A note on Breast Cancer Awareness

[greenie_breizh]

A friend just posted a really good, thoughtful post on her blog about why the "I like it on [insert place]" Facebook phenomenon is problematic. In a nutshell:

But facebook status promotional campaigns such as this not only do little in terms of helping the cause. They actually illustrate, even as they perpetrate, at least three things that are

Comments

[bloodyscary]

Ah c'était donc ça !
Oui, effectivement, ce n'était pas clair...

[greenie_breizh]

Ce n'est pas clair, donc ça ne sert à rien, et en plus ça renforce des stéréotypes problématiques. Bonjour le bilan.

[beyondrubicon]

This. All of this. I've been so annoyed by the whole thing and unable to see how it's helping anyone. Glad I'm not the only one.

[shiraz_wine]

cleolinda also made a post about it, where a great discussion took place in the comments.

If you go to my Facebook profile, you can also see the discussion I had with my friend about how this "game" doesn't serve to increase awareness. I asked people to post articles instead, if they really wanted to raise awareness. (A few people Liked my post and certain comments I made, but no one posted an article to raise awareness.)

Last year, I just ignored it. This year, I had the fresh memory of my great-aunt going through treatment, so I couldn't. If you're going to be a slacktivist (courtesy of a commenter on cleolinda's post), at least do something that's actually effective in disseminating information.