I used to market stem cell research.. There already is a cure for cancer, but not way to make it profitable. They made a massive mistake with Polio.. They cured it outright. No money in that.. You need something like AIDS. Now there's a money maker. They can live healthy normal lives as long as they have 'the crack'. That's how you make money.. Wake up people.. This is widely known in the sciences. Cheers.
All this money should be invested in education about diet/exercise and alternative non-invasive imaging/diagnosis... Fundamental research, totally inefficient. Chemo/radio, just flooding the patient's body with toxic compounds/radiations, such a primitive approach, hoping that it will kill cancer cells before healthy ones. No progress since 1942... All the bullshit about signalling pathways is useless, since no one understand interactions in a cell when more than a few proteins are involved...
Come on canadians, make them accountable for every single dollar spent, do not let yourself being caught in their emotional trap! Do not be fooled they are as good as politician when it comes to make ads on TV, talking well, looking humble, and playing on the emotional side of the disease. DO NOT TRUST THEM!
DO NOT GIVE MONEY TO CANADIAN CANCER FOUNDATIONS! Money is not traceable, and allocation of funding is not done according to the talent of the researchers but rather on how well they are connected to the key people. Not to mention that doctors have specific instructions for the treatment of cancer patients belonging to family heavily involved in significant donations... Disgusting.
spent for close to zero results. People should request how every single dollar is spent. Researcher are not trustful, for the vast majority of them. The mentalities have changed, they are money-driven and lost focus of what their final goal is.
breast cancer research is a mafia like any other. People should stop thinking that cancer biologists are heroes. I have been among them, they do not give a shit about cancer patient, or cancer per se. All they care about is their ego. When they get funding their first reaction is not to think about patients and their disease but to think that they are the best and will show off during meetings. Research has to be the worst industry ever in terms of money management, billions of $
The cancer industry not only uses carcinogenic products to promote "finding a cure" but also promote cancer causing tests like mammograms while suppressing the truth about the dangerous, barbaric "treatments" of the medical establishment and the real, effective, non-invasive cures that actually do exist. The whole thing is a scam and it's killing women and destroying their femininity and self worth. I hope the film speaks on these things also.
They are a terrible organization. I can't even begin to tell you the terrible things I've had to deal with while being on the board of a local breast cancer charity.
If anyone that donates anything to them, can instead donate to our charity where 100% of the funds actually go towards research and helping families, everyone would be better off.
@Cephalocereus7 - Yes, but at least it goes to something more than worthy than throwing black tie parties. Since only 50% of our money goes to research and the other 50% goes to supporting families and their needs (ie: housekeeping, food, transportation, etc) during all stages of cancer. Seeing a "cancer charity" like Komen consistently use the money for inflated salaries, parties, etc all while not caring about anything else is annoying at the least and straight criminal at the worst.
@MrDiencephalon Yes, but even in their own ego enhancement, they have a chance to "cure cancer". While those "black tie parties" have only a chance to get a few people drunk and inflate a few people's egos doing nothing for anyone other than those at the party. I'm sure a breast cancer patient would much rather have a big headed researcher looking for a cure to become rich or satisfy their ego than to have a party all in the name of "breast cancer awareness".
@mstevensdesign If researchers are looking for cure, they all should get together (from all the scientific discipline) to aim for cure, instead of competing for their ego, and trying to crush their enemy's scientific achievements. I wonder why people are so blindly believe that scientists' goal is to cure cancer....
@MrDiencephalon I understand where you are coming from and I'm not completely letting researchers go, but lets start with the much larger problem of inflated salaries for people that do nothing and go into doing nothing more than pushing a name to raise more money for someone's undeserved salary.
@mstevensdesign Researchers have their black tie parties... Very often.That is the hardest thing to overcome, this picture of humble, dedicated, wise scientists. If money is given to researchers, it should be closely monitored. They accustomed themselves to receive millions and spend them unwisely. My old lab used to buy a specific chemical ten times within a few weeks, just because some people do not want to share. Total cost $12,000, instead of $1,200. A tight control would help to avoid this.
@Cephalocereus7 Oh of course there is some irresponsible spending everywhere you look. But like I have pointed out, a CEO has no shot at creating a cure for anything while a scientist does. I would much rather have those scientists spending $12,000 on some chemicals than some CEO making $1,000,000 for working 20 days a year.
@mstevensdesign The goal of the majority of top cancer researchers is to meet their ego by discovering something new to be famous, NOT to cure cancer. Their scientific achievement (how they can compete with other scientists) gives them satisfaction. I've been seeing them totally ignorant about patients. They use "cure cancer" words when it comes to earn money which annoys me most about researchers. So, it is a wrong concept to think that researchers are different from black tie party people
We had a pink ribbon charity day at my old work. We had to come in wearing our pajamas. I found it amazing how many people went out the weekend before and spent £50 on new pajamas for that day and then only donated £1 to the charity.
@drake6k I see that someone has beaten me to the punch on that one. But let me ask this: if this film is bad (I know you didn't explicitly say this but the sarcasm in your comment suggests that) for the cause, then what would be the best way to get this information out to people in an accessible manner? I'm all ears.
@drake6k It sounds just like the people who complain about the Occupy Wall Streeters using the technology made by corporations; because, you know, handing out pamphlets on the street is much more effective than taking advantage of social media.
This is the same cycle that aids and famine experiences in Africa - If you actually cured aids, or got rid of famine, a lot of funding toward African governments would dry up.
this trailer is overly sensational. it recognizes two important issues with the breast cancer community: the feminization of breast cancer patients and the exploitation of "pink ribbons" for profit, but these points are pretty common knowledge in the breast cancer communities. they made the trailer so overly sensational that it's like they're trying to exploit breast cancer in the other direction, which is just as unprogressive as the issues they're supposedly exposing.
@saf366 "[T]hese points are pretty common knowledge in the breast cancer communities." So then why do hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people give money to this every year? I've never heard a complaint against the propagation of truth.
Why can people always find something to bitch about? If this were not a cause picked up by the Fortune 100, your funding would be shit and this would just be another terrible thing that needs to be corrected. So yeah, they advertise their product while picking up the bill for the cancer walk etc. The bottom line is, there has been hundreds of millions donated as a direct result of this being the disease du jour, so why not just count your blessings?
@dlscowboys Fighting back against waste is a pretty good use of time. It's not "bitching". It's "making change".
I suspect the film is going to show us that of the "hundreds of millions" donated, a tiny percentage went to actually working on breast cancer issues. So the funding would be shit, with or without corporate involvement. That's not a blessing. It's a curse, because people would think funding is high.
This movie has a great message, I hope this movie get's out there enough for people to understand, for one I know I will be spreading the news of this movie to others around me.
@druthers25 The National Film Board of Canada is a public film producer and distributor and an agency of the Government of Canada. It is not setup like a traditional for-profit movie studio.
In fact I highly doubt this movie would have been funded through any other corporate channels because of it's controversial content. So the answer is no, it is not looking to profit off breast cancer.
