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I Will Not Be Pinkwashed: Why I Do Not Support Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Jan 18, 2014 ·

I will not be pinkwashed: Why I do NOT support Susan G Komen for the CURE | nutritionallywealthy.com
Does Pink October make you gag just a little bit? I don’t know about you, but when October rolls around every year and the football field is littered with pink, I do not feel warm fuzzies in support of the Susan G. Komen foundation, but instead I get very frustrated at it all. Emily of ButterBeliever.com explains it well as she fills you in on the BUSINESS that is cancer {A MUST READ}.

Pinkwashing America

It’s October.

And that means, it’s prime pink season. It’s national “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.”

It’s that magical time of the year when shades of pale pink are plastered onto every product, every container, every conceivable gadget or gizmo that the Susan G. Komen Foundation can get their hands on.

When that iconic symbol of overlapped ribbon is supposed to adorn every man, woman, and child who ever had a mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, niece or aunt who faced the horrifying struggle of breast cancer.

But I am not buying it.

Susan G. Komen: For Cure or Con?

Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a multi-million-dollar company with assets totaling over $390 million dollars. Only 20.9% of these funds were reportedly used in the 2009-2010 fiscal year for research, “for the cure.” Where does the rest of the money go? Let’s have a look. Keep reading…

I will not be pinkwashed: Why I do not support Susan G. Komen for the cure

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