Common breast cancer awareness slogans like “Save the Tatas” and “Save Second Base” are factually incorrect and sexualize the disease.
that not only makes fun of various cancers using viral memes, but also opens up light conversations about otherwise dark realities. The creator of the accounts, who prefers to remain anonymous, told us they were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma just a year after emigrating from the Philippines. Their family stayed behind, so they turned to Facebook cancer support groups for community, advice, and some laughs.
“She told me she was so sick of people reaching out and asking her how she was. She would say, ‘How do you think I’m doing? I’m literally in bed dying,’” the Cancer Patient creator said. “So instead of asking her how she is or asking for updates, I just started making cancer memes and sending it to her to cheer up.”
Two years after their friend died, they created the @thecancerpatient Instagram account in 2018. Within three months, it had 10,000 followers. Now, it has nearly 93,000. “If you talk about cancer support and advocacy, it’s always the cookie-cutter examples of the Lance Armstrongs of the world,” they said. “Everyone is just fixated on the picturesque triumphant cancer patient and no one really talks about the difficult parts of it.”“Showing any type of vulnerability is seen as a weakness and that’s definitely not the case.
Talking about cancer is uncomfortable, but that’s the point, Bond said. At least those conversations leave us with“If you haven’t been through it, you don’t understand. And if you have been through it and you feel differently, that's OK,” Bond said. “It’s undeniable that cancer affects everybody and that people die of cancer at all ages and all levels of health. But if we would just listen to the people who know what they’re talking about, we could make an actual difference.
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