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Making it Better, Not Worse
You need former Ms. editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin‘s new book How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick. Everyone needs this book. If you have a sick friend, if you are a sick friend, if your friend has...
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Barbara Brenner and the Road Less Pink
Barbara Brenner (1951-2013) I met Barbara Brenner in a book. In a collection of scholarly essays called Breast Cancer: Society Shapes an Epidemic, she wrote the final substantive chapter, which was...
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People Over Profit: What the BRCA Ruling Means for Patients’ Rights
Last Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented, a historic decision that guarantees that the DNA that comprises our very being cannot be owned by a corporation. The...
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Melissa Etheridge and “The Brave Choice”
There’s been a lot of discussion of “shaming” recently on the Ms. Blog: fat-shaming, slut-shaming, young-mother shaming. Let’s add to that list cancer-shaming. Last week, singer/songwriter Melissa...
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Will Komen’s New Leadership Put It Back on Track?
Last week, the Susan G. Komen Foundation named Judith Salerno to replace Nancy Brinker as president and chief executive officer of the breast cancer charity. In the highly controversial aftermath of...
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Think Before You Pink: Toxic Time Is Up
Why is the breast cancer epidemic still raging after 30 years of “awareness” and pink ribbons? Each year, corporations pack the shelves with pink-ribbon products, surrounding us with “breast cancer...
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Maleficent’s Mastectomy Metaphor?
The lively discussion of the film Maleficent has focused on the turn of the plot after its title character is drugged by the human she loves and stripped of her wings, her ability to fly and, he...
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Breast Cancer Industry Month Is Here!
Pink pink pink pink pink!! You must have noticed the vast influx of pink promotional products lining the aisles of supermarkets, adorning the logos of well-known brands, accessorizing the uniforms of...
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Killing Women Softly: Questioning the American Cancer Society’s New Breast...
I was 44 years old when I went to the lab one lazy summer day for my annual mammogram. As I was leaving, the nurse said, “I see your doctor wants you to get a follow-up breast ultrasound, too.” One...
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Sanctioned Casualties of War
This piece appears in the Winter 2016 issue of Ms. Subscribe today to get a copy and become a member of the Ms. community! When Dr. Hania Morsi Fadl invited members of Sudan’s high society to celebrate...
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