Comments on: A “Parade of Pink” http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158 Tue, 07 May 2013 20:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: What the Pink? Breast Cancer-Related Makeup Products : Ms. Magazine Blog http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158&cpage=1#comment-1920 What the Pink? Breast Cancer-Related Makeup Products : Ms. Magazine Blog Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:11:12 +0000 http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158#comment-1920 [...] 2. Carisonic’s “Put Your Best Face Forward“ [...] [...] 2. Carisonic’s “Put Your Best Face Forward“ [...]

]]> By: alex http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158&cpage=1#comment-580 alex Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:52:47 +0000 http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158#comment-580 Pink ribbons & the branding of the color pink does not empower folks dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis/treatment/recovery/survival. I live in the Bay Area, have lost friends to breast cancer as well as have friends who are going through treatments for cancers. I am a survivor of a type of reproductive cancer that has the potential to recur anywhere in my body. I went in last week for my annual mammogram, and was confronted by pink overload. A table had been set up with pink ribbon freebies for exiting mammogram-ees. Pink & white disposable pens, pink disposable emory boards, pink candies. I imagine if I had been told by the radiologist that my mammo showed abnormalities, the last thing I'd want to see would be insipid pink ribbon festooned disposable crap. I can say that many breast cancer survivors feel co-opted by pinkified marketing schemes. A diagnosis of breast cancer (or any cancer) can make one feel panic, despair, terror, etc. Losing a breast or two, excision of lymph nodes, chemo etc does not make a girl feel pretty. I don't want to imagine what using a Clairsonic skin care brush feels like.. applied to painful chemo induced facial eruptions. Cancer survivors do not need to be infantilized or branded by pink. We need real treatments & a cure. We want to hang around & see our kids grow up, live lives free of pain and fear, and not be seen cancer "patients". Seriously, if folks want to "do something for the cure", donate to BCA, Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic, Quan Yin Healing Arts Center, Women's Cancer Resource Center, or any real foundation that is either doing relevant research or providing support to cancer survivors. Offer to give a massage, prepare a meal, clean a toilet or otherwise spend time with someone diagnosed with cancer. Don't buy pink in October, do something REAL. Pink ribbons & the branding of the color pink does not empower folks dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis/treatment/recovery/survival.
I live in the Bay Area, have lost friends to breast cancer as well as have friends who are going through treatments for cancers.
I am a survivor of a type of reproductive cancer that has the potential to recur anywhere in my body.
I went in last week for my annual mammogram, and was confronted by pink overload. A table had been set up with pink ribbon freebies for exiting mammogram-ees. Pink & white disposable pens, pink disposable emory boards, pink candies.
I imagine if I had been told by the radiologist that my mammo showed abnormalities, the last thing I’d want to see would be insipid pink ribbon festooned disposable crap.
I can say that many breast cancer survivors feel co-opted by pinkified marketing schemes.
A diagnosis of breast cancer (or any cancer) can make one feel panic, despair, terror, etc.
Losing a breast or two, excision of lymph nodes, chemo etc does not make a girl feel pretty. I don’t want to imagine what using a Clairsonic skin care brush feels like.. applied to painful chemo induced facial eruptions.
Cancer survivors do not need to be infantilized or branded by pink.
We need real treatments & a cure. We want to hang around & see our kids grow up, live lives free of pain and fear, and not be seen cancer “patients”.
Seriously, if folks want to “do something for the cure”, donate to BCA, Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic, Quan Yin Healing Arts Center, Women’s Cancer Resource Center, or any real foundation that is either doing relevant research or providing support to cancer survivors.
Offer to give a massage, prepare a meal, clean a toilet or otherwise spend time with someone diagnosed with cancer. Don’t buy pink in October, do something REAL.

]]> By: SARA MILLER http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158&cpage=1#comment-475 SARA MILLER Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:01:17 +0000 http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158#comment-475 Anything with the pink ribbon, I will not buy.It is appalling to me how naive women are who support the pink ribbon and there fradulant advertising. Anything with the pink ribbon, I will not buy.It is appalling to me how naive women are who support the pink ribbon and there fradulant advertising.

]]> By: Britta http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158&cpage=1#comment-398 Britta Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:39:22 +0000 http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158#comment-398 Ugh! How insulting! When I was in treatment for breast cancer, the zits on my face were the last thing on my mind. In fact, I have no idea what a "skin care brush" is for or why I would want one. I don't wear make-up (TOXINS! No thanks!), and I wash my face with all-natural soap and that's it, and I don't need a brush for that. This reminds me of the day when I came across an ad in my oncologist's office that was offering a free pair of sparkly jelly shoes to every woman with ovarian cancer. The program was called "Happy Feet," or something like that. Not only did the shoes look so uncomfortable and not at ALL like something that would make my feet happy, but I couldn't believe that these silly plastic shoes were actually being funded as gifts for cancer patients, instead of something truly useful like groceries, help with utility bills, gas cards, etc. Ugh! How insulting! When I was in treatment for breast cancer, the zits on my face were the last thing on my mind. In fact, I have no idea what a “skin care brush” is for or why I would want one. I don’t wear make-up (TOXINS! No thanks!), and I wash my face with all-natural soap and that’s it, and I don’t need a brush for that.

This reminds me of the day when I came across an ad in my oncologist’s office that was offering a free pair of sparkly jelly shoes to every woman with ovarian cancer. The program was called “Happy Feet,” or something like that. Not only did the shoes look so uncomfortable and not at ALL like something that would make my feet happy, but I couldn’t believe that these silly plastic shoes were actually being funded as gifts for cancer patients, instead of something truly useful like groceries, help with utility bills, gas cards, etc.

]]> By: Valerie http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158&cpage=1#comment-393 Valerie Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:46:09 +0000 http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158#comment-393 When I was going through chemo my face would turn gray periodically. I don't know how this product would have me look beautiful. Beauty was not on my to do list then... Keeping myself healthy and not getting sick was top on the list. These companies should just donate without trying to sell their products without deception. Its just morally wrong! When I was going through chemo my face would turn gray periodically. I don’t know how this product would have me look beautiful. Beauty was not on my to do list then… Keeping myself healthy and not getting sick was top on the list. These companies should just donate without trying to sell their products without deception. Its just morally wrong!

]]> By: Anna http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158&cpage=1#comment-388 Anna Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:10:25 +0000 http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?p=1158#comment-388 I see Clarisonic is partnering with the "Look Good...Feel Better" program. I might look good and feel better if I didn't have breast cancer. Empowerment = Action. Shopping for pink products is not empowering nor does it result in meaningful action. I see Clarisonic is partnering with the “Look Good…Feel Better” program. I might look good and feel better if I didn’t have breast cancer. Empowerment = Action. Shopping for pink products is not empowering nor does it result in meaningful action.

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