I am beyond offended by this article.
My mom was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer at the age of 41. As the daughter of a 10-year breast cancer survivor, this article is offensive, and as an Auburn student I am appalled that you would publish an article like this.
Kelly has already criticized sorority girls, and she can do that as much as she wants. However, this article has been taken to a whole new level. How someone could bash one cancer is completely heartless.
Her research was not accurate by saying that only breast cancer had a month designated to it. January is cervical health awareness month; February is national cancer prevention month; March is national colorectal cancer awareness month; April is cancer control month; May is brain cancer month; June is national cancer survivor's month; September is childhood cancer month; and November is lung cancer awareness month.
Other cancers are not publicized as much and they should be. However, this article bashing breast cancer and saying people are basically wasting their money is heartless. There could have been a much more appropriate way of writing an article to raise awareness of the other cancer awareness months.
There is no disease that could ever be over-funded or over-publicized. One in eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer. That's one girl in your group of girlfriends.
I am very thankful that because of the funding for breast cancer research and the publicity it receives that my mom was able to catch her breast cancer before it got worse. I am thankful that my mom was here to raise my brother, sister and I. However, there are many women who did not survive this awful disease and fought just as hard.
I pray that you are never personally affected by breast cancer or any other cancer.
Davis Ann Winter
junior, early childhood special education
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