One thing I wish they'd promote is breastfeeding...it's supposed to reduce your risk by "some percentage" for every month you do it. But, even at hospitals they do stuff that makes it almost impossible for us to nurse our babies (like taking our babies from us for long periods while we're in the hospital). And, our stupid culture is all about our breasts being "decorations" and when we use them to feed babies people get 'offended'...it's like the whole world's against us being healthy!
@VirgilDara People are offended by a mother nursing a child? Kinda reminds me of people being offended by two people in love...if those two people were both men...
@VirgilDara Not the world but many people in the world,the doctors play a major part and it's better to have babies at home...Some 4yr old was breast fed for 2 yrs and she know's 4 languages,sign languages etc...Check out my channel
@VirgilDara ....What a very good comment! I, too, am upset at our culture because of the sneaky ways that death itself is actually being promoted by many (apparently) undiscerning, ignorant people. Those of us who are like-minded women, should let our voices combine and endeavor to be heard over this sad affair. Hopefully, many others will join with us! Our website ~ daughtersofwailing
@angrynutrients I have nursed babies in Guatemala and also in the US and most people are weirded out when you nurse in front of them in the US. I've heard of "nurse-ins" in certain restaurants (Like Chik-fil...I just realized I can't spell that.) and they just had one at Target because of something where a nursing mom was offended or asked to go to the bathroom or something...And, whenever there are posts on fb about it people are like "eew"...that's what I was thinking of...
Its well documented pesticides/chemicals/toxins store in fat cells-Yet the connection between cancer & these known carcinogens-put on lawns, plants, in products/soil/water, causing cancer is ignored-It's so obvious-Chemicals r unnatural/toxic, why would they not create an unnatural/toxic response in plants & animals-It's BS that carcinogenic products promote the pink ribbon & needlessly torture/test on animals-I deliberately don't support pink ribbon via $--click to donate-due to hyprocracy/BS.
I'm very against crass commercialization and charities being used for religious/political fights, but I have to be honest. This trailer doesn't really do anything to advance or explain the movie other than bemoaning that pink ribbons appear on everything. Is that all the complaints are about? That 1% of everything pink you buy goes to breast cancer now?
@drayerdd and @jabberwockyBC Thank you for doing what seems to be impossible anymore: having a civilized and respectful conversation about a difference of opinion. This is unheard of on these comment pages, and I shouldn't have to be shocked to see it. Well done.
I would LOVE to see this! And referring to the lady that said (paraphrasing) - "Using our disease for profit" - honey, you don't know the half of it! People LOVE to profit from the sickness of others - that's the NEW American way!
I have a rare, genetic cancer. It took my brother and it's trying to take me, too. I sure would like it if there was widespread awareness and fundraisers of my type of cancer (and all the other underfunded cancers out there). A cure for me is NOT on the horizon. No one is trying to increase their bottom line by jumping on the rare cancer bandwagon. While I am certainly anti-breast cancer, I wish everyone would remember: that isn't the only cancer deserving research and awareness raising.
Planned Parenthood is the #1 abortion provider in the U.S. and is birthed in murdering innocents, racism, abuse and eugenics. SGK & PP ties are complete hypocrisy and a conflict of interest. It's been scientifically proven since 1957, that ABORTION CAUSES breast cancer, & SGK was lying to women about that proven link. Watch: "Susan Komen's Dark Side".
Also, see abortionbreastcancer dot c o m, & go to the ABC Research page for a list of about 67 epidemiological studies.
I am not for the American Taliban who think they can keep women from getting breast cancer examinations, who think nobody should ever get an abortion. My mother got one due to a pregnancy that would have ended her life. I'm alive because she ended a pregnancy. She would have died otherwise.
You people that think in black and white are going to destroy Komen. I didn't know they were rightwingers. Now I do. Last marathon I ever run.
Breast cancer survivor that's not a raving right winger. Screw SGK, my money, my marathons will go to PP. I RUN. I'm pissed at SGK to realize that she makes $500k a year. She's an elite pile of crap. I'm a normal person that runs. Nancy Brinker made a mockery of what she claims she stands for = women's health.
OMG I AM SO FREAKING EXCITING TO SEE THIS <33333 Very sad that it has to exist though... I hope it will be on Netflix eventually because I will miss it by being in Spain until May???
Mammograms actually contribute to more cancers than they detect.The NCI released evidence that, among women under 35, mammography causes about 75 cases of breast cancer for every 15 it identifies. Another Canadian study found a 52% increase in breast cancer MORTALITY in young women given annual mammograms. The Komen Foundation owns stock in General Electric and its mammogragraphy machines. It also owns stock in several pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca (now Azko Nobel).
Greed greed greed..............they really don't want a cure for cancer, they just want to make more money for the pharmaceutical companies and line their own pockets. Greedy people take everything good and make it ugly!
@punkboy2004 Everyone has cancer cells. The key is to not trigger them. If you can genetically design a person to not have cancer cells, then you will have cured cancer.
Wait, its not surprising that cancer fundraising organizations are corrupt. What are they looking for a cure? Nope that was discovered in 1975 (antineoplasticity of canabinoids) not to mention curing people is not profitable the entire medipharma complex is designed to keep citizens just sick enough to still work and money for a long time but need to buy expensive medicine in order to do so... They are not interested in a true cure
I always thought/had a feeling that the pinkwashing was shady... now there's actual words and visuals to the feeling so I don't have to feel like a douchebag that doesn't empathize with people who have breast cancer all the time...
SGK fucked over their cause, and the people who worked for the cause are angry. I know I am, and excuse me for the language, but I will NEVER run for them again. Nancy Bricker is a wealthy, right wing leech that thinks she's entitled to donations from little people, while she rakes it in. Karen Handel is an idiot that got hired because she was also a right winger, and destroyed the organization.
These women are completely ignorant if they think American women are stupid.
@AerowsX Nancy Brinker served on the advisory council of Planned Parenthood in 2002, and was the reason why in 2003, that 21 affiliated grants from Komen gave PP $475,000. PP is the #1 abortion provider in the U.S. and is birthed in murdering innocents, racism, and abuse, so Nancy Brinker is anything but "right wing". It's been scientifically proven since 1957, that abortion CAUSES breast cancer, & SGK was lying to women about that proven link. Watch "Susan Komen's Dark Side".
I get that the Komen foundation is not well liked because of some of the shady shit that they do, but I think these women upset with the "pink ribbon" are directing their anger at the wrong place. If a foundation does such a good job with marketing that they raise more money than another organization that focuses on how terrible cancer is, why is that bad? Because the directors profit from it? Doctors profit from disease as well, but no one is out with pitchforks because they make $300k/yr.
@RSMinternet Doctors shouldn't ever "profit from disease", and maybe that is the difference of why this film has come out in Canada and not in the U.S.
@RSMinternet The CEO of Komen makes half a million dollars a year, much more than the President of the United States for a job much less challenging, and more than the $300k/yr doctors who are doing the actual work. Nancy Brinker exploited this health issue for her personal gains and political connections. The donors have a right to know where their money is really going.
I saw this film last night in Toronto. Absolutely phenomenal. Every woman (and man) needs to see this. But in the mean time, everyone STOP BUYING PINK CRAP.
