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13 Tweets That Sum Up Everything Wrong With The Pink Ribbon

'Breast cancer isn't pretty, it isn't sexy and it isn't pink.'
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Reporter at HuffPost UK

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a group of women are fighting back against the ubiquitous October pink ribbon.

Not because they don’t believe in the value of life-saving cancer research, quite the opposite.

Jo Taylor, Annie Dennison, Wendi Dennis, are among the women campaigning on social media, as they are tired of the pink ribbon making breast cancer the ‘pretty’ cancer.

She and the other campaigners are calling for the pink ribbon to stop sanitising breast cancer and for people to realise that awareness isn’t enough. Instead, it is time to start educating.

Here are 13 tweets that perfectly sum up why we might want to rethink the pink ribbon.

1. Wonder how the pink ribbon helps those with breast cancer.

Panicking every time you're ill that your cancer is back & wondering how a pink ribbon helps with that #BreastCancerRealityCheck

— Maddie Wallace (@Maddie_Line) October 3, 2016

2. Know that breast cancer is incurable for many.

if you flip cancer the bird & run really far & wear a pink ribbon the cancer will get scared & run away. j/k its incurable #StandUpToCancer

— rockcock64🍕 (@rockcock64) September 10, 2016

3. Remember that breast cancer isn’t just about breasts.

Breast cancer is not 'just' about breasts. From there it can go anywhere in our body. #breastcancerrealitycheck #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth pic.twitter.com/PPfiRtm7zs

— BetweenSelfandDoubt (@KarinSieger) October 1, 2016

4. Realise that breast cancer shouldn’t be sugar coated.

No sugar coating, we're not Willy Wonka #BreastCancerRealityCheck https://t.co/UadPgTiJCc

— Cancer Curmudgeon (@curmudgeo) September 16, 2016

5. Acknowledge that breast cancer patients aren’t a marketing exercise.

@abcdiagnosis hates pink.I love my pink.I hate people using it to make money off my back, primary/secondary, WE ARE NOT marketing strategies

— BreastCancer Chat Ww (@bccww) October 1, 2016

6. Know that breast cancer is about scars, not ribbons.

Breast Cancer is not a pink Ribbon
The SCAR Project https://t.co/96MTH7x8Mk pic.twitter.com/hB1l6ffEvm

— My Kaleidoscope Life (@KalidoscopeEast) September 14, 2016

7. Accept that breast cancer isn’t a party.

Breast cancer isn't a pretty pink party. It's a lonely, awful isolating disease. Especially when ur terminal. #BreastCancerRealityCheck

— Susan Rahn (@Stickit2Stage4) October 1, 2016

8. Nor is it a pink balloon.

Pink balloons on your dog does nothing to prevent death from mbc. #BreastCancerRealityCheck ✅

— Elaine Sieff (@3lainess) October 1, 2016

9. Or a fishing lure...

@TheUnder_Belly #whyisthispink

A fishing lure? really?!? pic.twitter.com/psIm9Otij2

— Kisha Hendrix (@kisha_lee1976) October 1, 2016

10. And this broom?

Hey .@SusanGKomen #whyisthispink pic.twitter.com/kMU3MtDCJ5

— The Underbelly (@TheUnder_Belly) October 2, 2016

11. Is pink ribbon hair dye really the answer?

@TheUnder_Belly #whyisthispink @Stickit2Stage4 I wish I had hair for this event, Instead I'm bald, from chemo. #thoughtless @ultabeauty pic.twitter.com/0tFNBYdzkQ

— Kisha Hendrix (@kisha_lee1976) October 2, 2016

12. Remember that breast cancer is not the good cancer.

Breast cancer is not 'the good cancer.' #BreastCancerRealityCheck #pinkisnotacure pic.twitter.com/XEQpSGEzj4

— Accidental Amazon (@KathiKolb) October 1, 2016

13. And definitely not dripping in pink.

Did you know that people who get radiation treatment for breast cancer can develop lung cancer from it later? #BreastCancerRealityCheck

— Faces of Lung Cancer (@LungCancerFaces) October 1, 2016

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