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Disappointed in The Beacon's name change
Hi All
It's been a long time since I posted. I've been thinking about this, and watching to see if anyone else commented on this. I don't know if somewhere along the way I've missed something. Was there discussion or consultaion about the name change to Pink Lady? I feel that it's diappointing, and disrespectful to our male members, after all, men do get breast cancer too, And as an organisation, I thought the aim was to be more inclusive, not less.
I'll be interested to hear your thoughts
Lyn
It's been a long time since I posted. I've been thinking about this, and watching to see if anyone else commented on this. I don't know if somewhere along the way I've missed something. Was there discussion or consultaion about the name change to Pink Lady? I feel that it's diappointing, and disrespectful to our male members, after all, men do get breast cancer too, And as an organisation, I thought the aim was to be more inclusive, not less.
I'll be interested to hear your thoughts
Lyn
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- If I was one of the men who has breast cancer and received a newsletter in the post/ online that was called Pink Lady, I’m pretty sure I’d be unsubscribing. The whole bright pink colour for me has always been an issue. I do understand the importance of it for advertising etc. Perhaps it’s time to set up a support group that’s less female focused and has men’s needs at the heart of if. They could call their newsletter ‘Blue Man’ (or a more appropriate title because gender stereotyping is outdated).
- How do our male members feel about this change?
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@PeterB
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Males diagnosed with breast cancer represent 1% of those diagnosed... We the women of this forum want to be inclusive of them in all that BCNA represents.
How do you men feel about this ? - Just thought I would add my 50 cents worth, I agree that a consultation process would have/should have been in order,
perhaps we will get some feedback from bcna soon as to why this is happening.
wendy55 I'm sure there are some very solid marketing strategies behind this: the pink lady logo is instantly recognizable and BCNA has to compete for scarce funds and donations. That makes perfect sense and we all reap the benefit of those strategies.
I guess I don't see the Beacon as the frontline when it comes to fundraising. Yes, it serves a purpose of informing stakeholders and showing what the organisation is doing but, for me, it is a community newsletter and shouldn't do anything to exclude members who already feel they are under represented. As you say, @Afraser we are not in charge.
Chances are that someone has had an overview of BCNA's branding and feels that the Beacon is not consistent with the overall look and feel. Which, I agree, it isn't. But then again I don't care much for the whole pink look. Always was much too girly and My Little Princess for my taste!!
I appreciate the work BCNA does, but I am not running the show, so it's not my decision and the people who are running the show must think the pink branding works. Possibly have stats to back that up. So I don't mind them making a decision, don't mind them not asking, just don't imply broad consultation with members if there hasn't' been any.
- Lol @Zoffiel you are fuckng hilarious as always. What about “sunrise” coming out of the darkness makes sense too for a name or horizons could be another one? Why are they needing to change it?.. anyway Can you imagine if you and I were in charge of the beacon name change!, between my “titty mag” suggestion and your pink bits we would have heads turning for sure:):):)!!
- Waiting for BCNA to explain the reason behind the change and who was consulted !
- Anyone of either gender who's untattooed bits have gone blue is in trouble :)
- no because some of them are blue bits