@Frankie0912 First Run Features is distributing the film in the US! It's currently doing festival runs, but check here for updates! firstrunfeatures[.]com/pinkribbons_playdates[.]html
@mrhempoilsoldier, I read JAMA every week. I don't remember seeing anything like you are describing. Please post a PubMed ID number or at the very least the title of the article you are referencing.
Whatever else SGK is being accused of these days, the little pink ribbon has brought an awareness to breast cancer that was NOT there before. They have made a difference. This trailer is fat with emotional rhetoric and lean on facts. So pick your propaganda folks but keep in mind that women recovering from chemotherapy don't have to be embarrassed by the effects of chemo anymore like they used to do. Just out of idle curiosity, isn't somebody making money off of this film?
@1happyflower The key word in your little speech about "emotinal rhetorics" and lack of facts is "trailer". For the fat facts you'll have to watch the movie :P
Pink for the Cure? Puke for the treatment. Pink wash for the profiteers!
A reputable cancer center came out with the report that 75% of all cancers are environmentally caused. I've lost two parents to cancer. Those oncology wards are like 4-star hotels.
What if we had single payer insurance that could stand up to the Big Pharma Drug Cartel?
The woman speaking at :19 was a participant in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, which is part of the Avon Foundation and not affiliated with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. However, I do find it odd that Avon would support this kind of effort, speculating that many of their cosmetics probably have cancer-causing ingredients.
@mrhempoilsoldier What drug? I can access JAMA articles...I've never heard of anything that claims to "cure" cancer. Could you give me some more info?
@droopusmaximus go watch RUN FROM THE CURE first please I dont have anything to sell you ok ? i dont want your subscription I dont need friends on here I gave this info to you so you can do your research contact JAMA directly the article is 2 months old
I am busy as hell doing this. the us govt allowed this patent to go through
patent 6630507. google it on google patents.
they said yes to the medicine. it is for breast cancer research
Wow I never realized Evelyn Lauder (who sadly died of cancer) took the ribbon idea from someone ELSe!?! And Lauder uses known cancer causing agents in their products. So sad... Wow. Just wow. Susan B Komen your days are N U M B E R E D.
I signed up and donated some money for one of the runs this past year and was absolutely horrified to see a team called the Cameco Yellow "Cup" Cakes were going to be participating. How is that in any way appropriate? Hmmm let's promote our wonderful cancer causing product at a fundraiser supposedly directed at eliminating cancer. Horrified and disgusted that they would let that go - never another cent of mine to that organization.
The sad truth is no disease (cancer, AIDS, etc) will ever be "cured" because nobody will make as much money on a permanent cure as they will on a temporary treatment. If people stopped having disease-X then the money from it would run out. Money, not peoples lives are the bottom line. To them, a disease is a brand.
@drayerdd Okay maybe me saying that no disease...but certain ones make pharmaceutical companies bucket loads of money. Measles is still around, so is small pox, whooping cough, and malaria. They have cures, but they aren't permanent.
Read what I said again. A permanent solution. Not a temporary one. A temporary cure you can sell over and over and over again.
@jabberwockyBC Ok well I will acknowledge that there are problems with the medical world certainly and you are right that all of those diseases are around BUT polio small pox and those mentioned do not exist in the developed world anymore. Or if they do are insanely few and far between. I do recognize your point may have some validity to it. That being said I lost my mother to breast cancer 5 years ago, politics are involved but I dont think komen is evil.
@jabberwockyBC Totally agree, sorry I was coming from personal living situation but you are more than correct. Vaccines and medication are tricky though, they cost millions and sometimes billions to research. I'm not claiming that pharm is doing the right thing but you have to recognize without profit motive nothing would be driving research. I just think people are too quick to label these companies as evil. I respect your opinion however and I appreciate your kind words.
Enlightening. Koman has permanent egg on their face now - they put it there - and they will never be trusted again. This is Karma. We will always support PP now and will NEVER buy anything pink again. Nothing for Komen - they have exposed themselves as heartless, politically motivated frauds.
I have critiqued the motives and corporate affiliations of this campaign for YEARS and have been dismissed as overly critical, even by a professed feminist professor in my own department. Good to see someone finally exposed this.
@msvegan23 I can empathize with you in everything you have said. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago, fought bravely and is now living a healthy cancer-free life. After participating in one of those ridiculous runs "for the cure", we felt empty and used - no one believed us either, I am so happy they are being exposed for what they are.
Well, I would think the sexiness of the prostate vs. breasts would be open to some individual interpretation (I'm inclined to agree, but not everyone is). However, y'all have raised a damned good point. I think to an extent you're probably right - Wall Street has decided breasts are an excellent pitch point, so that's what they've hyped. Maybe we should be promoting another ribbon?
What about prostate cancer? Women get much more funding than men, men die many years earlier, there are several offices on women's health (none on men).
@AlekNovy You're absolutely right. But you know, the prostate isn't as sexy as breasts, so men's diseases often don't get as much attention or funding.
@AlekNovy yeaj this is like the "red ribbon" too. cmon more people die of stroke, heart disease and cancer than aids. but aids research out ranks these in terms of govt funding. but if u r against the red ribbions then you must be homophobic.. wtf...
I resented the fact that they planned removing funding from this great women's resource they will forever be scarred in my eyes. No amount of PR will reclaim my respect or belief that they have the best interest in the Women they serve. Like most western medicine they have become a part of the profit machine. Picture Julia Roberts in the scene from Pretty Women when she comes back with the credit card. "Big mistake Susan B Komen. Big Big Mistake." The backlash will go on forever.
Does anyone know how to post this directly to Susan G. Koman for the Cure's Facebook page? I would LOVE to share this with the people who are only focused on the Planned Parenthood aspect.
@Tinkervamp there is a "Share" button just below the video, which provides a link to this YouTube video. From there you can share directly on your Facebook link or cut and paste the link onto the wall another Facebook page. Not quite sure how the "embed" function works so the video so that it will play directly on the page itself, but looks to be another cut and paste thing. Best of luck!!
Will this documentary be shown in the states? Or also like someone else pointed out available on DVD? Netflix? I hope it gets distribution in the states. Women need to see this.
@MarieChan008 pink ribbons- hold your breath- it'll work faster. the AMA has NO interest in a cure or prevention. there are 2 clinics within a 100 yards of each other near where i work- their waiting room is filled to capacity (20-30) with patients 6 days a week receiving treatment that costs $18000 to $25000 each about 1/12 hours. You do the math.My sister is on her 3rd round of chemo- about $300, 000 for some shots and they are in and out of the office that day-you do the math
People need to start taking their own health into their own hands. Start looking at what is in products. Especially womens products. Lots of toxic poisons. There are easy things you can do to fight cancer, aned cancer cells. Put tumeric in your diet, as well as lemongrass. Google how frankincense essential oil has been used to fight cancer. Also.... DMSO & hydrogen peroxide. Start taking responsiblity for you own health. Between the toxic products, food, water, air, medications... just sayin'
The Susan G. Komen foundation always seemed United Way-ish to me: a PR machine that mostly fed itself. The group's main value was really in their awareness message. Which isn't horrible, but it doesn't cure anything, either. But now they have destroyed their own message. They have said that breast cancer prevention is only for the privileged, not the poor, and only for extreme right wingers. What idiots. Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a worthier organization.
the fact that most money that goes to charities is misused is not a new one. The easiest to see this is in aid to africa. If you want money to get to the people you want it to go to these days you literally have to slap it in that person's hand.
