Breast Cancer Awareness Month is marked by a number of quiet contradictions. Pink, a color which once connoted naïve girlie softness, was reclaimed and is the symbol of women on a mission to stamp out breast cancer by any means necessary. We laugh with newly made friends as we participate in walks or runs for the cure with others who are also honoring their loved ones who were stolen by breast cancer.
This month is also an aggressive campaign to encourage women to get mammograms and screenings that will lead to early detection of breast cancer. Usually, the earlier breast cancer is de…
