“One of the problems is that the notion of cancer has been so normalized. You hear about it so often, and it's not ok... it's not ok to normalize this disease. And with all of the pinkwashing that goes on where companies are selling products based on breast cancer month it's a lovely gesture, but consumers get so used to it that it becomes more normal.” Has BeensProblemUsedCompanyProductsMonthsGoes OnDiseaseNormalNotionCancerLovelySellingConsumersBreastsGesturesBreast CancerSelling Products Author:Jennifer Beals
“But of course there is always a hamartia and yours is that oh, my God, even though you HAD FREAKING CANCER you give money to a company in exchange for the chance to acquire YET MORE CANCER.” GivingCoursesChanceCompanyCancerAcquire Book:An Abundance of Katherines Source: An Abundance of Katherines
“A lot of people are listening and most people believe global warming is a problem and they'd like to see it addressed. But governments and the biggest companies in the world don't want to deal with it like they didn't want to deal with the fact that tobacco causes cancer.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveFactsProblemGovernmentCausesDealsCompanyListeningCancerGlobal WarmingTobacco Author:John H Richardson
“The pink campaign has also served to "normalize" and depoliticize the disease and that makes it less threatening for a LOT of companies to jump onboard and claim breast cancer as their cause.” CausesCompanyDiseaseClaimsCancerCampaignsBreastsThreateningBreast Cancer Author:Ravida Din
“anyone own a disease? I was also startled at the level of hypocrisy. How can a leading make up company not sign onto the "Campaign for Safe Cosmetics" and at the same time promote itself as leading the fight against breast cancer?” FightingLevelsCompanySafeDiseaseCancerCampaignsHypocrisyBreastsBreast CancerCosmetics Author:Ravida Din
“AZT was never meant to treat HIV. It was meant to treat cancer and, when it was discovered to be toxic, the drug companies stopped clinic trials of the drug because it was so toxic. Is this drug really one we want to use?” WantUseCompanyDrugTreatsCancerTrialsToxicHivClinicDrug Companies Author:Manto Tshabalala-Msimang