Focus on Fracking
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This past October, more people than usual asked important questions about pink ribbon commercialism, pinkwashing, and ways to deepen breast cancer awareness. You can find articles and op-eds featuring Breast Cancer Consortium (BCC) members here and other relevant pieces in the BCC News & Views archive. If you’ve been following Pink Ribbon Blues, you may have already had a chance to read some of these.
BCC also had events or discussions about “Pink Ribbon Blues” and “rethinking pink” with students and/or community members at Vassar College, Case Western University, Albany University (GA), and Suffolk University (UK).
Activism around fracking continues to gain momentum from health advocates, environmental groups, and community members who have witnessed the effects of accidents, contamination, and health problems. This issue of the BCC Quarterly features articles on fracking by me, Margaret Roberts of Capital Region Action Against Breast Cancer!, and members of the NY State Breast Cancer Network, as well as that satirical video clip from “The Daily Show” on pinkwashing and those pink fracking drill bits, starring comedic actress Samantha Bee and Breast Cancer Action’s executive director Karuna Jaggar. It is enlightening, informative, and laugh out loud funny.
Linda Rubin and I wrote an op-ed for CNN on how the NFL’s pink cleats and breast cancer campaigns are not likely to deter fans from noticing its persistent involvement with domestic violence. BCC also reprinted an excellent article by Shobita Parthasarathy that gives a historical context for contemporary breast cancer awareness efforts and discusses the limits of current approaches for achieving better health outcomes.
Research briefs in this issue discuss the implications of a new report on the “Changing the Landscape for People Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer” and an editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association on “Opting Out of Mammography.”
Please read the BCCQ and share with colleagues and friends who would be interested in our work!
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