose sister supposedly died of breast cancer that metastasized would establish an organization … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings | Tagged #talkpink, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, avarice, awareness, BOYCOTT, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, greed, hubris, Information resources, Jonathan Blum, Kohl's, Komen, met, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, OCCUPY, pink ribbon, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Susan G.Komen for the Cure | 9 Comments

OCCUPY #talkpink

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Scorchy

Please head over to Twitt

Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, My Stage IV Life, Social Commentary | Tagged advocacy, awareness, breast cancer, Information resources, Kohl's, Komen, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, stage iv breast cancer, support | 2 Comments

#TALKPINK

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Scorchy

Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings | Tagged #talkpink, @Judy_KomenCEO, @NancyGBrinker, @SusanGKomen, advocacy, Attitude, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, Information resources, Kohl's, Kohl's cares, Komen, metastatic breast cancer, Metavivor, pink Kohl's cash, pink ribbon, pinksploitation, Research, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, Susan G.Komen for the Cure | 4 Comments

One More Thing!

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Scorchy

Okay, just one more commentary on this ad campaign and I will move on. When I found out that I had breast cancer, the world-class surgeon to whom I was referred downplayed its seriousness. When I look back, it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary, Stage IV Musings | Tagged @OfficialPAC, advocacy, breast cancer, Diagnosis, embarrassingly bad ad campaigns, fear, Information resources, metastasis, pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Action, pink ribbon, Politics, Research, seriously fucked up shit, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, vulnerability | 40 Comments

You Want It? You Got It.

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Scorchy

Dear Ladies Who Want My Breast Cancer, I know that my blog posts and Twitter activity have been minimal since august of 2013. It was a miserable year filled with tests, pain, and uncertainty. I think I have been distant … Continue reading →

Posted in Breast Cancer PSAs, Breastploitation, Social Commentary | Tagged @OfficialPAC, advocacy, Attitude, breast cancer, Cancer Culture, embarrassingly bad ad campaigns, fear, fucked up shit, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, pain management, pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic Cancer Action, pink ribbon, Politics, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, support, Treatment, vulnerability | 33 Comments

Excuses

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Scorchy

Excuses. from ruivo! on Vimeo. Excuses make the breast cancer grow.

Posted in Advocacy, Breast Cancer PSAs, My Stage IV Life | Tagged breast, breast cancer, cancer cell, Death Star, excuses, Information resources, Media, metastasis, metastatic breast cancer, Stage IV, stage iv breast cancer, tumor | 5 Comments

Euphemisms

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Scorchy

One of the critiques of pink ribbon culture is that in its desire to spread awareness of breast cancer prevention and detection, it often does so by attaching itself to the sexualization of women’s breasts in order to spread the … Continue reading →