One, Two, A Million

So…yeah.

We were so mad when the Komen Foundation pulled its funding for breast cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood. "This is not fair," we shouted. "This is not fair to women, and this is not fair to the women who don't have a voice, and we will not allow it." We shouted it so loudly that Komen reversed its decision in three days. We forced the resignation of one of their top executives.

Planned Parenthood, no doubt, has a well-funded and fine-tuned PR machine, adept at galvanizing a population against a perceived injustice. They outmaneuvered Komen easily.

Does domestic violence have a less sophisticated PR machine than Chris Brown does? (Hello Giggles)

Why am I still on this? Maybe because I read the police report detailing what he did.

Oh, and speaking of Komen?

"I had just, just, signed up to walk again, and I thought, 'I'm never going to get support,' " she says. Fagerquist is focusing on donors who know about her personal battle with the disease. She says her feelings for Komen haven't changed.

"This isn't about politics for me. It's about finding a cure for something that's affecting 1 in 8 women, including myself," Fagerquist says. "And I have three daughters to worry about." (NPR)

It's not about politics? Fine. Tell Komen to not make it about politics. Until then, my money and goodwill is going to charities that actually spend their money on research, instead of pinkwash and stroking woman-hating conservatives' egos.

Some days, the fact that having ovaries puts you at risk to have the shit beaten out of you not only physically but also with self-righteous woman-hating right-wing money can get one down.

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