June 2009 Weddings
Kellybeth124
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
**SBS & Mamie**
Hope you don't mind, but I sort of amalgamated both of your FB status re: purse locations into one. It all needed to be repeated!
Re: **SBS & Mamie**
I stole it, too. Hope you don't mind!
BFP #1: 6.26.12 EDD: 2.11.13 missed m/c: 7.31.12 @ 12 weeks
BFP #2: 10.1.12 EDD: 6.11.12
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Nope, don't mind. I want the world to know.
It pissed me off this morning that people STILL kept playing that inane game after I put up mine yesterday.
Ooh, you crazy wild women.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
The more I think about it, the more irritated it makes me...
If people wanted to do the game "just because," I think I'd be okay with it. If people wanted to do the game to draw attention to the fact that people automatically assume women are talking about sex when they say "I like it..." and we need to have a bigger discussion about comfort and sexuality, okay.
But to somehow connect it to breast cancer awareness? I don't get it. I know people go to the "it got people talking, that was the point" argument, and I can somewhat respect that. However, by doing it in this manner, we're reaffirming that breast cancer is shameful and should be hidden/shrouded in "mystery" (especially since the e-mail said to only send it to your female friends!).
How many people would've played along if the "game" had been to post how you check yourself for breast cancer? You know, instead of "I like it on the table," how many women would've said "I like monthly self-tests in the shower" or "I like annual mammograms at my doctor's office"? If we wanted to get the attention of our facebook friends, why not tell everyone to post "BOOBS!" in their status? I guarantee both of those would get people talking!
But instead, we make it silly. We make it funny. And, in turn, we make it shameful. 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and it's still the leading cause of death among women. That's not silly or funny, and the reason it's such a problem is because we make it shameful to talk about. We need to remove the "mystery" and openly, honestly encourage people to be proactive about this disease.
(okay, soapbox going away now...)
I agree with every point you made, with the exception of one. Heart disease is actually the leading cause of death among women in the US.
http://www.cdc.gov/women/lcod/index.htm
Kelly, you're right. I realized it after I posted it -- I think it's the leading cancer-related deaths. As soon as I typed it, I went "Wait...there's something off about that statistic..."
Either way, it still sucks and the rest of my points still stand!
Everything about is dumb. How does it get people talking? How does it raise awareness? And big deal - you're aware BC exists. SHOCKING. How is it moving people to action?? I was the first person on my friends list to even utter the words "breast cancer" throughout the whole scheme of this.
Sure, you may have received a couple "ooh play this game!" messages, but it completely shuts out the male population. And to those who say "well, guys ask about it." Then what? You say "it's about BCA." And they're like "uh, okay."
I explained it to my H tonight, and he said "yeah I had no idea what those statuses meant. That's stupid."
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I apparently offended one of J's aunts with my posting of the link. She commented on it and said that her friend is facing a BC scare and appreciates the monetary donations but also finds humor in the sexual suggestive postings. WTF. It aggravates me, but I'm just going to ignore it.
BFP #1: 6.26.12 EDD: 2.11.13 missed m/c: 7.31.12 @ 12 weeks
BFP #2: 10.1.12 EDD: 6.11.12
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I find humor in sexually suggestive postings too! I'm all for them! We should come up with another one to see if it goes viral!
But if and when I play along, it will be because it's funny, not because it "raises awareness" (unless the awareness we're trying to raise is about sexual freedom or expression or, you know, that facebook statuses are stupid sometimes...)