Pink Ribbons

Mighty Movie Podcast: Ravida Din on 'Pink Ribbons, Inc.'

Dan Persons | Posted 05.31.2012

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In the new documentary, Pink Ribbons, Inc, producer Ravida Din and director Léa Pool look at how the activism surrounding a pressing women's issue was co-opted by corporations and diverted into high-profile, soft-focused fund raising activities.

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Dear Nancy: A Letter to the Sister of Susan G. Komen

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.09.2012

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If the recent past is any indication of Susan G. Komen's future, you must decide if your personal investment and that of your board members and executive team is more important than the success of the foundation.

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It's Time to Re-Think Pink

Lois Alter Mark | Posted 04.15.2012

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The comfort of "pink" has softened the disease and given it a warm, fuzzy feel that any woman with breast cancer will tell you is just plain wrong.

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The Real Power of Ribbons

Melissa Manchester | Posted 04.04.2012

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Together, one download at a time, we will not only keep breast health away from politics, but we will show the Susan G. Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood and women everywhere the real power of ribbons!

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Pink is Not Actually A Color, So Why Is It Everywhere?

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 12.19.2011

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Scientists have found that pink is not actually a color.

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WATCH: The Most Moving Breast Cancer Awareness Ad We've Seen All Month

Posted 12.13.2011

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Creating a hopeful commercial about cancer is fraught territory, but advertising agency BVK’s ad for the University of Oklahoma's new cancer centre ...

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Sick of Pinkwashing? Here's a Pink Promotion that Stays True to its Hue

Joe Waters | Posted 12.04.2011

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The Ellie Fund helps hundreds of women and their family members each year with important, necessary things that it's easy to forget are hard for someone who's sick.

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Thanks for November

Nancy Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

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No one knows better the relief of November, than 160,000 women and men living with Stage IV Breast Cancer. To date 40,000 will have passed by year end...

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Smarter Pink Ribbon Purchases

Aol | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every October, as pink-ribbon products blossom throughout store aisles, consumers face a thorny issue: Will the money I pay for this product really he...

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On Arts Patronage, Corporate America Should Take a Hint From Hint Mint

Mat Gleason | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's patronage is tomorrow's art history, be it the church and royalty in the Middle Ages, the railroad tycoons in the late nineteenth century or socially responsible confectioners today.

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The Pink Ribbon Marketing Scam

Pandora Young | Posted 11.17.2011

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The contribution of some companies to breast cancer begins and ends with slapping a pink ribbon on a label, keeping all the money you spend on their products for themselves.

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Elizabeth Hurley, Evelyn Lauder: Two Decades Of Breast Cancer Awareness

AP | SAMANTHA CRITCHELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The breast cancer awareness movement's dynamic duo, Evelyn Lauder and Elizabeth Hurley, have watched their audience evolve in nearly ...

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White House Pink Ribbon Installed For Breast Cancer Awareness

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, and the White House is showing its support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Mont...

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Rethink Pink NOW! Sane Solutions To Breast Cancer

Helen Cordes | Posted 11.17.2011

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Yesterday, the American Cancer Society admitted that many women are diagnosed and treated for breast cancer needlessly--that the "cancer" they have wouldn't spread or even be noticed without mammograms.

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Cure? They Don't Want No Stinking Cure!

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is about organizations and corporations who prey on women when they are at their most vulnerable, when they're sick, frightened, about to lose a symbol of their womanhood. And we fall for it.

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"Pink" Campaigns Have Some Seeing Red

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.25.2011

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October used to be shrouded in black and orange, but in recent years, pink has nudged into the palette. It seems just about every product you can buy ...

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