Comments on: Composting for the Cure http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/ UrGently Fierce Feminism In Perilous Times Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristen http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/comment-page-1/#comment-32365 Kristen Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:46:34 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/#comment-32365 I was thinking about this quite a bit because October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and it has become over shadowed by the shower of pink ribbons and other items that "fight for a cure". I work for a DV agency and we are constantly asked during the month of October what our purple ribbons are for. I wonder who is the PR genius that decided that Breast Cancer needed all this attention and funding? How did this come about and how come other issues that effect women (possibly even more) get less funding and less media attention. I think some of it has to do with the fact that cancer is not something someone chooses to get and it has very little social stigma. Everyone can agree that cancer is terrible. Also, I think that our society covets breasts and even if it subversively there is a motive to uphold the standard of beauty that we as Americans have come to hold. With an issue like domestic violence there is a great amount of gray area and misunderstanding about the dynamics, cause, etc. Thoughts? I was thinking about this quite a bit because October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and it has become over shadowed by the shower of pink ribbons and other items that “fight for a cure”. I work for a DV agency and we are constantly asked during the month of October what our purple ribbons are for.

I wonder who is the PR genius that decided that Breast Cancer needed all this attention and funding? How did this come about and how come other issues that effect women (possibly even more) get less funding and less media attention. I think some of it has to do with the fact that cancer is not something someone chooses to get and it has very little social stigma. Everyone can agree that cancer is terrible. Also, I think that our society covets breasts and even if it subversively there is a motive to uphold the standard of beauty that we as Americans have come to hold. With an issue like domestic violence there is a great amount of gray area and misunderstanding about the dynamics, cause, etc. Thoughts?

]]> By: JENNIFER DREW http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/comment-page-1/#comment-31282 JENNIFER DREW Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:01:02 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/#comment-31282 Totally agree with this article. Far too much emphasis is placed on raising breast cancer awareness and not enough is being done about the causes of breast cancer. Additionally, far too many companies are making vast profits by selling items of which only a tiny percentage actually reaches charities and organisations researching breast cancer. As the writer of this article stated, why are there not products being sold to raise awareness of prostate cancer? Also, why the emphasis on pink. Is pink the only colour women are permitted to use? Why not blue? Or is that because blue is male? Totally agree with this article. Far too much emphasis is placed on raising breast cancer awareness and not enough is being done about the causes of breast cancer. Additionally, far too many companies are making vast profits by selling items of which only a tiny percentage actually reaches charities and organisations researching breast cancer. As the writer of this article stated, why are there not products being sold to raise awareness of prostate cancer? Also, why the emphasis on pink. Is pink the only colour women are permitted to use? Why not blue? Or is that because blue is male?

]]> By: admin http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/comment-page-1/#comment-31032 admin Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:15:07 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/#comment-31032 First of all, I'm sure you mean well in your efforts, but truly, who isn't aware of breast cancer by now and indeed, <a href="http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/01/natl-breast-cancer-awareness-month-day-1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a recent study</a> found that focusing on awareness can lead to complacency. Secondly, buying stuff so that a small percentage of what you pay will go for the cure is absurd--you don't see them doing that for prostate cancer do you? Or any other disease. Mostly what it does is make the manufacturers of all this stuff a bit richer and let's us off the hook instead of rising to the challenge of taking real substantive action. Bear in mind that Komen and ACS get substantial funding from numerous companies that a. make carcinogenic products and b. profit from curing rather than finding the cause in the first place.<br /> First of all, I’m sure you mean well in your efforts, but truly, who isn’t aware of breast cancer by now and indeed, a recent study found that focusing on awareness can lead to complacency. Secondly, buying stuff so that a small percentage of what you pay will go for the cure is absurd–you don’t see them doing that for prostate cancer do you? Or any other disease. Mostly what it does is make the manufacturers of all this stuff a bit richer and let’s us off the hook instead of rising to the challenge of taking real substantive action. Bear in mind that Komen and ACS get substantial funding from numerous companies that a. make carcinogenic products and b. profit from curing rather than finding the cause in the first place.

]]> By: Deborah Ng http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/comment-page-1/#comment-30950 Deborah Ng Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:26:50 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/#comment-30950 So you pick apart the piece without even knowing the point? We're showing our support for the cause and raising awareness. By the way, we never claimed composting will cure anything. Sure we can write our elected officials, and who says many of us haven't? However, this is how we're choosing to raise awareness. One thing we won't stoop to is rewarding someone's positive efforts with negativity. Many bloggers won't do this sort of thing because of reactions like yours. Instead of belittling efforts to raise awareness, you should be encouraging them. So you pick apart the piece without even knowing the point? We’re showing our support for the cause and raising awareness. By the way, we never claimed composting will cure anything.

Sure we can write our elected officials, and who says many of us haven’t? However, this is how we’re choosing to raise awareness. One thing we won’t stoop to is rewarding someone’s positive efforts with negativity. Many bloggers won’t do this sort of thing because of reactions like yours. Instead of belittling efforts to raise awareness, you should be encouraging them.

]]> By: admin http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/comment-page-1/#comment-30949 admin Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:52:05 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2007/10/10/composting-for-the-cure/#comment-30949 Ok, I'll bite, what is the point? Ok, I’ll bite, what is the point?

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