We're Aware, Now How About a Cure?

If you haven't noticed, it's October. Many great things happen in October. Baseball is finally worth watching, hockey and basketball seasons start, and football is also fully in swing. A lot of pink things start showing up as well, for breast cancer awareness month. I'm just gonna go on the record and say I'm not a huge fan of the whole pink initiative. Before you hate me, let me include a disclaimer: I'm against cancer. I just don't know how strong the link between "awareness" and "cure" is. If October were National Finding a Cure for Breast Cancer month, I'd be more supportive.

There's a great article here that sums up my feelings on the month. What angers me most is how much of a lucrative business gimmick it's become. I'm sorry, but if someone wants me to buy a pink item to raise money for breast cancer awareness, the answer's a definitive no. I'm not paying to bring about awareness. I'll support cure-finding, support for survivors, families, and those currently battling cancer, providing treatment, and introducing programs for early detection, but I think we are all well aware of breast cancer itself at this point.

Besides, can't we all just agree the "I <3 boobies" bracelets are a bit objectifying? A woman with breast cancer probably doesn't just miss her boobs, and she sure as hell isn't less of a woman or a person if she no longer has them. Yeah, I love my boobs, but I also love my legs and my hair and my humor and, you know, being alive...which are also things I'd lose if breast cancer won.