Comments on: Before You Buy Pink

By: Komen Still a Radical Right-Wing Organization | giovanni hashimoto

Komen Still a Radical Right-Wing Organization | giovanni hashimoto — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:35:54 +0000

[...] products does nothing to help cure breast cancer. There’s a word for this, pinkwashing: Pinkwasher: (pink’-wah-sher) noun. A company or organization that claims to care about breast cancer by [...]

By: Blog Sample 2 « vananderstest1

Blog Sample 2 « vananderstest1 — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:42:53 +0000

[...] Think Before You Pink: Critical Questions to Ask Before You Buy Pink – I’ll just list the questions here with my own brief summary of why it matters, go there for a [...]

By: All Fired Up | Sunburned Soul Musings

All Fired Up | Sunburned Soul Musings — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:05:27 +0000

[...] Yoplait, the presenting sponsor of the Race for the Cure for years, used to be a pinkwasher. Their yogurt was made from milk that came from cows that were injected with an artificial growth [...]

By: sukiscoop | Pinkwashing?

sukiscoop | Pinkwashing? — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:16:15 +0000

[...] that will help you make decisions about how you support the Pink. Click on the link for details! http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=13 Be Sociable, Share! Posted in IN THE KNOW and tagged with 100% natural, breast cancer, [...]

By: Susan G. Komen and the Cancer Within | The New Civil Rights Movement

Susan G. Komen and the Cancer Within | The New Civil Rights Movement — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:15:34 +0000

[...] Action, by allowing companies to slap pink ribbons on carcinogenic products. Evidenced in their Think Before You Pink™ campaign . And in documentaries like Léa Pool’s Pink Ribbons, Inc., in which she questions [...]

By: Planned Parenthood and Susan G. Komen « Flexible Reality

Planned Parenthood and Susan G. Komen « Flexible Reality — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:49:32 +0000

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By: Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy's Breast Cancer Blog

Dr. Kathleen T. Ruddy's Breast Cancer Blog — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:19:21 +0000

[...] Breast Cancer Action has made a web page that can help us steer our way through all of this pinkwashing. Before you [...]

By: Moving on from Komen

Moving on from Komen — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:45:34 +0000

[...] words now while shaking my head. Feeling duped. How could I be so stupid? How could I believe that “pink washing” buckets of Kentucky Fried Chicken would lead to a cure? How could I be so stupid to believe that an [...]

By: Five Take-Aways From the Komen Fiasco « The Weekly Sift

Five Take-Aways From the Komen Fiasco « The Weekly Sift — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:54:19 +0000

[...] get a big marketing bang for a small charitable buck. Think Before You Pink asks some skeptical questions about those pink-ribbon products. BTW, the pink handgun looks like a [...]

By: Getting Pink’d: Komen, Planned Parenthood and the problem with “Big Breast Cancer” | broadsofthebeltway

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:07:31 +0000

[...] has been written about the “pink-washing” phenomenon and cause-related marketing that reaches its apex with Breast Cancer Awareness Month [...]

By: I Will Not Be Pinkwashed: Komen’s Race Is For Money, Not Cure | Business Idea Research

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:09:43 +0000

[...] or cause-marketing of pinkish badge products. They foster recognition of this emanate with the Think Before You Pink campaign, directed generally during highlighting a pinkish products that themselves are cancer-causing or [...]

By: Susan G. Komen, putting politics before women’s health

Susan G. Komen, putting politics before women’s health — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:46:28 +0000

[...] of George Bush’s.The move to drop Planned Parenthood shouldn’t surprise anyone. The pinkwashing non-profit has been leading up to it for a while. Last year, they brought on a new Vice President [...]

By: “Pinkwashing”–what it is and how to avoid it. |

“Pinkwashing”–what it is and how to avoid it. | — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:22:43 +0000

[...] up their own fight against this “cause”. For example, here is a great website called Think Before You Pink which points out some of the more critical questions that you should ask yourself before you [...]

