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More and more, in business as well as event planning, ‘diversity’ is becoming a buzzword. Whether people are hiring for a company, assembling panels for a convention, or sending out invites to an industry event, they want to be ‘diverse,’ by which they seem to mean that people from a variety of backgrounds, life experiences, […]
Periodically, there’s a new round of people going gaga for the latest ‘body positivity’ campaign by Dove, which made headlines with its ‘real beauty‘ campaign and has prepared a host of other stunts intended to draw attention to the company like its ‘real women‘ marketing. Many people react positively to these campaigns, citing Dove as […]
They say that you can’t truly understand someone’s life until you’ve walked a mile in her shoes. This particular saying is especially popular in social justice-oriented communities where people want to underscore the idea that while you can learn a lot about a given group of people, you can never fully comprehend their experiences as […]
Readers may recall that last year I did a series on the problems with breast cancer campaigning, which I don’t really feel the need to repeat; you can poke through my archives if you’re inclined to do so. But, I couldn’t let this year pass without mentioning the issue, and abby jean pointed me at […]
Last week, I discussed the fact that gendering breast cancer with pink branding has the effect of excluding many people who can potentially develop breast cancer. I also briefly touched upon the question of awareness. Most campaigns for breast cancer dominating the news and airwaves right now have ‘awareness’ in their names or missions. They […]
October is the pinkest month. Every year, I dread October, and every year, it rolls around regardless. October is breast cancer awareness month, which means my world is about to be awash in a sea of pink as people compete to demand my money, my time, my energy. Every year, I rage about the framing […]
For the last few weeks, the radio station has been incessantly running ads for ‘Massage for the Cure,’ an event organised to take place tomorrow. Customers at Massage Envy, a national massage chain, can get a $49 therapeutic massage and $15 of that goes to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation. I actually […]