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The breast cancer awareness season was busy for Breast Cancer Consortium partners and contributors as we work diligently to change the breast cancer paradigm. Cathie Malhouitre’s Au Sein De Sa Difference offered two events in France, a screening of “Pink Ribbons, Inc.” and a colloquium on living with cancer. Grazia de Michele organized a . . . → Read More: BCC Quarterly is out (2013, Issue 4) 
Angelo Merendino celebrated what would have been his sixth wedding anniversary by releasing, “The Battle We Didn’t Choose — My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer” in digital book format. Angelo’s photographs give a look inside the day-to-day life of a young couple facing breast cancer together. Jennifer died on December 22, 2011. More than . . . → Read More: Angelo Merendino’s TEDx talk on “The Battle We Didn’t Choose” 
On October 1st, Gayle Sulik gave a “Rethink Pink” presentation at Colgate University, accompanied by two classroom presentations, meetings with students, and a review of some of the University’s breast cancer awareness materials. Following the presentation students developed a new Breast Cancer Quick Facts poster. Many thanks to Valerie Garcia for researching information for the . . . → Read More: Students at Colgate University Develop Breast Cancer Awareness Poster 
Oncogrrrls and Marimachos cancerosas proudly announce a public event on ‘Breast Cancer and Dissident Corporealities’. This is the first of its kind event in Spain that seeks to challenge heteronormativity and biomedical authority in breast cancer policy discourses and practices. When: 11/9/2013 at 3pm Where: Ca la Dona, Barcelona, Spain Agenda: 15:00 h. Projection ‘Pink . . . → Read More: Nov 9: Breast Cancer and Dissident Corporealities’, Barcelona, Spain 
Annette Madlock Gatison To continue my education as a breast cancer advocate and social activist I participated in two flagship programs offered by the National Breast Cancer Coalition, the Advocate Leadership Summit and the Project LEAD® (Leadership, Education and Advocacy Development) Institute earlier this year. Both programs are designed to increase the knowledge . . . → Read More: BCC Member Attends the Advocacy, Leadership and Scientific Training with the National Breast Cancer Coalition 
FREE SCREENING of the documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. October is the month of breast cancer awareness. Countless women and men, old and young, walk, bike, climb and shop pink ribbon products in the name of raising awareness and finding a cure. But what does awareness really mean? Where does our money go? And have . . . → Read More: Oct 24: Pink Ribbons, Inc., Free Screening, University of Sussex, Brighton (UK) 
When: Tuesday, October 17, 2013 6:00 – 8:00 PM Where: Human Sciences Bldg. 169 Description: The Women’s Studies Program is delighted to announce we are the recipient of the Sociologist for Women in Society distinguished lecture award for the Fall 2013. Our guest scholar is Dr. Gayle Sulik, M.A., Ph.D, a social science researcher and . . . → Read More: Oct. 17: Texas Tech University; Sulik to Speak on “Moving Beyond Awareness”
Pink Ribbons, Inc. has been called “powerful and incendiary” by the Toronto International Film Festival. This is a hard-hitting documentary that pulls back the pink curtain to reveal why mainstream approaches to ending the breast cancer epidemic are failing. As one woman living with breast cancer in the film says, “Our disease is being used . . . → Read More: Oct. 16: FREE NYC Screening of Pink Ribbons, Inc. 
Gayle Sulik will be talking live about #pinkwashing on @AJAMStream Friday at 7:30EST. Join the conversation using #AJAMStream October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so you’ve probably noticed more pink products on the shelves as companies promote awareness campaigns. But many businesses are accused of “pinkwashing” – plastering pink on their products to make a . . . → Read More: Oct. 11: Buying Pink? Gayle Sulik will be on Al Jazeera’s The Stream Friday 7:30EST to discuss. 
Congratulations to Christie Aschwanden, one of this year’s winners of the Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers. Her piece, “The Real Scandal: Science Denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure” was posted on February 8, 2012, on the web site The Last Word on Nothing. . . . → Read More: 2013 Science in Society Journalism Awards |
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