By: The Accidental Amazon » Komen: Just the Tip of the Pink Iceberg

The Accidental Amazon » Komen: Just the Tip of the Pink Iceberg — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:42:37 +0000

[...] the callousness of charities that seem to care more about corporate sponsorship than they do about corporate integrity, to the large holes in our so-called social safety net. And I am truly glad for that awakening. But [...]

By: #TakeBackthePink @KomenfortheCure’s Social Media nightmare — Janet Fouts - Social Media Coach

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:59:49 +0000

[...] I donate to BCA and the Avon Foundation for Women because I can see where the money goes. Please. Think before you buy pink again. Think about how you can help support women (and men) who need these services through other [...]

By: No More “Pinkwashing”! Support an Integrative Approach to Breast Cancer | worldwide hippies

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:01:11 +0000

[...] called “pinkwashing”—claiming to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product, while producing or [...]

By: Why I Don’t Support Susan G. Komen « Ball of Dirt

Why I Don’t Support Susan G. Komen « Ball of Dirt — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:08:42 +0000

[...] in which KFC’s chicken was also home to potentially cancer-causing agents. To be fair, the “Think Before you Pink” campaign successfully urged General Mills to rid Yoplait and many other dairy products of rBGH after the [...]

By: Komen no longer owns pink | MemphisNewsPaper.Org

Komen no longer owns pink | MemphisNewsPaper.Org — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:20:45 +0000

[...] what Breast Cancer Action has been calling it for years in its “Think Before You Pink” campaign. That group advocates for research into the root causes of breast cancer, not just the [...]

By: Reversal of Fortunes: How to kill your cash cow the Komen way « Sky Dancing

Reversal of Fortunes: How to kill your cash cow the Komen way « Sky Dancing — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:42 +0000

[...] They have also been accused of “pinkwashing” the disease. Many companies that raise funds for breast cancer also make products that are linked to the disease. Breast Cancer Action calls these companies “pinkwashers.” BMW, for example, gives $1 to Susan G. Komen for the Cure each time you test-drive one of their cars, even though pollutants found in car exhaust are linked to breast cancer. Many cosmetics companies whose products contain chemicals linked to breast cancer also sell their items for the cause. [...]

By: Rodeo Roundup “Your Pink Makes Me Puke” | OK4RJ: Oklahomans for Reproductive Justice

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:02:44 +0000

[...] name over and over. We’ve covered how they allow breast cancer to be sexualized; the “pink washing” is taking advantage of a public that might not know better. They will also sue your ass if you dare [...]

By: What’s next for Komen? « meganyarbrough.com

What’s next for Komen? « meganyarbrough.com — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:18:50 +0000

[...] yes, the organization associated with the pink products America has grown to know and love (ehem, pinkwashing anyone?) has once again captured America’s attention for something that seems to fly in the face of [...]

By: My Thoughts on the war against Planned Parenthood | Shoes Means Orange

My Thoughts on the war against Planned Parenthood | Shoes Means Orange — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:20:36 +0000

[...] already aware, that most recently the Susan B. Komen organization (who, by the way, is a bit of a sham anyway..just saying) has pulled funding from routine preventative screenings at Planned Parenthood. [...]

By: Pink: Infant Girls, Komen’s Marketing Machine and Gifts from God

Pink: Infant Girls, Komen’s Marketing Machine and Gifts from God — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:47:08 +0000

[...] to breast cancer? No. Indirectly? It appears to be.The Susan G. Komen foundation has brought us pinkwashing, inflated corporate salaries, three day parties and a pat on the head that makes women feel like [...]

By: Fuck Think Pink. « A Change of Scenery

Fuck Think Pink. « A Change of Scenery — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:53:27 +0000

[...] effective, more kick ass ways to make a difference for women. There’s also the whole “pink-washing” [...]

By: Erase (to) The Cure | The Mamafesto

Erase (to) The Cure | The Mamafesto — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:45:58 +0000

[...] Komen Foundation already has a shaky non-profit history, being accused of “pink-washing,” using raised funds in questionable ways, and have turned people off by seemingly losing [...]