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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folks were unprepared for the blowback — known in some circles as “Komen-tastrophe” — after their now apparently rescinded decision to halt funding to Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure Planned Parenthood.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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Brilliant.

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Hello world! The inaugural video introducing “Coupla Sick Chicks Sittin’ Around Talkin’.” Friends for 20 years, Julie Levine (stage III breast cancer, dx 2008) and Donna Trussell (stage III ovarian cancer, dx 2001) will meet every week to discuss survival, family and life.

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The photos say it all — the vulnerability, the loss, the fear, the courage, the bizarre but unmistakable pride that comes from cancer. The SCAR Project is the brainchild of David Jay, a New York fashion photographer now living in Australia. Jay writes: Having seen first hand the power of this project and based on the [...]

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Happiness for sale! And worth every penny because of the good health and prosperity that will surely come, especially when your happiness is achieved through positive thinking. Ugh . . . no, says cancer survivor Barbara Ehrenreich, author of “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America,” and, more recently, “Bright-Sided: How the Relentless [...]

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