It seems the Komen Foundation folks were unprepared for the blowback — known in some circles as “Komen-tastrophe” — after their now apparently rescinded decision to halt funding to Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Planned Parenthood. But they should have known. If Twitter and Facebook can bring down [...]
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Komen, Go Back to Your Roots
Posted in Cancer, She the People, Women, tagged breast cancer, planned parenthood, susan g komen on February 5, 2012 | 3 Comments »
You Have Breast Cancer? Say What??
Posted in Cancer, tagged breast cancer, girls say to girls, jenny saldana, video on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Brilliant.
Ovarian Cancer Drug Fail (and that’s the good news?)
Posted in Cancer, tagged avastin, chemo, ovarian, she the people, steve buie, washington post on January 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How bad is ovarian cancer? Here’s how bad: A drug that fails to prolong the lives of ovarian cancer patients was just declared the biggest breakthrough in 15 years. According to results of two international clinical trials, published last week, the drug Avastin (aka bevacizumab) can interfere with blood vessel growth, and thereby slow disease [...]
He Hates His Job
Posted in Cancer, Journalism, Pop Culture, Writing, tagged advice, cary tennis, salon, since you asked on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Late last night, I came across a post in Salon’s advice column Since You Asked: I’m a successful book editor but I hate my job. The subhead: My wife is leaving me but I can’t feel anything. I’m depressed. My life is falling apart. How do I reinvent myself? As a writer myself, I was [...]
It Is Still September. Not Pink. Teal!
Posted in Cancer, Woman Up, tagged awareness, christie buckner, ovarian, symptoms, teal on September 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is still September. It is still Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Our color is not pink. Our color is teal. My friend Christie Buckner died at age 39. My April 2010 post about her on Politics Daily prompted so many reader letters that I wrote a followup quoting from them. Christie, somewhere there’s a memorial [...]
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