As many of you know if you are following me on Facebook, I'm in the hospital right now with an acute ulcerative colitis attack. It's the first one I have ever had of this magnitude. It totally surprised me and ...Read More
Oh F-ing hell. Thank you Los Angeles Times for the misleading headline (Study links risk of breast cancer to routine choices ) which then settles into the truth which is that this is a study that tells us all that ...Read More
For anyone who has been paying attention, we at THE CANCER SHOW have been doing our best to counter the pink ribbon mania of Pinktober with a dose of reality. It’s had some unintended effects. An old high school classmate ...Read More
It's hard not to like Pinktober. I mean, really, it's so pretty. And pink. And the uniformity of color is so...pleasing. And let's be honest - I love the suggestion of unity the whole thing playacts. It seems - briefly - ...Read More
So I grew up doing fundraising bike-rides. I did them because I was a lazy non-athlete who occasionally liked to pull a rabbit out of a hat by doing a 30-mile bike ride with little or no training. Then for ...Read More
We've been busy here at The Cancer Show! Ultimately, our goal is to bring a better awareness of the Business of Cancer to the masses - and we're prepared to use any media available to us, from twitter feeds to ...Read More
"We worked closely with top perfumers to infuse the essence of the Susan G. Komen message into a fragrance that really gives back and brings hope to those suffering from breast cancer,…” This came from the President of the evocatively named ...Read More
If you search BREAST CANCER AWARENESS on ETSY you get 4,629 items that answer to that description. That's a lot of energy going into making buttons, crocheted phone cozies, necklaces, handmade fleece bibs. And for what exactly? It's sort of a hopeful ...Read More
We ask a couple of tough questions about "the cure" in part II of our ongoing conversation with Gayle Sulik, author of PINK RIBBON BLUES: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women’s Health. Take some time to read why you should Think Before ...Read More
We’ve been having an ongoing conversation with the fabulous Gayle Sulik, author of PINK RIBBON BLUES: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women's Health which we’ll be spooling out here over the next few weeks. Take some time to read about ...Read More
