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Pinktober, Take 2
I’ve not written here since beginning the Ph.D. this fall–unsurprising, I suppose, considering the how much else I’m supposed to be writing right now; but then, it is my mind’s constant confrontation with cancer that prevents me from getting things done. I’m not … Continue reading
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Jade Goody & the mythology of redemption: the spectre of cancer in the media
Jade Goody–the Big Brother reality television “star”-cum-cancer martyr–died the day before I started my own chemotherapy. I remember standing on the platform at the Royal Oak train station, waiting to go to the hospital for my first chemo treatment, looking … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer® by Beckett
<—For the cure! Because why the hell not? Pink shit everywhere. As omnipresent as the American flag and just as commercialized, bastardized almost out of meaning. Not completely. But almost. Because as the American flag still connotes the rockets’ red … Continue reading
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breast cancer awareness month makes me want to puke
It was like a bad joke, coming home at the beginning of October. They dyed the fountain downtown pink and announced it proudly on the local news. Also: “The Eastside and County YMCAs are honoring breast cancer awareness month by purchasing … Continue reading
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