October 4, 2009
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It's October
Let's make a few things clear.
It is Breast Cancer Awareness month.
This does not mean that we're going to come all over pink and fluffy here. No. We are not going to be buying random pink items from companies that give a measly small percentage of their profits to cancer research because we are buying a pink object from them.
We shall not be pretending that cancer is pink and glittery. No. It is not. It is nasty, cruel, scary, debilitating, and it kills.
We shall agree with Katie and Laurie.
We shall be checking our breasts (male and female) because that's a sensible thing to do. Men may well want to check their Other Bits that ladies don't have too, as that's also sensible. There are plenty enough places to check out how to do that. Find something weird? Go to the doctor and I hope it's nothing to worry about. Many funny lumpy bits turn out to be perfectly normal.We shall be handing over four knitted blankets as part of this campaign (pictures of blankets #3 and #4 to follow when both completed blankets are in my flat).
And, yes, some money will be put into the collecting tin.
But, without contributing to the corporations.
xxx
Comments (4)
Have I ever told you how much I love you? This is the most practical, common-sensical Breast Cancer Awareness post ever. Maybe by next October I'll be a competent enough knitter to make at least one comfort square.
THANK YOU! I see all this breast-cancer-themed crap at the dollar store and I think, is any of this money REALLY going towards breast cancer support and research? It's not. It's not even going towards the wages of the children who made those items in some sweatshop in China. Faaaaack that, I say.
Oh, thank you. I was working up to a rant of my own, on how horrendous it's all getting. I saw a coupon advert for batteries this morning. Anything that can be flogged, is now being flogged with pasty pink-ribbony yech on it. Unbelievable.