This pink-washing really pisses me off. I watched my beloved aunt of only 51 years die a horrible death from breast cancer this past August. It was not cute or sexy or funny or tongue-in-cheek, it was fucking awful. Women's suffering is NOT to be profited from.
I am glad of the recent events regarding Susan G Komen's cowardly decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. It's pointed a spotlight on their organization as a corrupt, political, anti-women one and I hope they go under.
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jgaves 5 hours ago
I used to market stem cell research.. There already is a cure for cancer, but not way to make it profitable. They made a massive mistake with Polio.. They cured it outright. No money in that.. You need something like AIDS. Now there's a money maker. They can live healthy normal lives as long as they have 'the crack'. That's how you make money.. Wake up people.. This is widely known in the sciences. Cheers.
guylepage3 3 days ago
CULT.
DackIsBack 1 week ago
population control is what cancer is. nobody asked you how you would like to die and at what age. we cannot live forever.
hapsad1able 1 week ago
I breastfed all three of my children for more than a year each. I still got breast cancer.
charis77d 1 week ago
All this money should be invested in education about diet/exercise and alternative non-invasive imaging/diagnosis... Fundamental research, totally inefficient. Chemo/radio, just flooding the patient's body with toxic compounds/radiations, such a primitive approach, hoping that it will kill cancer cells before healthy ones. No progress since 1942... All the bullshit about signalling pathways is useless, since no one understand interactions in a cell when more than a few proteins are involved...
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago
Come on canadians, make them accountable for every single dollar spent, do not let yourself being caught in their emotional trap! Do not be fooled they are as good as politician when it comes to make ads on TV, talking well, looking humble, and playing on the emotional side of the disease. DO NOT TRUST THEM!
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago 2
DO NOT GIVE MONEY TO CANADIAN CANCER FOUNDATIONS! Money is not traceable, and allocation of funding is not done according to the talent of the researchers but rather on how well they are connected to the key people. Not to mention that doctors have specific instructions for the treatment of cancer patients belonging to family heavily involved in significant donations... Disgusting.
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago 2
spent for close to zero results. People should request how every single dollar is spent. Researcher are not trustful, for the vast majority of them. The mentalities have changed, they are money-driven and lost focus of what their final goal is.
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago 2
breast cancer research is a mafia like any other. People should stop thinking that cancer biologists are heroes. I have been among them, they do not give a shit about cancer patient, or cancer per se. All they care about is their ego. When they get funding their first reaction is not to think about patients and their disease but to think that they are the best and will show off during meetings. Research has to be the worst industry ever in terms of money management, billions of $
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago 2
Pink Ribbons = Propaganda- Just a way for companies to profit on cancer.
63arizona1 2 weeks ago
The cancer industry not only uses carcinogenic products to promote "finding a cure" but also promote cancer causing tests like mammograms while suppressing the truth about the dangerous, barbaric "treatments" of the medical establishment and the real, effective, non-invasive cures that actually do exist. The whole thing is a scam and it's killing women and destroying their femininity and self worth. I hope the film speaks on these things also.
majesticmalfeasance 2 weeks ago
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daughtersofwailing 2 weeks ago
If you like this film I would suggest "Crazy Sexy Cancer" and "Forks Over Knives".
Both important films on getting HEALTHY!
I can't post the link to their trailers but find them on You Tube.
julieoneillphoto 2 weeks ago
WHO DOES NOT WANT TO WEAR ZE RLLIBBON?!
wifightit 2 weeks ago
@wifightit Who!? Who!? Who doesn't want to wear ze ribbon??
yetaca 2 weeks ago
BE AWARE OF THE LIES THAT'S BEING FED BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE FEEDING US CAN LEAD US 2 DEATH...SELF-AWARENESS IS THE KEY :)
Dretunechi1 2 weeks ago
watch?v=HJij6chR7qU
oelhayek 2 weeks ago
I've always wondered why breast cancer gets so much attention when heart disease kills far more people than breast cancer
minidini10 2 weeks ago
They are a terrible organization. I can't even begin to tell you the terrible things I've had to deal with while being on the board of a local breast cancer charity.
If anyone that donates anything to them, can instead donate to our charity where 100% of the funds actually go towards research and helping families, everyone would be better off.
aceofheartsride[dot]org
mstevensdesign 2 weeks ago
@mstevensdesign
I am afraid that most researchers are not much better than those intermediates (I have been a scientist myself, breast cancer research).
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago
@Cephalocereus7 - Yes, but at least it goes to something more than worthy than throwing black tie parties. Since only 50% of our money goes to research and the other 50% goes to supporting families and their needs (ie: housekeeping, food, transportation, etc) during all stages of cancer. Seeing a "cancer charity" like Komen consistently use the money for inflated salaries, parties, etc all while not caring about anything else is annoying at the least and straight criminal at the worst.
mstevensdesign 1 week ago
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MrDiencephalon 1 week ago
@MrDiencephalon Yes, but even in their own ego enhancement, they have a chance to "cure cancer". While those "black tie parties" have only a chance to get a few people drunk and inflate a few people's egos doing nothing for anyone other than those at the party. I'm sure a breast cancer patient would much rather have a big headed researcher looking for a cure to become rich or satisfy their ego than to have a party all in the name of "breast cancer awareness".
mstevensdesign 1 week ago
@MrDiencephalon While neither are as good as we would like them to be, the researchers are at least doing something that could be a positive.
mstevensdesign 1 week ago
@mstevensdesign If researchers are looking for cure, they all should get together (from all the scientific discipline) to aim for cure, instead of competing for their ego, and trying to crush their enemy's scientific achievements. I wonder why people are so blindly believe that scientists' goal is to cure cancer....
MrDiencephalon 1 week ago
@MrDiencephalon I understand where you are coming from and I'm not completely letting researchers go, but lets start with the much larger problem of inflated salaries for people that do nothing and go into doing nothing more than pushing a name to raise more money for someone's undeserved salary.
mstevensdesign 1 week ago
@mstevensdesign Researchers have their black tie parties... Very often.That is the hardest thing to overcome, this picture of humble, dedicated, wise scientists. If money is given to researchers, it should be closely monitored. They accustomed themselves to receive millions and spend them unwisely. My old lab used to buy a specific chemical ten times within a few weeks, just because some people do not want to share. Total cost $12,000, instead of $1,200. A tight control would help to avoid this.
