Nude beige, on the stairs

[cleolinda]

Internets, I am pissed off.

Remember the game last year about what color bra you were wearing at the moment? The purpose was to increase awareness of October Breast Cancer Awareness month. It was a tremendous success and we had men wondering for days what was with the... colors and it made it to the news. This year's game has to do with your

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[hippydippymama]

*claps*

[channonyarrow]

There is not enough facepalm in the world for this. Between this and the purple shirt thing, I am just left going "So, what, we demonstrate awareness of causes only when no one else could possibly know what we're talking about, just in case talking about breast cancer means we're talking about BOOBIES, or in case the local bigots decide to deal with LGBTQ teens with a shotgun?" When is crusading only for those in the know?

And how in the name of fuck is that empowering? I read that line of this message and almost cried, honestly. We're not powerful (as anyone, not just women) if we can't say what we're talking about!

[cleolinda]

Yeah, but then we'd actually have to talk about CANCER, EW.

[channonyarrow]

People dying is just gross. OMG HDU.

[txvoodoo]

I'm reminded of St. Elmo's Fire and Mare Winningham's family, who whispered all the scary words like cancer.

[astronomylover]

My roommate and I were having this exact discussion. Thank you for putting it into words.

[kanimaki]

Word. I automatically think less of people who post that shit. No matter how intelligent they seemed before or how many interests we shared.

[scarletsherlock]

May I link to this entry on Facebook? You've said this far more eloquently than I ever could.

[cleolinda]

Oh, go for it.