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IN NOVEMBER 2010, I finished a year of treatment for advanced breast cancer. Just 24 hours after my last Herceptin infusion, I took my bald, beleaguered self on a plane to Austin to join other women at the Life Beyond Cancer retreat. My hope was to get some insight into how to regain some semblance . . . → Read More: On Cancer PTSD and the Double-Kellering of Lisa Adams 
“What exactly is wrong with the Kellers?” By Christie Aschwanden, Knight Science Journalism at MIT. “Tone-deaf, ghoulish, & lacking in empathy,” tweeted Boing Boing writer Xeni Jardin. “Reprehensible,” wrote Ayelet Waldman. “A tragically shallow misreading,” tweeted Steve Silberman. A pair of opinion pieces published in quick succession by Guardian columnist Emma Keller and her husband, . . . → Read More: What exactly is wrong with the Kellers?
“Cue the Kellers.” By Jody Schoger, Women With Cancer. Lisa Adams is a stunningly articulate blogger and mother of three from New England who has suddenly found herself as the Rorschsach test for two prominent journalists who should have known better. The husband and wife team, Emma and Bill Keller, writing for the Guardian and . . . → Read More: Cue the Kellers
Updated Jan. 16, 2014 There is a major kerfuffle in mass media right now about two journalists, and a blogger with metastatic breast cancer. Guardian columnist Emma Keller and her husband, former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, wrote opinion pieces about Lisa Bonchek Adams, a Connecticut resident living with metastatic breast cancer who . . . → Read More: Are there Ethics to Tweeting Your Illness?
A pair of opinion pieces published by Guardian columnist Emma Keller and her husband, former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, were viewed on the internet as personal attacks on Lisa Bonchek Adams, a Connecticut resident who discusses life with metastatic cancer via Twitter and her blog. Read more about the Kellers’s inaccurate and . . . → Read More: On Life, Death, and Social Media: What’s Up with the Keller Campaign Against Lisa Bonchek Adams?
“Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ On Facebook May Mean Less Giving.” Science Daily. Would-be donors skip giving when offered the chance to show public support for charities in social media, a new study from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business finds. “Charities incorrectly assume that connecting with people through social media always leads to more . . . → Read More: Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ On Facebook May Mean Less Giving
“How Social Media Is Changing The Way We Approach Death.” By Paul Bisceglio, The Atlantic. Death has long been taboo in an American culture that values youth, but an open conversation online can increase our enjoyment of life and understanding of its eventual end. Social media support networks tend to enable more frequent and lower-stakes . . . → Read More: How Social Media Is Changing The Way We Approach Death
“Thoughts on Twitter, Community, and Loss.” By Dr. Deanna Attai, Dr Attai Blog. Today I had the privilege of attending a memorial service for a woman that I met only once. I initially got to know her on twitter. I attended the memorial service with 2 women who I also met on twitter. Yes, twitter. . . . → Read More: Thoughts on Twitter, Community, and Loss 
The advent of Web 2.0 changed almost everything – yet absolutely nothing – about the cancer experience. What hasn’t changed is the near universal shock, dismay and fear that most women experience when they first hear, “your tumor was malignant.” What hasn’t changed is the long journey through treatment, which can range from multiple surgeries . . . → Read More: #BCSM, Cancer Advocacy and Education in the Virtual World 
Since the end of September everything you see — from buses to billboards to Monday Night football to the grocery store — shimmers in pink. You can “support breast cancer research” (so it is said) by purchasing everything imaginable and a multitude of the unimaginable as well. Every year it gets worse. Google Breast Cancer . . . → Read More: “Redefining Pink” |
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