Cephalocereus7 1 week ago
@Cephalocereus7 Oh of course there is some irresponsible spending everywhere you look. But like I have pointed out, a CEO has no shot at creating a cure for anything while a scientist does. I would much rather have those scientists spending $12,000 on some chemicals than some CEO making $1,000,000 for working 20 days a year.
mstevensdesign 1 week ago
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@mstevensdesign The goal of the majority of top cancer researchers is to meet their ego by discovering something new to be famous, NOT to cure cancer. Their scientific achievement (how they can compete with other scientists) gives them satisfaction. I've been seeing them totally ignorant about patients. They use "cure cancer" words when it comes to earn money which annoys me most about researchers. So, it is a wrong concept to think that researchers are different from black tie party people
MrDiencephalon 1 week ago
Is it one of those charities where 90% of donations go to "overhead", i.e. inflated employee salaries??
whycuds 2 weeks ago
@whycuds the ceo makes 417000 dollars a year
thats some charity isnt it
oelhayek 2 weeks ago
We had a pink ribbon charity day at my old work. We had to come in wearing our pajamas. I found it amazing how many people went out the weekend before and spent £50 on new pajamas for that day and then only donated £1 to the charity.
Kombaiyashii 2 weeks ago 6
When will people realize that everything is fueled by capitalism just like this? We are fed lies to line other peoples pockets daily.
SinclairZX82 2 weeks ago
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KriketPuppetShows 2 weeks ago
This movie is really going to make a lot of money off of breast cancer.
drake6k 2 weeks ago 5
@drake6k Oh yes, it's going to be a blockbuster like every National Film Board of Canada documentary.
logotrix 2 weeks ago 2
@drake6k It's a documentary, so no it won't.
JordeeVee 1 week ago
@drake6k I see that someone has beaten me to the punch on that one. But let me ask this: if this film is bad (I know you didn't explicitly say this but the sarcasm in your comment suggests that) for the cause, then what would be the best way to get this information out to people in an accessible manner? I'm all ears.
JordeeVee 1 week ago
@drake6k It sounds just like the people who complain about the Occupy Wall Streeters using the technology made by corporations; because, you know, handing out pamphlets on the street is much more effective than taking advantage of social media.
JordeeVee 1 week ago
I like when things I never really thought about, but just assumed were Ok turned out to be wrong and bad and persecutable.
fashobro88 2 weeks ago
This is the same cycle that aids and famine experiences in Africa - If you actually cured aids, or got rid of famine, a lot of funding toward African governments would dry up.
SPositron 2 weeks ago
no tits?
ureatowel15 2 weeks ago
About fucking time.
phen81 2 weeks ago
I think it's really funny that PR people are here from the pink ribbon people bothering with youtube PR spin against the truth.
ThingNation 2 weeks ago
this trailer is overly sensational. it recognizes two important issues with the breast cancer community: the feminization of breast cancer patients and the exploitation of "pink ribbons" for profit, but these points are pretty common knowledge in the breast cancer communities. they made the trailer so overly sensational that it's like they're trying to exploit breast cancer in the other direction, which is just as unprogressive as the issues they're supposedly exposing.
saf366 2 weeks ago
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@saf366 "[T]hese points are pretty common knowledge in the breast cancer communities." So then why do hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people give money to this every year? I've never heard a complaint against the propagation of truth.
JordeeVee 1 week ago
All profits from this movie goes to Breast Cancer society.
Oh wait.
Sepharite 2 weeks ago
Why can people always find something to bitch about? If this were not a cause picked up by the Fortune 100, your funding would be shit and this would just be another terrible thing that needs to be corrected. So yeah, they advertise their product while picking up the bill for the cancer walk etc. The bottom line is, there has been hundreds of millions donated as a direct result of this being the disease du jour, so why not just count your blessings?
dlscowboys 2 weeks ago
@dlscowboys Fighting back against waste is a pretty good use of time. It's not "bitching". It's "making change".
I suspect the film is going to show us that of the "hundreds of millions" donated, a tiny percentage went to actually working on breast cancer issues. So the funding would be shit, with or without corporate involvement. That's not a blessing. It's a curse, because people would think funding is high.
Perhaps someone can clarify if that's correct.
rg0057 2 weeks ago
i always told my friends i don't trust all that pink, n they always called me silly
rickyx1 2 weeks ago
there are scumbags everywhere
danpoindexter 2 weeks ago
y u no available in America sooner?
fauxman 2 weeks ago
This movie has a great message, I hope this movie get's out there enough for people to understand, for one I know I will be spreading the news of this movie to others around me.
Good luck!
BrandonTechTalk 2 weeks ago
looks like this movie is profitting off breast cancer
druthers25 2 weeks ago
@druthers25 The National Film Board of Canada is a public film producer and distributor and an agency of the Government of Canada. It is not setup like a traditional for-profit movie studio.
In fact I highly doubt this movie would have been funded through any other corporate channels because of it's controversial content. So the answer is no, it is not looking to profit off breast cancer.
aplen22 2 weeks ago 4
I always had my doubts.
osbely 2 weeks ago
One thing I wish they'd promote is breastfeeding...it's supposed to reduce your risk by "some percentage" for every month you do it. But, even at hospitals they do stuff that makes it almost impossible for us to nurse our babies (like taking our babies from us for long periods while we're in the hospital). And, our stupid culture is all about our breasts being "decorations" and when we use them to feed babies people get 'offended'...it's like the whole world's against us being healthy!
VirgilDara 2 weeks ago 51
@VirgilDara People are offended by a mother nursing a child? Kinda reminds me of people being offended by two people in love...if those two people were both men...
xxxlilxjayxxx 2 weeks ago
@VirgilDara you probably don't realise just how right you are.
look into the new world order
MrMartGonzo 2 weeks ago
@VirgilDara Not the world but many people in the world,the doctors play a major part and it's better to have babies at home...Some 4yr old was breast fed for 2 yrs and she know's 4 languages,sign languages etc...Check out my channel
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daughtersofwailing 2 weeks ago
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@VirgilDara ....What a very good comment! I, too, am upset at our culture because of the sneaky ways that death itself is actually being promoted by many (apparently) undiscerning, ignorant people. Those of us who are like-minded women, should let our voices combine and endeavor to be heard over this sad affair. Hopefully, many others will join with us! Our website ~ daughtersofwailing
daughtersofwailing 2 weeks ago
@VirgilDara I don't know any places that dislike public breastfeeding.
angrynutrients 1 week ago
@angrynutrients I have nursed babies in Guatemala and also in the US and most people are weirded out when you nurse in front of them in the US. I've heard of "nurse-ins" in certain restaurants (Like Chik-fil...I just realized I can't spell that.) and they just had one at Target because of something where a nursing mom was offended or asked to go to the bathroom or something...And, whenever there are posts on fb about it people are like "eew"...that's what I was thinking of...
VirgilDara 1 week ago
Its well documented pesticides/chemicals/toxins store in fat cells-Yet the connection between cancer & these known carcinogens-put on lawns, plants, in products/soil/water, causing cancer is ignored-It's so obvious-Chemicals r unnatural/toxic, why would they not create an unnatural/toxic response in plants & animals-It's BS that carcinogenic products promote the pink ribbon & needlessly torture/test on animals-I deliberately don't support pink ribbon via $--click to donate-due to hyprocracy/BS.
shellaroe 2 weeks ago
I'm very against crass commercialization and charities being used for religious/political fights, but I have to be honest. This trailer doesn't really do anything to advance or explain the movie other than bemoaning that pink ribbons appear on everything. Is that all the complaints are about? That 1% of everything pink you buy goes to breast cancer now?
