cookingglitterfairy:croxovergoddess:emmalily:offending-the-offended:imaginarycircus:sofia-ciel:alexi
cookingglitterfairy:croxovergoddess:emmalily:offending-the-offended:imaginarycircus:sofia-ciel:alexithymia42:blockmind:hello-missdolly:beanmom:nospockdasgay:redbloodedamerica:mallninjacode:pual1010:brownglucose:stunningpicture:So proud of my mother for doing her own research after I sent her that meme. A sign she hung in her car window.Stay wokeIs this true?Not only is it true, it gets worse. The Susan G Komen For The Cure Foundation has actually successfully sued “competing” charities, because (paraphrasing) their “message or branding was infringing.”You read that correctly: they took money that people had donated to cure cancer, and hired attorneys with it, to sue ANOTHER group of people trying to find a cure for cancer, who, in turn, had to us their donated money to hire their own legal counsel to defend themselves.Yeah signal boost because not enough people know about this and seriously FUCK SUSAN G. KOMEN THEY ARE THE ACTUAL WORSTSome links…http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/http://www.somethingawful.com/feature-articles/for-the-cure/http://thestir.cafemom.com/in_the_news/132728/susan_g_komen_foundation_has(reblogged in honor of my mother, who died of breast cancer, 11/13/97)Reblog every time I see it. Roughly once a month.Also please never forget the pink fracking drill bitthat’s right frackingyou know, a process using chemicals known to cause cancer that leech into the water supply http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/10/baker-hughes-fights-breast-cancer-pink-fracking-drill-bits/http://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pink-drill-bits-bring-complaints-komen-tie-fracking-n223166It’s that time of year again, please remember Komen is the actual worstKomen For The Cure is pretty much awful.My mother died in 1996 from breast cancer. Most cancer charities are scams, in that people throw fancy parties and get rich off them and very little money goes into research or support for patients. Here are some vetted cancer charities that get good scores on Charity Navigator and pay medical expenses or fund research:Breast Cancer Research FoundationCancer Research InstituteDana-Farber Cancer Institute63 four star rated cancer charities on charity navigatorSignal boosting thisReblogging from myself because it’s October nowAlways sharingSusan G Komen has a branch in Germany. Dear fellow Germany, watch out. -- source link