Pink Ribbon Blues: You Got ‘Em?
Updated: 2010-10-29 19:46:09
You might think all the pink products, all the donations, all the charitable giving that takes place during months like October means important life-saving work is being done on the breast cancer front. You’d be wrong, according to sociologist Gayle A. Sulik, author of ”Pink Ribbon Blues.” In the time since the war on cancer [...]
October is almost over, which means the big ‘ol cloud of pink that has been swirling overhead for the past month is about to go Poof!, and all those charitable contributions resulting from your pink purchases are going to slow way down! There are still a few days to get in on the hoopla, though. [...]
Gotta love giveaways! Gotta love winners! Lucky Tracy won the book “The Courage Companion,” Meredith won pink tire valves, and Kim and ShootingStarsMag each won their very own pretty pink fire chest! You could snag something, too, because the book “Treat Me Not My Age” is up for grabs, and no one has entered the giveaway [...]
This photo belongs to a friend, and she has kindly allowed me to borrow it. I just couldn’t pass on sharing these little red boots on the feet of cute little Lily. I know, the spiffy kicks are not pink, and there’s no obvious breast cancer message attached to them, but there is some hidden [...]
I kind of love this shirt. Saw it on the Today Show yesterday, then hunted around for it online. Found it — on this 46NYC site. I like the brown color, the pink ribbon, the fact that the shirt is fitted and not floppy, and $6 from each t-shirt purchase goes to The Breast Cancer [...]
I’ve never seen the TV show “The Big C.” That’s because it’s on Showtime, and we have el-cheapo cable at our house. I’d tune in if we did get it, because I really like to analyze how cancer is depicted when it’s unraveled on television and in movies. That’s what “The Big C” is about [...]
On Tuesday, September 28, 2010, the New York State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health and Human Services Network (the Network), the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation and the Hunter College LGBT Institute issued a report on New York’s LGBT health and human services disparities titled, A Blueprint for Meeting LGBT Health and Human Services [...]
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