Boycott October Buttons All-Year-Round

Well, I am incredibly organized, for a change, and have already ordered my Boycott October 2008 buttons (they should be here within a week or so), and it's only January!

The 2008 buttons are the black square ones. The text is hard to read in the photo (but not on the buttons). It says: "It's a disease, not a marketing opportunity."

I was going to keep the buttons and not send them out till about September, but then I realized that Komen is not taking a break the rest of the year (remember Pink Friday, the Friday after Thanksgiving?) so I don't think I should either.

I'm sending out buttons (either the new ones or the 2007 pink ones or both) to everyone who sends me a donation. So if you'd like some buttons, just send a donation in any amount using the button below.

Your mailing address shows up in my PayPal account, but you might want to send me an e-mail as well telling me which buttons you want and how many: jeanne.sather@gmail.com

If you've already made a donation to The Assertive Cancer Patient, I have you on the list to receive buttons as soon as they arrive.

I'm also planning to order stickers with the same design (Haven't done that yet, but Jacqueline sent me the contact info for a place that prints stickers). I figure these will be good for a little guerrilla-counter-pink-ribbon-marketing.

You know, whenever you see a store display with disgusting pink merchandise, just slap on one of these stickers, which will say, "It's a disease, not a marketing opportunity," just like the buttons.

My friends continue to send me links to pink ribbon merchandise year-round. The latest was a pink-ribbon Chevron car.

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@ Jeanne Sather 2008.

Comments

[Amorette]

There's a pink-ribbon mustang, too.

As far as guerilla warfare, I am so TOTALLY in. Remember the wrapping paper and the Komen box? You can count on me.

I'll see if I can scrounge anything up next month for the donation. It might not be a big one, though :(

[jeanne]

Free to you, sweet pea.

I think I overdid it with the donation buttons. Got to take some of them down.

[jeanne]

Oh, forgot to say: that's a breast cancer cell on the button. Kinda ugly, huh? Not too cute and pink, anyway.

[jeanne]

A reader e-mailed me this comment:

That Chevron breast cancer car should have only one headlight. The other
should be painted over and a slash scar etched across it.