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“Sheryl Crow hawks 3D mammograms with fear and false hope”, Health News Review. It may not be her favorite mistake, but it was a mistake nonetheless for the singer and breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow to advocate in an aggressive, unbalanced way on behalf of a 3D mammography device. That’s the takeaway of a number . . . → Read More: Sheryl Crow Hawks 3D Mammograms with Fear and False Hope 
Radical Objects: ‘Cancer Sucks’ by Grazia de Michele, History Workshop Online, July 11, 2016. Photo Credit: Ken Fisher In September 1995, Lucy Sherak was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43. A mother of two, she was an occupational psychologist living in Marin County, California. She had previously worked as a . . . → Read More: Radical Objects: ‘Cancer Sucks’ 
Our friend and colleague Jody Schoger died on May 18th at age 61 from metastatic breast cancer. She learned of her recurrence in April of 2013, following a 15-year remission. The news was shocking and devastating. But Jody, ever the rational and reflective patient advocate, shared her thoughts on the only ‘good’ way to cope . . . → Read More: A few words about Jody Schoger
“Powerful advocate for breast cancer survivors dies” by Liz Szabo, USA Today. Jody Schoger understood what it meant to be isolated. She once described how she “curled up like a turtle” in her hospital bed while fighting the life-threatening infection that followed surgery for breast cancer in 1998. “I remember never even opening the blinds, . . . → Read More: Powerful advocate for breast cancer survivors dies 
By Jennifer Rothchild Jennifer Rothchild, PhD is in the sociology and gender, women, & sexuality studies departments at the University of Minnesota, Morris. She is the author of Gender Trouble Makers: Education and Empowerment in Nepal and is currently doing research on the politics of breastfeeding. Her essay was originally published on Sociological Images . . . → Read More: The Paradox of Women’s Sexuality in Breast Feeding Advocacy and Breast Cancer Campaigns 
Dear Friends, In the latest issue of the BCC Quarterly, we highlight So Much To Be Done, a must-read collection of writings from breast cancer activist, Barbara Brenner; a new edited collection The Invisible Scars (translated into Catalan), which features the feminist writings of several BCC partners; an important new documentary called The Good Breast, . . . → Read More: BCCQ (Issue 2) Is Out! 
Filmmakers Raquel Marques and María Zafra are proud to announce a crowdfunding campaign for Arreta, a long overdue film on queer experiences of breast cancer. “Arreta” (meaning ‘attention’ in Basque) is a compelling documentary filmed in Barcelona and Gernika, Spain, that follows Ainhoa, co-founder of Cancer Butch who, after being treated for breast cancer, . . . → Read More: Queering Breast Cancer: ARRETA, The Documentary You Can Help To Finish 
This study explores the cultural construction of breast cancer within Canada’s two national newspapers. The two primary discourses in circulation were biomedicine and healthism, and both were associated with the roles of “breast cancer survivor,” “the good consumer,” and the “medical expert.” After presenting the analyses, the authors discuss the psychological, social, political, and . . . → Read More: Research Brief: Breast Cancer Representations in Canadian News Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
In the spring of 2013, our friend and colleague Jody Schoger was diagnosed with a breast cancer recurrence. After 15 years of remission, she was thrown back into breast cancer treatment. Only this time, it was a metastatic lobular breast cancer and life changed forever. Living with an incurable cancer meant coming to terms with . . . → Read More: We Love You, Jody 
THE GOOD BREAST directed by Bernadette Wegenstein will be at the Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) on Wednesday, May 4th at 5pm. BFF’s announcement of the 2016 lineup: “Among the debuts are Running Wild, a Sharon Stone-led horse drama in which a young widow seeks to save her floundering business and heal her broken . . . → Read More: The Good Breast, A Documentary |
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