MarkG45 2 weeks ago
@drayerdd and @jabberwockyBC Thank you for doing what seems to be impossible anymore: having a civilized and respectful conversation about a difference of opinion. This is unheard of on these comment pages, and I shouldn't have to be shocked to see it. Well done.
pamwoodall1 2 weeks ago
I would LOVE to see this! And referring to the lady that said (paraphrasing) - "Using our disease for profit" - honey, you don't know the half of it! People LOVE to profit from the sickness of others - that's the NEW American way!
JoyceJeffersonTV 2 weeks ago 2
haha perfect timing?
sanriver12 2 weeks ago
I have a rare, genetic cancer. It took my brother and it's trying to take me, too. I sure would like it if there was widespread awareness and fundraisers of my type of cancer (and all the other underfunded cancers out there). A cure for me is NOT on the horizon. No one is trying to increase their bottom line by jumping on the rare cancer bandwagon. While I am certainly anti-breast cancer, I wish everyone would remember: that isn't the only cancer deserving research and awareness raising.
karenkayrowe 2 weeks ago 4
@karenkayrowe - I agree. I wish you well and the best of luck in finding a cure! Are you seeking regular doctors or holistic doctors?
JoyceJeffersonTV 2 weeks ago
Release it on DVD now now now!! oh the gullible public..i can't take it!
ssmith87 2 weeks ago 2
There IS A CURE! Its called Vitamin B-17 and ALKALIZING YOUR BODY!! Stop being scammed by the drug companies!!
thebirdbath 2 weeks ago
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Planned Parenthood is the #1 abortion provider in the U.S. and is birthed in murdering innocents, racism, abuse and eugenics. SGK & PP ties are complete hypocrisy and a conflict of interest. It's been scientifically proven since 1957, that ABORTION CAUSES breast cancer, & SGK was lying to women about that proven link. Watch: "Susan Komen's Dark Side".
Also, see abortionbreastcancer dot c o m, & go to the ABC Research page for a list of about 67 epidemiological studies.
shiphrahhopeful 2 weeks ago
Ectopic pregnancy. Look it up.
AerowsX 2 weeks ago
I am not for the American Taliban who think they can keep women from getting breast cancer examinations, who think nobody should ever get an abortion. My mother got one due to a pregnancy that would have ended her life. I'm alive because she ended a pregnancy. She would have died otherwise.
You people that think in black and white are going to destroy Komen. I didn't know they were rightwingers. Now I do. Last marathon I ever run.
AerowsX 2 weeks ago 4
Breast cancer survivor that's not a raving right winger. Screw SGK, my money, my marathons will go to PP. I RUN. I'm pissed at SGK to realize that she makes $500k a year. She's an elite pile of crap. I'm a normal person that runs. Nancy Brinker made a mockery of what she claims she stands for = women's health.
AerowsX 2 weeks ago 2
OMG I AM SO FREAKING EXCITING TO SEE THIS <33333 Very sad that it has to exist though... I hope it will be on Netflix eventually because I will miss it by being in Spain until May???
littlenanita 2 weeks ago
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Mammograms actually contribute to more cancers than they detect.The NCI released evidence that, among women under 35, mammography causes about 75 cases of breast cancer for every 15 it identifies. Another Canadian study found a 52% increase in breast cancer MORTALITY in young women given annual mammograms. The Komen Foundation owns stock in General Electric and its mammogragraphy machines. It also owns stock in several pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca (now Azko Nobel).
shiphrahhopeful 2 weeks ago
Greed greed greed..............they really don't want a cure for cancer, they just want to make more money for the pharmaceutical companies and line their own pockets. Greedy people take everything good and make it ugly!
imaginemeable 2 weeks ago
There is no cure for cancer. There is only prevention.
vottoduder 2 weeks ago
@vottoduder why not?
punkboy2004 2 weeks ago
@punkboy2004 Everyone has cancer cells. The key is to not trigger them. If you can genetically design a person to not have cancer cells, then you will have cured cancer.
vottoduder 2 weeks ago
Wait, its not surprising that cancer fundraising organizations are corrupt. What are they looking for a cure? Nope that was discovered in 1975 (antineoplasticity of canabinoids) not to mention curing people is not profitable the entire medipharma complex is designed to keep citizens just sick enough to still work and money for a long time but need to buy expensive medicine in order to do so... They are not interested in a true cure
420tomcat 2 weeks ago
I always thought/had a feeling that the pinkwashing was shady... now there's actual words and visuals to the feeling so I don't have to feel like a douchebag that doesn't empathize with people who have breast cancer all the time...
awayonsoapyheels 2 weeks ago 2
Will this be on Netflix?
RicktheTapDancer 2 weeks ago
SGK fucked over their cause, and the people who worked for the cause are angry. I know I am, and excuse me for the language, but I will NEVER run for them again. Nancy Bricker is a wealthy, right wing leech that thinks she's entitled to donations from little people, while she rakes it in. Karen Handel is an idiot that got hired because she was also a right winger, and destroyed the organization.
These women are completely ignorant if they think American women are stupid.
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@AerowsX Nancy Brinker served on the advisory council of Planned Parenthood in 2002, and was the reason why in 2003, that 21 affiliated grants from Komen gave PP $475,000. PP is the #1 abortion provider in the U.S. and is birthed in murdering innocents, racism, and abuse, so Nancy Brinker is anything but "right wing". It's been scientifically proven since 1957, that abortion CAUSES breast cancer, & SGK was lying to women about that proven link. Watch "Susan Komen's Dark Side".
shiphrahhopeful 2 weeks ago
I get that the Komen foundation is not well liked because of some of the shady shit that they do, but I think these women upset with the "pink ribbon" are directing their anger at the wrong place. If a foundation does such a good job with marketing that they raise more money than another organization that focuses on how terrible cancer is, why is that bad? Because the directors profit from it? Doctors profit from disease as well, but no one is out with pitchforks because they make $300k/yr.
RSMinternet 2 weeks ago
@RSMinternet Doctors shouldn't ever "profit from disease", and maybe that is the difference of why this film has come out in Canada and not in the U.S.
StickItOutTillTheEnd 2 weeks ago
@RSMinternet The CEO of Komen makes half a million dollars a year, much more than the President of the United States for a job much less challenging, and more than the $300k/yr doctors who are doing the actual work. Nancy Brinker exploited this health issue for her personal gains and political connections. The donors have a right to know where their money is really going.
ncite1 2 weeks ago 4
I saw this film last night in Toronto. Absolutely phenomenal. Every woman (and man) needs to see this. But in the mean time, everyone STOP BUYING PINK CRAP.
sjwpg 2 weeks ago 3
Is this going to come to the U.S? If so, WHEN? I can't wait to see this!
Frankie0912 2 weeks ago 2
@Frankie0912 First Run Features is distributing the film in the US! It's currently doing festival runs, but check here for updates! firstrunfeatures[.]com/pinkribbons_playdates[.]html
nfb 2 weeks ago 8
@Frankie0912 They'll obviously only show it in Uruguay and Sweden. Moron.
captainLAGER 2 weeks ago
@captainLAGER Why exactly do think my question makes me a moron?
