Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Exuberant Helpers

From innocent donuts, a wonderful post from my backyard, Providence St Vincent Hospital in Portland, OR.

Let me just take this opportunity to encourage some exploration of the pink-ification of breast cancer, the amazing organization Breast Cancer Action and their campaign, "Think Before You Pink", and the speech I heard Barbara Ehrenreich give in 2001 that got me questioning the value of all these pink ribbons, and her latest article on the subject. This is what I consider breast cancer awareness.

Nevertheless, this video is irresistible. Especially when viewed through this lens:

"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
~Mister Rogers