Having done a lot of work with the Komen for the Cure folks over the years, I suspect the current bra color discussions floating around are an attempt to take the taboos off talking about breasts and related diseases.

A breast is, when all is said and done, a body part. Just one that comes with a history of social baggage attached, both good and bad. In this day and age, breasts still need serious demystification and deobjectifying.

For example: One of our local tv stations horrified more than a few viewers during October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) by showing a doctor demonstrating how to do a full self-breast exam…on a lady who volunteered. No medically accurate dummy here. I thought it was fabulous and kudus to the station, the doc and the model for showing it. Many viewers were outraged that a real breast was shown on live tv during the evening news. There were plenty of notices all day that the station would be running this feature and many, many comments that it was coming during the newscast.

My thought…deal with it people, this is reality. If it saves just one life, it was worth it. btw-discovered during the segment my own technique could be improved.

And hey, if we find out what color breast cancer hates in the process, we’ll all start wearing that color bra!

As to the fabric discussion…you can never have too much fabric. I need to finally reorganize my spare room, repurpose a bookcase to be fabric storage (although where I’ll put the books I don’t know yet), and get back to quilting & sewing.