Frankie0912 2 weeks ago
@mrhempoilsoldier, I read JAMA every week. I don't remember seeing anything like you are describing. Please post a PubMed ID number or at the very least the title of the article you are referencing.
mleukam 2 weeks ago
Whatever else SGK is being accused of these days, the little pink ribbon has brought an awareness to breast cancer that was NOT there before. They have made a difference. This trailer is fat with emotional rhetoric and lean on facts. So pick your propaganda folks but keep in mind that women recovering from chemotherapy don't have to be embarrassed by the effects of chemo anymore like they used to do. Just out of idle curiosity, isn't somebody making money off of this film?
1happyflower 2 weeks ago
@1happyflower The key word in your little speech about "emotinal rhetorics" and lack of facts is "trailer". For the fat facts you'll have to watch the movie :P
likdelicious 2 weeks ago
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1happyflower 2 weeks ago
Pink for the Cure? Puke for the treatment. Pink wash for the profiteers!
A reputable cancer center came out with the report that 75% of all cancers are environmentally caused. I've lost two parents to cancer. Those oncology wards are like 4-star hotels.
What if we had single payer insurance that could stand up to the Big Pharma Drug Cartel?
truefemmepower 2 weeks ago 3
The woman speaking at :19 was a participant in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer, which is part of the Avon Foundation and not affiliated with the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. However, I do find it odd that Avon would support this kind of effort, speculating that many of their cosmetics probably have cancer-causing ingredients.
Alouette1968 2 weeks ago
There is NO money in finding a cure for fatal diseases. Period.
texrah 2 weeks ago 3
Barbara Ehrenreich! Woot!
Alouette1968 2 weeks ago
PEOPLE PLEASE WATCH
RUN FROM THE CURE on you tube
THEN ASK YOURSELF
WHY ARE WE GIVING KOMEN A DIME
JAMA, the journal of american medicine finally published the fact that this medicine kills cancer with ZERO ....Z E R O SIDE EFFECTS
cancer fears this plant. dont smoke it, eat the oil and cancer dies
think before you vote these women deserve life not big pharma drugs
after you see it msg me. prove I am wrong I DARE YOU
mrhempoilsoldier 2 weeks ago
@mrhempoilsoldier What drug? I can access JAMA articles...I've never heard of anything that claims to "cure" cancer. Could you give me some more info?
droopusmaximus 2 weeks ago
@droopusmaximus go watch RUN FROM THE CURE first please I dont have anything to sell you ok ? i dont want your subscription I dont need friends on here I gave this info to you so you can do your research contact JAMA directly the article is 2 months old
I am busy as hell doing this. the us govt allowed this patent to go through
patent 6630507. google it on google patents.
they said yes to the medicine. it is for breast cancer research
I got 547 PMs in my inbox in the last hour alone
mrhempoilsoldier 2 weeks ago
THIS IS PURE CRAP LACY
your right on so many things
but you are so wrong on this organization
they refuse after hundreds of requests to look at the fact that hemp oil has been proven to kill cancer if it is eaten not smoked
just watch run from the cure
there is a 7 part version and a full version
breast cancer is absolutely DESTROYED IN 3 MONTHS with this medicine
chemo kills. this group wont acknowledge this medicine because they will lose their big fat paychecks
mrhempoilsoldier 2 weeks ago
Wow I never realized Evelyn Lauder (who sadly died of cancer) took the ribbon idea from someone ELSe!?! And Lauder uses known cancer causing agents in their products. So sad... Wow. Just wow. Susan B Komen your days are N U M B E R E D.
rawfoodsretreat 2 weeks ago
I signed up and donated some money for one of the runs this past year and was absolutely horrified to see a team called the Cameco Yellow "Cup" Cakes were going to be participating. How is that in any way appropriate? Hmmm let's promote our wonderful cancer causing product at a fundraiser supposedly directed at eliminating cancer. Horrified and disgusted that they would let that go - never another cent of mine to that organization.
grlquartz 2 weeks ago
The sad truth is no disease (cancer, AIDS, etc) will ever be "cured" because nobody will make as much money on a permanent cure as they will on a temporary treatment. If people stopped having disease-X then the money from it would run out. Money, not peoples lives are the bottom line. To them, a disease is a brand.
jabberwockyBC 3 weeks ago 4
@jabberwockyBC fairly asinine comment. Measles, small pox, whooping cough, malaria etc.
drayerdd 3 weeks ago
@drayerdd Okay maybe me saying that no disease...but certain ones make pharmaceutical companies bucket loads of money. Measles is still around, so is small pox, whooping cough, and malaria. They have cures, but they aren't permanent.
Read what I said again. A permanent solution. Not a temporary one. A temporary cure you can sell over and over and over again.
jabberwockyBC 2 weeks ago
@jabberwockyBC Ok well I will acknowledge that there are problems with the medical world certainly and you are right that all of those diseases are around BUT polio small pox and those mentioned do not exist in the developed world anymore. Or if they do are insanely few and far between. I do recognize your point may have some validity to it. That being said I lost my mother to breast cancer 5 years ago, politics are involved but I dont think komen is evil.
drayerdd 2 weeks ago
@drayerdd For the developed world this is true. In the so called undeveloped world things like malaria are a very real and dangerous thing sadly.
With that said though, my sincere condolences on your loss
jabberwockyBC 2 weeks ago
@jabberwockyBC Totally agree, sorry I was coming from personal living situation but you are more than correct. Vaccines and medication are tricky though, they cost millions and sometimes billions to research. I'm not claiming that pharm is doing the right thing but you have to recognize without profit motive nothing would be driving research. I just think people are too quick to label these companies as evil. I respect your opinion however and I appreciate your kind words.
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drayerdd 2 weeks ago
I'd love to see this. Tell your editor it's spelled Austin and not Austen.
KinnaMcInroe 3 weeks ago
Enlightening. Koman has permanent egg on their face now - they put it there - and they will never be trusted again. This is Karma. We will always support PP now and will NEVER buy anything pink again. Nothing for Komen - they have exposed themselves as heartless, politically motivated frauds.
Trittydi 3 weeks ago
Finally people are seeing the pink ribbon crap for what it is.
xxxBibixxx 3 weeks ago
I have critiqued the motives and corporate affiliations of this campaign for YEARS and have been dismissed as overly critical, even by a professed feminist professor in my own department. Good to see someone finally exposed this.
msvegan23 3 weeks ago 2
@msvegan23 I can empathize with you in everything you have said. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago, fought bravely and is now living a healthy cancer-free life. After participating in one of those ridiculous runs "for the cure", we felt empty and used - no one believed us either, I am so happy they are being exposed for what they are.
born2rock24 2 weeks ago 2
American Taliban has now infiltrated many of our top not for profits and service organizations. Time to get organized and fight back.
knoxscoop 3 weeks ago 2
shit what about the blue ribbons, you don't here about that.
