Tag Archives: cancer & the media
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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I call February! And introducing: Cancer Chicken.
This morning, this dumb girl we work with walks into the office and beams: “Guess what! I’m gonna get to be in a breast cancer calendar… with my boobies painted!” A breast. Cancer? Calendar. Can she please, please, please be in the “breast cancer calendar” bald, … Continue reading
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As Seen on TV!
As an aside, they sell this in Blockbuster. And every time I see it, I want to laugh, cry, and burn the place to the ground. Not necessarily in that order.
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still looks like cancer: or, reality bites
A confession: I really love this movie. I used to so adore and identify with Lelaina (Winona Ryder) and her angsty smart girl Big Gulp post-college existence. But now it’s Vickie (Janeane Garofolo) with whom I identify, or this part … 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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Paging Dr. Wilson
Dr. Wilson, you are needed in the real world. If you saw this week’s episode of House, then you know what I’m on about. If you don’t, here’s a quick spoiler (because this show is so very unpredictable). This week Dr. … 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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