Already Aware: Dealing With Feelings About Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Update: 2025-10-07
Description
Many people feel supported by Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities and pink merchandise. Others feel the month focuses on people who’ve been cured and leaves out people with metastatic disease. Some men with breast cancer feel the overwhelming pinkness of the month silences their experience. And others feel the pink labels on products linked to higher breast cancer risk, such as alcohol and cosmetics with ingredients like triclosan, are hypocritical.
This podcast is the audio from a special Virtual Community Meetup featuring guest moderator Kelly Grosklags.
Listen to the episode to hear:
- what people like and dislike about Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- why some people feel pressure to be the face of breast cancer for the month
- why some people don’t like the words “survivor” or “warrior”
- ways to support people with breast cancer during October
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