I have been made aware that it's the time of year when people on social media play some coy tee-hee "just for the laydeez" nonsensical breast cancer "awareness" game. So let me rant out how I feel about this before it gets started:
1) FFS. It's not for breast cancer awareness if you don't tell people it's for awareness. "Secret" awareness campaigns are literally not a thing. I HATE this shit so bad.
2) MEN CAN GET BREAST CANCER, TOO. MEN CAN GET BREAST CANCER, TOO. MEN CAN GET BREAST CANCER, TOO
3) Hey here's an idea, let's talk about PANCREATIC CANCER which is almost ALWAYS FATAL Pancreases aren't as sexy as tits, are they? What about thyroid cancer? Or liver cancer? Oh, nope. Of course not, they are not as sexy as breast cancer.
4) And let's "raise awareness" for it instead of donating to an actual fucking research institution? NOPE. Big ole NOPE.
Look, you want to help? Donate time, money, or resources. Donate blood for blood cancer patients.
Here, I’ll even get you started with some places:
Pancreatic Cancer:
https://www.pancan.org/
https://www.pancan.org/
Blood Cancers:
https://www.lls.org/
https://www.lls.org/
Children’s Cancer:
http://pcrf-kids.org/
http://pcrf-kids.org/
So you want to help? Then help. But don't think playing a secret game on fb helps anyone. It doesn't. It doesn't even give anyone any actual info on how to help. Can we please just not?
~post written and researched by Reesa Graham, Becky Courington and Whitney Rowlett. And yes, it is shareable.
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