I'm sure that by now most of us are aware of a completely asinine meme doing the rounds on F@ceb00k where women falsely post that they are x number of weeks pregnant and craving something - to raise breast cancer awareness. No further information or link to a charity or organisation goes with these status updates. Forget the pain this particular meme causes infertile and babyloss parents - how does it raise awareness of cancer?
After deleting what must have been the 17th "update" a sort of red mist descended and I thought that I would start a new meme on my status update:
13weeks, 18weeks, 5 weeks:
http://www.october15th.com/
http://www.miscarriageassociation.org.uk/
Paige has a more beautiful idea.
Any thoughts?
Other's or Aunties' Day
8 hours ago
Love your idea and Paige's. I wish I had the courage to do that in October but I don't want others to know that much about my life. Cowardly of me, I suppose.
ReplyDeleteMy status update on FB was "I am zero weeks and craving a better way to raise breast cancer awareness"
Kelly - I love your FB status response, I wish I had thought of something like that!
ReplyDeleteI am good at ignoring memes. I fail to see how this one was supposed to raise awareness for breast cancer anyway.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this idea. I wish I had the guts to do it myself. Curious to here what kind of responses you get. Keep us posted.
ReplyDeleteI am SO glad none of my friends have done that ridiculous meme.
ReplyDeleteYou should do that. Totally.
I don't know what I'd do if anyone asked me to join that meme. But it wouldn't be nearly so classy as your idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout out. I like your idea as well esp with the link to the organization. I cannot wait for that stupid game to run it's course. Whoever started that one must be a real dumby. Hope you're doing well.
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That is an excellent response to this idiotic campaign. The whole thing still pisses me off.
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