Some friends and I are trying to create a symbol for breast cancer that incorporates the ubiquitous pink ribbon, but is more inclusive of Stage IV folks and men. Comments welcome. THE...
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Thanks for all the feedback. For now, this will be a ribbon aimed at political action, so we've kept it simple.
Here's an infographic which tries to explain the reasoning behind the ribbon. The aim is to ask the pink charities to be much more inclusive when they get out in Pinktober to raise funds. Basically, we need to get them to do more for Stage IV.
The blue is one percent of the ribbon. The black is 30 percent. Many people here are in this group. Many pink charities ignore the blue and the black and go for a pink hoopla of fundraising for awareness. Not for guys, but for the gals. This is good, but who isn't aware that women get breast cancer. And why are stage IV folks ignored. Meanwhile stage IV research runs at about 8% of total research funds. This is unfair and needs to change.