Life This has bothered me somewhat

Discuss Thrower · 01-10-2010, 02:52 PM

So it was this past Thursday, watching the BCS National Title game at your neighborhood grill that my mother's boyfriend and his cadre of friends refer to as "The Bee" and I was in the midst of what has been my nervous tick ever since I received an iPhone: I was compulsively checking Facebook even though I had nothing to say to anyone and no one had anything to say to me. Yet I continue to scan through the status updates just out of habit, when I notice something:

Imma Girl: pink!

Continuing to scroll through the updates, I run across another:

Immanother Girl: black lace!

I ask myself what is up with these color-statuses. ("What's up with these color-statuses?") though this becomes rhetorical when I connect the dots between the two girls to realize they are sorority sisters, and their sorority focuses on breast cancer for the philanthropic efforts. Around this time I notice that a young woman who doesn't go to my college nor a member of the same aforementioned sorority and then my thoughts were confirmed. These girls are posting the color of their bras in a show of support over breast cancer. People have been commenting back and forth over these statuses, and I was prompted to post something to the effect of,

"Rollllll tide, and seriously ladies, please stop with the color statuses. You're making me feel creepy. ("But you are creepy, J-Town" one friend replies. What a beehatch.).

The night went on and a few more of the colors popped up in other girls statuses, and I continued to ponder upon this occurrence and other slogans I heard earlier in time. "Save the Boobies / Save the Ta-tas" have appeared anywhere from Facebook groups, a pink ribbon tattoed to a girls under-tit, to t-shirts, to door knockers that someone hung in the shower of my dorm freshman year. All of this culminated with me thinking, "Is this right?"

No, I'm not discounting the efforts in people, particularly young ladies, in raising awareness in the efforts of getting support in finding cures for breast cancer. Not in the slightest. I'm merely questioning how folks are going about it these days, with such things as posting the color of the bra one was wearing which does raise awareness when the one who bears the status is questioned about it in turn, but such an action seems more towards trying to titillate an audience, namely the male 18-24 demographic which is keen on Facebook use. This seems exploitative on one hand, and a little bit callous on the other. I feel like it cheapens and minimizes the seriousness of breast cancer in a way.

I guess my concerns will be cashed in when an incredibly absurd and inappropriate measure is undertaken ("Cop a feel for breast cancer!"). But until then I guess I will be the curmudgeon who thinks things have gone a little too far.

DISCUS

01-10-2010, 02:52 PM	Topic Starter
Discuss Thrower "You like to drink?" Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "I like to drink." Casino cash: $-180000	This has bothered me somewhat So it was this past Thursday, watching the BCS National Title game at your neighborhood grill that my mother's boyfriend and his cadre of friends refer to as "The Bee" and I was in the midst of what has been my nervous tick ever since I received an iPhone: I was compulsively checking Facebook even though I had nothing to say to anyone and no one had anything to say to me. Yet I continue to scan through the status updates just out of habit, when I notice something: Imma Girl: pink! Continuing to scroll through the updates, I run across another: Immanother Girl: black lace! I ask myself what is up with these color-statuses. ("What's up with these color-statuses?") though this becomes rhetorical when I connect the dots between the two girls to realize they are sorority sisters, and their sorority focuses on breast cancer for the philanthropic efforts. Around this time I notice that a young woman who doesn't go to my college nor a member of the same aforementioned sorority and then my thoughts were confirmed. These girls are posting the color of their bras in a show of support over breast cancer. People have been commenting back and forth over these statuses, and I was prompted to post something to the effect of, "Rollllll tide, and seriously ladies, please stop with the color statuses. You're making me feel creepy. ("But you are creepy, J-Town" one friend replies. What a beehatch.). The night went on and a few more of the colors popped up in other girls statuses, and I continued to ponder upon this occurrence and other slogans I heard earlier in time. "Save the Boobies / Save the Ta-tas" have appeared anywhere from Facebook groups, a pink ribbon tattoed to a girls under-tit, to t-shirts, to door knockers that someone hung in the shower of my dorm freshman year. All of this culminated with me thinking, "Is this right?" No, I'm not discounting the efforts in people, particularly young ladies, in raising awareness in the efforts of getting support in finding cures for breast cancer. Not in the slightest. I'm merely questioning how folks are going about it these days, with such things as posting the color of the bra one was wearing which does raise awareness when the one who bears the status is questioned about it in turn, but such an action seems more towards trying to titillate an audience, namely the male 18-24 demographic which is keen on Facebook use. This seems exploitative on one hand, and a little bit callous on the other. I feel like it cheapens and minimizes the seriousness of breast cancer in a way. I guess my concerns will be cashed in when an incredibly absurd and inappropriate measure is undertaken ("Cop a feel for breast cancer!"). But until then I guess I will be the curmudgeon who thinks things have gone a little too far. DISCUS
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