XBlackWolf10 3 weeks ago
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Stop supporting the abortuary Planned Parenthood
sodaspop 3 weeks ago
Well, I would think the sexiness of the prostate vs. breasts would be open to some individual interpretation (I'm inclined to agree, but not everyone is). However, y'all have raised a damned good point. I think to an extent you're probably right - Wall Street has decided breasts are an excellent pitch point, so that's what they've hyped. Maybe we should be promoting another ribbon?
DJBuglip 3 weeks ago 2
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KriketPuppetShows 3 weeks ago
I LOVE BOOBS! CANCER IS THE ENEMY OF BOOBS! WE MUST STAMP OUT THIS EVIL SO I CAN FAP FAP FAP!
VoreTechz1985 3 weeks ago
@VoreTechz1985 Cancer is in more body parts than boobs yu know
XBlackWolf10 3 weeks ago
@XBlackWolf10 Yup. I know. But the only parts that I care about are boobs, vagina, penis, and testicles. Anything else you can take... lol
VoreTechz1985 2 weeks ago
What about prostate cancer? Women get much more funding than men, men die many years earlier, there are several offices on women's health (none on men).
You know, men are people too.
AlekNovy 3 weeks ago 3
@AlekNovy You're absolutely right. But you know, the prostate isn't as sexy as breasts, so men's diseases often don't get as much attention or funding.
silvernblack21 3 weeks ago 3
@AlekNovy While statistically breast cancer affects more women than men, men do get breast cancer.
bflogal18 3 weeks ago
@bflogal18 they not only get it, men have a worse prognosis than women
As a woman and a clinical researcher, I'm so disgusted by the politicalization of disease
olcranky 3 weeks ago 3
@AlekNovy yeaj this is like the "red ribbon" too. cmon more people die of stroke, heart disease and cancer than aids. but aids research out ranks these in terms of govt funding. but if u r against the red ribbions then you must be homophobic.. wtf...
yurianne07 2 weeks ago
Interesting point - Penn State under "investigation" but didn't lose it's 7.5 million grant. Guess baby rape is A-OK poor women not so much.
axollot 3 weeks ago 5
I heard about this on Global Edmonton News...should be interesting.
CraftyGal 3 weeks ago
I resented the fact that they planned removing funding from this great women's resource they will forever be scarred in my eyes. No amount of PR will reclaim my respect or belief that they have the best interest in the Women they serve. Like most western medicine they have become a part of the profit machine. Picture Julia Roberts in the scene from Pretty Women when she comes back with the credit card. "Big mistake Susan B Komen. Big Big Mistake." The backlash will go on forever.
Phoenix143EA 3 weeks ago 3
Does anyone know how to post this directly to Susan G. Koman for the Cure's Facebook page? I would LOVE to share this with the people who are only focused on the Planned Parenthood aspect.
Tinkervamp 3 weeks ago
@Tinkervamp there is a "Share" button just below the video, which provides a link to this YouTube video. From there you can share directly on your Facebook link or cut and paste the link onto the wall another Facebook page. Not quite sure how the "embed" function works so the video so that it will play directly on the page itself, but looks to be another cut and paste thing. Best of luck!!
WhoLikesMusic 3 weeks ago
Will this documentary be shown in the states? Or also like someone else pointed out available on DVD? Netflix? I hope it gets distribution in the states. Women need to see this.
LucindaLC 3 weeks ago 2
Will this ever come out in the US? Or at least on DVD? I wanna watch D:
MarieChan008 3 weeks ago 14
@MarieChan008 First Run Features is distributing in the US. There's an early spring theatrical release planned.
nfb 3 weeks ago 18
@MarieChan008 pink ribbons- hold your breath- it'll work faster. the AMA has NO interest in a cure or prevention. there are 2 clinics within a 100 yards of each other near where i work- their waiting room is filled to capacity (20-30) with patients 6 days a week receiving treatment that costs $18000 to $25000 each about 1/12 hours. You do the math.My sister is on her 3rd round of chemo- about $300, 000 for some shots and they are in and out of the office that day-you do the math
dotclay1 2 weeks ago
To think WE all fell for this bullshit at the expense of woman. DANG.... SMH!
thephotographer4you 3 weeks ago 2
Apparently they even pinkwash guns too. Sickening.
blueboy962000 3 weeks ago
People need to start taking their own health into their own hands. Start looking at what is in products. Especially womens products. Lots of toxic poisons. There are easy things you can do to fight cancer, aned cancer cells. Put tumeric in your diet, as well as lemongrass. Google how frankincense essential oil has been used to fight cancer. Also.... DMSO & hydrogen peroxide. Start taking responsiblity for you own health. Between the toxic products, food, water, air, medications... just sayin'
VioletFlameMusic 3 weeks ago 2
This organisation needs major investigation. From every penny raised to every penny spent
axollot 3 weeks ago 5
So much win.
gintroubad 3 weeks ago
I'm glad more people are waking up to this bogus 'charity'. I recommend the documentary Cut, Poison, Burn.
Panaceamedia 3 weeks ago 4
The Susan G. Komen foundation always seemed United Way-ish to me: a PR machine that mostly fed itself. The group's main value was really in their awareness message. Which isn't horrible, but it doesn't cure anything, either. But now they have destroyed their own message. They have said that breast cancer prevention is only for the privileged, not the poor, and only for extreme right wingers. What idiots. Breast Cancer Research Foundation is a worthier organization.
rockthatuke 3 weeks ago 8
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the fact that most money that goes to charities is misused is not a new one. sadly
QoriankaY4T 3 weeks ago
Barbara Ehrenreich strips any credibility this had away and fed it to the dogs.
danielradclifisaslut 3 weeks ago
@danielradclifisaslut Actually the Koman Foundation did that. Ehrenreich simply shed light on it.
marc11864 3 weeks ago
the fact that most money that goes to charities is misused is not a new one. The easiest to see this is in aid to africa. If you want money to get to the people you want it to go to these days you literally have to slap it in that person's hand.
rugbyf0rlife 3 weeks ago 3
90% of all donated dollars never reach their intended source, and end up just funding the agency that collects them
this is nothing new
CaliforniaVolante 3 weeks ago 3
Thank you for posting this! I will am anxiously awaiting a chance to see the film.
anarok 3 weeks ago
The religious crazies are destroying America. I will never SUPPORT this organization again.
ngnnick1967 3 weeks ago 6
This pink-washing really pisses me off. I watched my beloved aunt of only 51 years die a horrible death from breast cancer this past August. It was not cute or sexy or funny or tongue-in-cheek, it was fucking awful. Women's suffering is NOT to be profited from.
I am glad of the recent events regarding Susan G Komen's cowardly decision to pull funding from Planned Parenthood. It's pointed a spotlight on their organization as a corrupt, political, anti-women one and I hope they go under.
elvirahx 3 weeks ago 30
rhanks for this.
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Only 23% of the money raised by Susan G. Koman goes to health care. The rest of the money goes to salaries and operating expense for the foundation.
PrincessSolitaire 3 weeks ago 8
@PrincessSolitaire
Actually that number has decreased over the past decade to just 19%.
19 cents of every dollar? Really??
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